Members Steadfastly Posted February 9, 2008 Members Posted February 9, 2008 I keep seeing this term but I'm not sure what it really is. Would someone enlighten me? Not that I'll be able to do it, but at least I'll have one more term down that I know I can't do. Thank you.
Members 1001gear Posted February 9, 2008 Members Posted February 9, 2008 Shredding is I believe a surfer term that is used to describe tearing up the wave - more intense than hot dogging I think. It was later adapted by I believe those very same surfers to mean playing one note as fast as possible.
Members ANameYouTrust Posted February 9, 2008 Members Posted February 9, 2008 Playing so fast that your hands shred up the fingerboard. Not literally, of course.
Members Yngtchie Blacksteen Posted February 9, 2008 Members Posted February 9, 2008 Fast, technically demanding guitar playing, often done with a distorted tone. It's mostly found in metal, but also occurs in other styles of music. Speed is basically the key element to shredding; if it's not fast, it's not shred.
Members Verence Posted February 9, 2008 Members Posted February 9, 2008 It's when you go: "Wheedly wheedly wheedly" really really fast.
Members Jasco Posted February 9, 2008 Members Posted February 9, 2008 I looked for synonyms for 'shredding' in my thesaurus and the first one was 'wanking'. When I looked for antonyms for 'shredding' in my thesaurus, the first one was 'soul'.
Members Virgman Posted February 9, 2008 Members Posted February 9, 2008 I looked for synonyms for 'shredding' in my thesaurus and the first one was 'wanking'.When I looked for antonyms for 'shredding' in my thesaurus, the first one was 'soul'. Ouch! :poke:
Members sumpm1 Posted February 9, 2008 Members Posted February 9, 2008 I could see how wanking could be similar to shredding! Respect my wank fool.
Members Knottyhed Posted February 11, 2008 Members Posted February 11, 2008 This is shredding:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDu0NWa2Iws&feature=related
Members Steadfastly Posted February 11, 2008 Author Members Posted February 11, 2008 playing really fast That's what I thought but wasn't sure. Thanks.
Members Steadfastly Posted February 11, 2008 Author Members Posted February 11, 2008 This is shredding:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDu0NWa2Iws&feature=related I appreciated the speed of the fingers but I feel this is more noise than music.
Members Rocky101 Posted February 11, 2008 Members Posted February 11, 2008 Shred sucks, spend time learning to play music instead. You'll land more gigs and be able to fit into jazz, blues, rock ,metal ,classical, rockabilly, country etc. My previous bands have let go of many shredders, they we fast and technical very good, but have them play melodies over a simple 2-5-1 or 1-6-2-5 progression and it turns into:freak:
Members Yngtchie Blacksteen Posted February 11, 2008 Members Posted February 11, 2008 This is shred: [YOUTUBE]bvoeSqyOkD8[/YOUTUBE]
Members Knottyhed Posted February 12, 2008 Members Posted February 12, 2008 I appreciated the speed of the fingers but I feel this is more noise than music. The example I posted is probably the worst end of it. It also depends how you define shredding, once being a shredder simply meant you were a fast, technically acomplished player, but due to the worse exesses of some of the 80's glam rock bands (e.g. Nitro) it has come to mean awful, noisey, non-musical ego-wanking to most people. The definition itself is shakey - some people will tell you a technical, but ultimately musical player like Steve Vai, Brett Garsed or Eric Johnson is a shredder. Other people will apply the term to neo-classical guitar playing only (e.g. Malmsteen et al) and others will only apply it to guitar playing in which speed is a more important consideration than rythmn, dynamics, note choice etc.
Members hshaitan Posted February 12, 2008 Members Posted February 12, 2008 Anything that is so fast that it makes the audience drop their jaw.
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