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Nice job!

If I were to offer advice it would be this:

Try to use contrasting ideas more. After a while the example posted starts to sound the same. Anything sounding the same will be become boring for listeners eventually.

Use more space. Silence offsets sound in a cool way. Constant notes don't give the listener a chance to breath.

In fact, a good assignment might be to make a list of contrasts. I'll get you started:

sound - silence

fast - slow

loud - quiet

high - low

distortion - clean

chords - single notes

electric - acoustic

fingers - slide (left hand)

fingers - pick (right hand)


See if you can come up with about 20 more... and then incorporate them into you're playing.

One other thing I might suggest is more accurate use of the whammy bar. Whenever I hear someone just wanking on the bar for the warble, it sounds amatuer-ish to me.

Just as in your bending and vibrato, use the bar to go up or down to certain pitches. Learn to play melodies with just the bar. Practice getting your bar vibrato in time with the tune you're playing. Mimic slides that singers and slide guitarists do. That, in my opinion is a much more musical and mature way to use the bar than the common 'grab-and-wank-randomly' approach.

Google some Jeff Beck or Phil Brown videos on you-tube for examples of what I'm talking about regarding bar control.

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Really liked your stuff bro! Nice overall tone.

 

I echo Jascos comments overall. He is pretty much right on. Your solo had really no build to it. It started out fairly intense. Then really stayed there. Maybe try starting out a little more sparse and gradually work your way up to a crescendo.

 

Overall though you have good tone and feel. I liked it.

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It was good, like I commented on the video.

Although phrasing is something that can ALWAYS be improved. No matter how good you are.

And +1 about the "silence" thing.

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Nice job!


If I were to offer advice it would be this:


Try to use contrasting ideas more. After a while the example posted starts to sound the same. Anything sounding the same will be become boring for listeners eventually.


Use more space. Silence offsets sound in a cool way. Constant notes don't give the listener a chance to breath.


In fact, a good assignment might be to make a list of contrasts. I'll get you started:


sound - silence


fast - slow


loud - quiet


high - low


distortion - clean


chords - single notes


electric - acoustic


fingers - slide (left hand)


fingers - pick (right hand)



See if you can come up with about 20 more... and then incorporate them into you're playing.


One other thing I might suggest is more accurate use of the whammy bar. Whenever I hear someone just wanking on the bar for the warble, it sounds amatuer-ish to me.


Just as in your bending and vibrato, use the bar to go up or down to certain pitches. Learn to play melodies with just the bar. Practice getting your bar vibrato in time with the tune you're playing. Mimic slides that singers and slide guitarists do. That, in my opinion is a much more musical and mature way to use the bar than the common 'grab-and-wank-randomly' approach.


Google some Jeff Beck or Phil Brown videos on you-tube for examples of what I'm talking about regarding bar control.

 

 

wow man i really appreciate your help! yah offset notes with silence is just as good as playing a note sometimes. And whats funny is thats like the first time i used a whammy bar so i just let my feeling controll it so yah i an amature =P thanks to the rest of you guys too!

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Here's some whammy bar control stuff for you to watch listen and learn from:

(nice phrasing and use of rests here too)


[YOUTUBE]bYqN-3JEe1Y[/YOUTUBE]


[YOUTUBE]1x_IVpr1oso[/YOUTUBE]

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