best way to improve is to play with people around your skill level. and it makes it much more fun too.

just because i havent been playing for a long time doesnt mean im not familiar with music.i can already play the intros to one, enter sandman the entire she talks to angels song, the notes to day tripper, the notes to elysias incinerate, some nirvana, i know how to bend..


i was jus looking for song suggestions that would help build technique finger strength and speed.

but thanks for the other sutff.

my alternate picking needs some help and speed, but that will come with practice obviously.



alot of my friends have been playing for years and have taught me alot.

but yes i do agree that i need a teacher and will look into getting one once i start school again.

This post was edited by Dirty_monkeyz on Jul 16 2009 05:12pm

I think it is a good idea to get a teacher=)
There are lots of ways to build up strenght and speed. pullon/pulloffs for example in scales up and down fast will train you finger muscles, speasially if you use heavyer strings like 011(i always use 010, and i don't play slower because of that)
I like to practice fast guitarsolos on my acoustic guitar with 012 strings. when you play it again on electric ut is much easyer=D
And practising with metronome is a good idea ofc.
practicing a scale with 1-2-3-4
1-2-3-4 is pointless in my opinion, because you would never use that scale in any song. practice a scale that you could use for something instead. there are the blues scale i wrote above and many others. i practiced this alot:

--10-9--7-------------------------------------------------
------------10-8-7--------------------------------------
---------------------9-7-6------------------------------
--------------------------------9-7---------------------
---------------------------------------10-9-7-----------
------------------------------------------------10-9-7---

To play alternate picking, use only you wrist. do not move your arm. relax your arm, and ofcourse hit the strings up and down.

By the way,
I have played guitar for some years now, but i resently bought a powerball ( http://www.powerballs.com ) ^^
i have not noticed any special improvement in my guitar playing because of it, anyway it's supposed to train finger, wrist and other muscles in you arm. when you get it spinning at 15000 rotations per minute it gives many kilos of force as much as 15 i think.
Anyway, it is very fun and addictive. I higly reccomend it!

teachers are good to have man

well i live 8 hours away from where i go 2 college so i didnt think it would be smart to get an instuctor for a month and than have 2 find a new one when i go back to school, im just gonna look around for one when i start school back up.

work on your PICKING PICKING PICKING!

picking is one of the biggest part of metal.

yea i work on my alternate picking everyday

any1 hae a link to the penatonic A and B scales.i read learning these and practicing is very good for you,and i cant think of any songs i wanna add to my practice routine.

some songs would be useful even if its just the intros or w/e

Learn to alternate pick, meaning both up- as downstrokes, used alot in metal; mostly thrash and death.

Scales, as most of the people already stated, are very important.. It's not fun to do, but you have to, just take a scale, practice it till your fingers hurt.

And coordination is also important. If you're planning on playing heavy stuff with sweeps and such, you'll want your picking hand to move in sync with your "fretting" hand.

Are you fucking dense? I have placed two links in your other thread directing you to them.
Do some searching instead of asking everyone else to do your work for you.