A question to the amazingly techniqual guitar players who play this song, i know it should be on the musicians corner but what the hell, to those who play the song completly, do u use string-skipping or sweep arpeggios for the first harmonized solo?
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the_satanic_rabbit
Return of Ganon
??? I'm not sure what solo you're talking about... If you're talking about the interlude with the guitar and keyboard fast triplet thing, it's string-skip tapping...if you're talking about the very first little solo on the first verse, where there is a harmonized part...umm...gotta check to see exactly what I do...
Yeah...I sweep it...
Yeah...I sweep it...
I think I know what you mean. After the first verse, I sweep that. It takes practice to get it real defined, but that way makes the most sense to me.
the_satanic_rabbit
Return of Ganon
It's hard to sweep at that speed for me...its moderately fast but not fast enough to where i can just sweep and it will come out clean. It takes a lot of control...I would alternate pick it if I could
The solo that leads into the tapping sequence has BITCH arpeggios at the beginning. Romeo alt. picks them - he's inhuman. He doesn't string-skip either. That's the one part of the song that I have the most trouble with.
Yngvai X
Dark Emperor
OfSinsAndShred said:
That is string skipping in that solo. I have The Guitar Chapter. Don't believe every ASCII you see
I don't know if we're talking about the same solo, but I'm gonna try string skipping... thanks man.
And yeah, although it's amazing that a lot of these guys can tab Symphony X songs so accurately, sometimes I find myself saying "What are they THINKING with those positions and fingerings?" Oh well, to each his own.
Sweet, maybe I'll be able to move up to like THREE on the list of Symphony X songs I can play, lol...
argh that means the first solo IS string skipping, Mjr is a PG fan and i do hear stacatto in the lick so im gona do it the string skipping way, still more power to sweepers here!
I dunno... it does sound staccato, but the first solo arpeggio is a minor one... Romeo (and most guitarists) usually sweep those, but they alternate pick the complex passages involving diminished and 7th arpgeggios (ex. - "In the Dragon's Den").
Anyway, thanks guys for pointing out the ease of string-skipping the second solo. It's so easy now!
Anyway, thanks guys for pointing out the ease of string-skipping the second solo. It's so easy now!
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