BWAHAHHAA.

You are a fucking moron. Oh shit, I better get my money back for my extensive knowledge of music theory and history because they didn't explain arbitrary guitar techniques that don't even have agreed upon names because they're so obscure and useless. Go find me a music school that even talks about fucking guitar let alone PICKING TECHNIQUES FOR GUITAR LOL GUTIAR 101 LETS TALK ABOUT PICKING.

If you're talking about something SRV does, then you're not talking about what everyone else is talking about. So this ends up being an issue of YOU using terms that aren't even mainstream or definite, and then acting like someone is an idiot when they don't understand you. "Circular picking" in the sense that it's typically used describes some roundabout form of alternate picking where you're just pivoting your thumb and index finger.

Do a google search on "circular picking". Read and weep. Now, if you would qualify the terms you attempt to use before you jump on someone's ass for not understanding you, in your own error, then you should go back to first grade and learn how to socially interact, you greasy metalhead fuck.

This post was edited by chronowarp on Jul 16 2010 12:19pm

Nice rage.



Nice rage paragraph, too bad I didn't read

This post was edited by Darkshade on Jul 16 2010 01:28pm

this argument has deteriorated into just bickering

by the way, guitar techniques don't make good music. srv's picking technique being difficult doesn't make me like srv any

Its not meant to, my point has always been that it's a hard technique and a good technique to have. For rhythm. Again, for RHYTHM.

Chronowarp, got a girlfriend? No? Didn't think so. And yes, i am a greasy metalhead and i'm proud of it.

And here is some proof for you:
http://www.brightonguitaracademy.co.uk/

OMGNOWAY!! IS THERE REALLY NO MUSIC SCHOOL OUT THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT GUITAR?!

http://www.bimm.co.uk/

NO WAY ANOTHER ONE?!

This post was edited by bob(Cs2) on Jul 16 2010 02:10pm

okay I'm aware it's for rhythm. I'm just curious as to why you mentioned it after you decided to discuss my disliking of SRV's music. What relevance did it have?

Guitar schools= a joke, oh man. As a guitarist you should learn to accept that guitar is the red headed step child in all musical education & real musical situations. Schools that cater to guitar typically just perpetuate the ignorant guitarist syndrome. In other words, high focus on things that don't matter, little to no musical history, theory, knowledge, application, and even less about actually performing, interpreting and reading music.

Go to Juliard or U of Texas and find me some classes about guitar picking techniques, lol. TY. The point is this: it's utterly pointless to discuss such trivial things in depth, because your time is better spent learning to play fucking music and expanding your repertoire rather than focusing no how you can generate a little less pick noise and be slightly more ergonomic so you can shred with maximum $ return.

So your point went from "LOL CIRCULAR PICKING ISNT THAT" TO "LOL LOOK A SCHOOL THAT TEACHES GUITAR"? Come on, keep it consistent you greasy metalhead. You were wrong about circular picking, and an idiot for losing your reins over something you didn't qualify in your posts. Own up to it, and move on.

and yes, I have a girlfriend.

This post was edited by chronowarp on Jul 16 2010 02:31pm

Not really. Frank Gambale has a MUCH smoother picking technique that, like he said in some interview, took 7 years to master. And the difference is more than distinguishable to my ears.

I agree with the bolded, but we strongly disagree on what is distinguishable here.

This post was edited by JesperIF on Jul 16 2010 09:20pm

Frank Gambales picking technique is just an issue of economy of motion. That's quite a worlds away from what we've discussing here, if I'm understanding you.

Not just motion, angle of the pick and attack strenght are different.

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