Chromatic-Death
Soulless Perfection
Chromatic-Death
Soulless Perfection
Chromatic-Death
And yet...the question of my original post still stands...
Since you like classical and your pro says you like heavy metal you should try the piece Summer by Vivaldi...little Alexi Laiho did
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZspGWM-aWsBut my original post still stands...This topic is going way over your head...I'm talking about REAL classical (or in this case "fingerstyle") guitar...I'm talking about guitarists like...Julian Bream, Eliot Fisk, Andres Segovia, Li Jie, Dionisio Aguado...
I think you are confusing and diminishing the term classical guitar with "neo-classical"...
alexi played that vivaldi piece decently...but i've seen better...he's just a mainstream guitarist...the guitarists who not many people know of, are the really good ones...like Tiago della Vega, Dr. Viossy, Jason Becker (even though he is very well known) Michael Romeo (also very well known) and a whole lot more, are real neo-classical guitarists... alexi is pretty good...but NOT neo-classical...because he does not have the technique or knowledge of one...alexi's right hand technique is terrible...
Just in case you've never heard of these guys...here is a couple of links:
Tiago Della Vega:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1-PZCZtTXMDr. Viossy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NryhTrYPgZsJason Becker:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Iz3RHZNDQMichael Romeo:
]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2ukQeA4zSYHe's not a neo-classical artists at all. He's a metal artist but that was a display of his ability to do more than just metal (there are many people who think there is no ability or soul in metal and the only soul is blues in jazz which is bs).
The people you showed were good but i don't understand what you mean his right hand technique is horrible...? Its the typical picking of a fast metal artist.
An offical classical piece of course though has to be fingerpicked because unlike ygnwie malmsteen and alexi who did improvisions of a classical piece you must play the rythm and harmony together.
True, but a couple of people consider him a neo-classical guitarist just because he does stuff like that...it bothers me a little..hehe...and whoever thinks that jazz and or blues are the only forms of soulful music is just a plain idiot!!...any type of music has the potency to create soul...
The trick to playing guitar (any kind or genre) is to look like you're not even playing guitar, alexi's hand looks like it went through a grinder!
the hand position looks really awkward...having good technique gives you the benefit to be as comfortable as possible on and off stage, and make whatever you're playing look effortless...If you look at Tiago Della Vega's left hand...it has perfect technique. He basically doesn't even move those fingers... that's pretty much as good as you can get at electric when it comes to left hand technique...and as for his right hand...he uses economy picking (originally a jazz technique) which alot of shredders like Malmsteen, Michael Angelo Batio, and Tiago Della Vega use...Well actually on the contray thats the only song i have ever heard him play neo-classical on. A lot of neo-classical music although has influenced metal guitar. Even such the famous Randy Rhodes himself who did in fact play classical guitar.
On the other hand Alexi doesn't look that much to his guitar. In the last video it cut off his head but here's another video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krRgIu2bbeY&feature=relatedin this one he basically only looks at his guitar when he is doing a slide or is about to.
The guys been playing for 10+ years and he's probably gotten comfortable in the position he plays with his right hand. As for the left i don't understand still the technique your saying...perhaps the technique you say you can be a little more detailed about. Maybe its something i should develop.
As my teacher says when you record a record or play live people don't care if your playing with a twig or a $10,000 dollar guitar or if your playing with your thumb on the fretboard or off. Its all about what you sound like but yea..
