Eugene's Trick Bag

[Vaiyen]

Anyone here has learnt/is learning Eugene's Trick Bag from Mr Vai?
It's a very cool sounding piece to play but I still can't get it up to tempo.

 

[vernplum]

I learned it and could play a reasonable effort about 10 years ago at a reasonable tempo.

Hardest part is the pick control during the opening arpeggios and getting the last note to sound at an imaginary 29th fret (virtually impossible).

 

[satch]

to me the hardest part is the 5th caprice.... haha... playing it up to speed is pretty challegning.

 

[Vaiyen]

I learned it and could play a reasonable effort about 10 years ago at a reasonable tempo.

Hardest part is the pick control during the opening arpeggios and getting the last note to sound at an imaginary 29th fret (virtually impossible).

I find the arpeggios the hardest too because they require some position shifts without compromising the tempo. I procrastinated on learning it for the longest time because my arpeggios were still not up to scratch only until recently.

But now that I learnt it, I find it a very satisfying and musical piece.

for the last note, did you fret it at the pickup?

 

[vernplum]

For the last note, I think I did something lame like just play it an octave lower.

Anyway, in the recorded version there is an overdub.

 

[Newbie]

the arpeggios (insane)