any shredders on here? sure some of it is lacking in the musical department but damn it sure is a nice feeling when u can point at someone playing something and say I CAN PLAY FASTER THEN YOU! Here is a video for you to wathc and morn at the fact that you'll never be able to play it http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8725540685439152718&q=jason+becker
I play more like Joe Satriani with a bit of Yngwie here and there than Jason Becker, but... Sure, I'm a shredder.
I don't like the whole I can play faster than you thing. I don't like to sit there and tap my ass off or whatever. It just doesn't have a style I can dig.I also HATE this neo-classical shredding stuff.
I have long since topped being TOTALLY wowwed by fast guitar...fast doesnt neccesarily make me like the way it sounds
Personally the only shredding i can listen to and enjoy is jason becker and martyfriedman. I do realize that speed isn't everything, not by a long shot but being technically skilled sure helps you along in youre playing. haha want to hear something fucked, that ssong in the video is originally played on violin which has only 4 strings.
to be honest i have been playing for longer than i havent now .....im 20 and i have been playing scince i was 7 and i stopped wanting to go faster about 6 years ago and my playing has exploded, learning subtle chord changes and using arrps instead of shreading through scales at quavs and semi quavs 190+ bpm has actually made me faster and more fluid.............to be honest the only shreading worth listening to is the guitar trio those gues are amazing not just because al di meola?(or john maglaughlin/paco de lucia one of them) is playing perfect modal runs but that he is doing it with his fingers. man thats crazy jazzy flamenco'y stuff. so inspirational ...sorry all about the lecture but fuck speed its just a tool and most players posess it ......learn how to play then!!! learn how to play fast. Peace & Hugs Brian
Ever see a major league pitcher throw nothing but fastballs? It's not just about speed. Here's a different Capprice but its a good example of how although controlled speed is essential its not the foundation of music. http://youtube.com/watch?v=l8emx6wr5Gg&search=classical%20guitar
i know alot of guitarest who play fast to show off, it makes me mad because eveyone is like wow and they realy suck but think they are so cool
Same. Personally, I like some shredding and when used right it can sound cool but I think at soem point some shredders tend to focus less ont he sound and quality of the music and justt he speed.
That's a very hardcore version of the 24th Caprice, Peace. The girl is INSANE!! But then, classical guitar players are rather good at shredding, for they are accustomed to playing heavy duty arpeggios and such. However, I still don't quite see the difference between what she is doing in that video and what Jason Becker's doing in the other one. They are both fantastic musicians, and are both playing paganini's music. Even though one is a classical guitar player and the other a heavy metal guitar player, what they are doing essentially is the same: playing music...and very well at that. One may very well be entitled not to like Jason Becker's style, but that certainly does not mean he did not have the ability to play the guitar(I'm just saying this since some people thought he couldn't play shit ). Shredding is a style of music, not a way in which a musician attempts to purposely offend a listener. Incidentally, many people find this genre of music to be appealing. Equally many people are also disgusted by it, but does it matter? No, because shredders, just like any other musicians, play music based on their own beliefs. They don't play something to please the general public, but to play something because they believe in it. That's a positive thing, not negative.
