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At last a shredder is willing to share..YEAH..
'right teleplayer..like your tone and the recording is great..but..
what are the scales used here? Sounded very 'out'. Sorry bro.
The song is in A minor fyi. So you could use Aminor, A minor penta,
A harmonic minor. But i'm still figuring what was applied here.
May I asked? What was exactly the scale used here? Or you just rammed out what sounded right to you? But cheers, for a less than 2 year guitar player that was some effort.
Maybe you want to try out a slower track?
Well I salud you for your effort.

Cheers.
 
That was great Burntoast!!!! This is what i'm talking about. Maybe you can brief us on the techniques used and maybe the scales involved. Hopefully more will upload their skills so we can share. Just by listening i can get more ideas. Really great shredding thr.

And please ppl give cemments. this is what this thread is all about. Without comments it will be just for listening pleasure. But i wanna make this learning pleasure.

Toast..to you..yeah
 
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i enjoyed this activity and nice entry. looks like lot of talents here. btw, guitarslave, can brief me how you do a backingtrack, software , composition etc. ? thanks.

will try some entry... with other instrument if acceptable..?
 
guitarslave said:
At last a shredder is willing to share..YEAH..
'right teleplayer..like your tone and the recording is great..but..
what are the scales used here? Sounded very 'out'. Sorry bro.
The song is in A minor fyi. So you could use Aminor, A minor penta,
A harmonic minor. But i'm still figuring what was applied here.
May I asked? What was exactly the scale used here? Or you just rammed out what sounded right to you? But cheers, for a less than 2 year guitar player that was some effort.
Maybe you want to try out a slower track?
Well I salud you for your effort.

Cheers.
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Lol. i din use any scales here... OOPS. yup i just rammed out what sounded right... haha. haha thanks man. will try again. haha!
 
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Alright since most of you are interested to know how to do a backing track, here's how i do it, briefly:

I'm using Sonar 8, but you can also use whatever softwares that's available.
eg garageband, acid pro, nuendo, logic, cubase etc..whatever softwares that can run vst.
VST 's are virtual synth. I don't want to go into details here.
OK firstly i think of a chord progression. Then I cook up a beat for it. I can change any of these things along the way. Then I lay down the bass track. Then i add in more instruments(or tracks) if needed. Then finally I bounce out the whole mix.

If you never done this before, think of it as a multi track recording of a band, but only in this case you are using synth or samplers instead of musicians. For example the drum sound comes from a synth, or even some loops. Then the guitar parts you can record live. Basically that's it. You just need to know what your software is capable of, and try to get as close as possible to the real instrument sound.

Doing these kinds of backing tracks are really simple as compared to making a backing track of popular songs.

Well if you want to know more do PM me cos I need to know the software you are using.
Then maybe I can give a brief tutorial on it.
 
OK what i used for the recording is this. A no brand strat guitar(actually the brand on the headstock says "MARS", but I'm too embarassed to tell it, oops..), a ZOOM GFX-8, direct to my computer using line in. My DAW is Sonar 8.
 
erm... i'm not really good in theorycraft but i'll try though.

The first phrase is just something that i was humming to when i heard the backing track. so i started out with E A B C (which is the first 4 notes) then i branched out from there. i have no ideas what mode i'm in here.

The 'arpeggio' part is just some random steve vai lick which i incorporate into my playing style. it goes like G A C E G and B C E G B (pls pardon me i really don't know how to explain this part)

Then comes the 6 descending notes in A aeolian in 3 octaves.

Followed by a pentatonic with a b5 <--- my favorite style

Then i use a Locrian mode to find my way up.

Which comes the famous paul gilbert lick B C D E D C repeat

Then the final part is another of my fav lick. on the high e string 12-15-17-15-12 then on the b string 17-15-12-15-17 repeat. use hammer and pull offs for maximum effect =D

add a bend at the end and done.

Nothing fancy compared to the pros.

My advise for some beginners learning to shred is to start slow. Really really slow. practice on the alternate picking. try to get every note clearly. 1 pick per note. then build up speed. and soon after your shredding will sound cleaner =D i'm still learning as well. and lastly phrasing is the most important part in shredding. cos i don't think anyone likes to hear 100 000 notes being played without a sense of direction?

I hope this might help some people?

Also would like some comments on my playing so that i can improve myself as well. Thank you so much =)

P.S wall of text ftl
 
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guitarslave said:
Well heres the first assigment. This track is in the key of E.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/mddjmwmmm0m/Backing track.mp3
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Here's me ONE TAKE attempt at this track. Nice progression, but too short lei... Hahahaha... But it was a great chance to test out my new EBMM with CS69s in a HSS environment. Loving it lots so far.

This track was done with a few things in mind. A lot of off line discussions with Shredcow led up to this one. Got lots of pointers for it. But even then, still trying. Heh.:mrgreen: took about 5 mins of my time to listen to the backing track a couple of times, then lay this one out.

Here it is, mistakes, mis-cues and all: One take
 
Yeah Whitestrat..this is getting better...lots of ideas there..really cool stuffs..
and the sound..yummy..
Btw can you elaborate on "EBMM with CS69s in a HSS environment" thingy?
Not too familiar with those. And maybe give a brief account of your delivery..

Yeah hopefully more will try. Don't worry if you are not good enough. This is where we learn.

Keep those tracks coming. And if anyone has any backing track for us, just upload 'em.
Anyway I'll be uploading another track. This will be really fun to shred on.

Later....
 
guitarslave said:
Btw can you elaborate on "EBMM with CS69s in a HSS environment" thingy?
Not too familiar with those. And maybe give a brief account of your delivery..
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Basically, it's a new guitar with HSS pickup config. The key here is the tonal differences of the humbucker and the single coil and how they can be used to accent different passages of music.

Not too sure what scale patterns I used. I know there were 2. On was an E Minor pentatonic for sure... the other one... must go see my fretboard for a while.

But that's not my point. I want to say something here. Of all the recordings on this thread, they all seem to lack something. No direction. Where are you headed? What are you trying to say? Or are you playing for playing's sake? I'm BAD at playing fast. So what did I do? I choose my notes carefully. Did the drums cool off? play slower and more soulful. Did the drums kick up more? change tone. Use your tone arsenal effectively. All them gadgets don't mean shit if you don't know how to communicate your point effectively.

Why don't YOU tell me what you've gleamed from my track? Maybe you see something I haven't?

Burntoast: There's something I gotta tell you. It's not going to be pretty, but I think it needs to be said. You need to work on your bends. The fast staccato playing is cool, and your picking is relatively clean. But your bends screwed up the entire vibe. Listen to all the greats. All of them have very authoritative bends. Even if they're not really bends, but whammy pulls. All done cleanly, and the note they're supposed to reach, is reached. Bends are scary. They can accent the mood of a solo, or kill it. Maybe this was a one off, and I hope it was. But if it wasn't, then work on it. You've got chops. Don't let something like this ruin your listener's experience. Even your initial odd scaled melody. It doesn't sound firm. The listener needs to be convinced that you're worth listening to. At this point, you sound like someone who will have trouble playing slow. I think that needs to be worked on too.

Play on man...:mrgreen:
 
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Really appreciate it whitestrat. yeah my bends are really terrible a problem which i've note of. when i play slow i don't usually use bends but more on slides and vibratos as to cover the flaw. haha... anyways thanks for the remark. time to stop shredding and start bending :mrgreen: will work on it and post it with guitarslave's bt soon ha...
 
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