Quote (PSPZorZ @ Thu, Oct 1 2009, 11:42pm)
Tone is the overall sound of a respective guitarists music. You may notice that most famous guitarists you'll see videos of, they will always sound great when playing. And then you might notice that some beginner guitarist is trying to play the same song made famous by a more skilled guitarist, and it sound horrible. This is due to a great number of factors. Obviously the guitar, amplifier, effects, strings, pick all affect how a guitar will sound in the end. It is true that the beginners posting those videos might not have the same expensive equipment as the famous guitarists. However another thing that will affect how a song sounds is a guitarists tone. How they go about hitting the strings, how accurate they fret the guitar, the force that they hit the strings with, along with many other things. A beginner would sound unpolished, their strumming is bound to be inconsistent. Some strums might be louder, and some softer, and the beginner would not feel like he has as much control over it, but it simply takes practice and this will improve. But in the end, if you set a beginner and a pro guitarist next to each other, with the exact same guitar/amp/etc and have them play a song, you will notice a huge difference in how the song sounds. So one thing you must work on (in addition to speed, I understand that speed is important to you) is your tone. Practice scales everyday, and try to keep your plucking of the strings at a consistent volume. Try to keep an equal amount of time in between each note you play. Practice changing up how loud you play depending on where you are in the song (At a peaceful part, strum gently, at a heavier part, hit the hell outta those strings) This will help develop your tone and make you a better guitarist. This will turn you from that beginner into that pro =)
Quote (dreu21952006 @ Thu, Oct 1 2009, 11:32pm)
Tone meaning the clarity of the note. Often times when intermediate players try playing too quickly , the notes are slurred and very dirty.
Tone has has other meanings but I believe thats how he meant it in that post.
BFMV is a good bad to look into. I learned to play guitar based off of Metallica... Not all of their songs are purely about speed , some are rather difficult rhythms , and others just require that emotion not all guitarists can put in their music.
I also suggest JamCenter.com , I get bored and improv over them all the time.
Correct, that's how I was using it for my post, I went into a bit more detail of it but his is a more condensed definition for you DeathDeception!
This post was edited by PSPZorZ on Oct 1 2009 09:44pm