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 Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:45 pm
My guitar teacher has just recently started teaching me a monster solo for some rock song (forgot the name) that he's teaching me. He just recently switched me from accmpanyment (Sp?), to lead. I've been a rhythm guitarist for the past year and a half, I have no solo skills or lead skills whatsoever and It's high time I start working on that if I'm to be a versitile guitarist. He told me I'm making good progress with keeping rhythm, staying on the beat, etc. but my pull offs are very weak. I'm supposed to be pulling the string with the finger that's on the fret I'm pulling off from to sound the note, which I have to do with my pinky so it doesn't help at all. So, how do I develop finger strength/dexerity/the ability to do pull-offs that sound just as loud as the other notes I'm playing?
I don't consider myself a particularly bad guitarist, but I'm far from a seasoned one. Any advice?
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Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:58 pm
With a pull-off, you have to kind of move your finger a little bit sideways on the fretboard before lifting it, kind of plucking the string with your fretting finger as it comes off.
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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:09 pm
I'm sure you know what a pull-off is, but I think it'll help if I tell you what my definition is:
Use your finger to bend the string either up or down to "Pull" the note and then release it, thus having just "strummed" the string for the note that your other finger is holding down.
All right...
It takes some time for pinky strength to develop. I'm not saying it's not possible or that it'll be too difficult, but one of the things I've always done before my pinky was very strong was that I would just change position real quick. But according to some of the people I used play with I was amazing for how little time I was playing and was able to move back and forth quickly enough for it to be done without messing up.
If you need help playing leads I might reccomend John 5's song "Sugarfoot Rag". I hear it's a cover of another song with certain changes to it... But I only know it by John 5 so I can't give proper credit. Another song I song I would reccomend to help practicing leads would be Avenged Sevenfold's song Beast and the Harlot. It's a lot easier than John 5 but probably something you could get into if you're not used to playing lead.
You can also try Eric Johnson's song "Cliffs of Dover". The intro might be a little tricky if you're not too used to moving up and down the neck of the guitar yet, but it's pretty easy.
Good luck with playing leads
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:34 am
just keep working at it . and take it slow too .
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