Members RedBarchetta Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 Alright, there is no need to lie on a forum. As far as I'm concerned, that's one of the lowest things you can do: lying in a place where people can't even see you and nobody knows who you are. That being said, how many notes can you play per minute? In order to submit your answer, you must be able to play at that speed with the following criteria: 1) You can go up and down 2 full octaves (1 positional box) 4 complete times. 2) You cannot make a mistake. 3) It has to sound acceptable and smooth. 4) It must be measured via a metronome. I'll start it off and put mine out there...a humbling 336 notes per minute. I've been playing for 12 years, that's what makes it sad.
Members Music Calgary Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 Only one but it's {censored}ING HUGE.
Members Mr Songwriter Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 I cannot lie....6 x 10
Members Celik Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 i can do 16th at 120bpm. i have been trying to work on my alternate picking my goal is to make it to 160.
Members SlaveNewWorld0 Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 Never measured myself... Focussing on speed bores me. I lose interest in speed exercises VERY fast... faster than any of you
Members Virgman Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 You must seek a feeling of incredible lightness. The only way to attain such beauty is to play veeerrrry ssslllooowwwlly. The Jonas Brothers are on the path... [YOUTUBE]h3GLEcwSvD4[/YOUTUBE]
Members Yngtchie Blacksteen Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 I'm not one for political correctness, so I'll gladly say that I have had my playing measured by Willie Jordan, who you've probably read about in Guitar World's recent issue on guitar speed. He slowed down one of my guitar solos, and counted the notes in one second of the fastest part. Alternate picked, it's 14 notes per second, very clean and even.
Members Virgman Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 I'm not one for political correctness, so I'll gladly say that I have had my playing measured by Willie Jordan, who you've probably read about in Guitar World's recent issue on guitar speed. He slowed down one of my guitar solos, and counted the notes in one second of the fastest part. Alternate picked, it's 14 notes per second, very clean and even. Tell us your secrets.
Members HumanError Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 i can do 16th at 120bpm. i have been trying to work on my alternate picking my goal is to make it to 160. Same here, but my goal is more around 180-190. This is going to take a while.
Members Pankot Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 Is this on a good day or a bad day? When I didn't have a job and could practice all day, I was around 18nps alternate picked and a bit faster legato style. Faster still if sloppy {censored}e was allowed, but that's a given These days the real world has taken its toll
Members jonPhillips Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 Music is not a sporting contest about speed. Listen to David Gilmour.
Members HumanError Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 Music is not a sporting contest about speed. Listen to David Gilmour. But it's nice to be able to play music by people who you look up to...
Members jonPhillips Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 But it's nice to be able to play music by people who you look up to... And your point is...?
Members HumanError Posted September 16, 2008 Members Posted September 16, 2008 And your point is...? Speed is often required.
Members Yngtchie Blacksteen Posted September 17, 2008 Members Posted September 17, 2008 Music is not a sporting contest about speed. Listen to David Gilmour.Yeah, but if you wanna play lightning fast, Gilmour is hardly the first person to study.
Members Virgman Posted September 17, 2008 Members Posted September 17, 2008 It's good to be able to play fast if you need to get there from here quickly. [YOUTUBE]qs8FJergjas[/YOUTUBE] The intro to that song is so cool.
Members wu ming Posted September 18, 2008 Members Posted September 18, 2008 Speed is the enemy of emotion.
Members corporealJigsor Posted September 18, 2008 Members Posted September 18, 2008 Music is not a sporting contest about speed. Listen to David Gilmour. But then listen to, say, paganini or django reinhardt, or metal, or some folk.... You have to be able to play as fast as what you want to play is.
Members lndianScout Posted September 18, 2008 Members Posted September 18, 2008 it's not how many notes you can play per minute, but what you can do with the ones you do play..
Members HumanError Posted September 19, 2008 Members Posted September 19, 2008 it's not how many notes you can play per minute, but what you can do with the ones you do play.. Well obviously people don't learn to play fast just to play scales (I hope). If your playing has no substance then it doesn't matter how fast you play.Speed and substance are not incompatible!
Members Knottyhed Posted September 21, 2008 Members Posted September 21, 2008 Speed is the enemy of emotion. Depends on what emotion you're talking about. Go and express aggression, excitment or joy by playing slowly. It may not be the case with you, but that's typically the argument of someone that doesn't want to play anything but blues music. You rarely (never) hear these argument from jazz, metal or classical players. You have to play what makes sense with the music, whopping out your shred arpeggio's over a blues is going to sound stupid, playing blues licks over aggressive metal riffs is equally going to sound stupid. Sometimes fast playing is what makes sense with the music, if you like that sort of music, you're going to want to play fast... I don't understand why some people find that hard to understand?
Members 1001gear Posted September 22, 2008 Members Posted September 22, 2008 it's not how many notes you can play per minute, but what you can do with the ones you do play.. Yup. Music per lifetime is the one they count.
Members EC1000 Posted September 22, 2008 Members Posted September 22, 2008 i can go different speeds depending on what it is I'm playing: 1 string things-very fast, multple strings- a little slower than that
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