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  1. Syn Gates

    Tips for writing riffs/solos/songs?

    I listen to a lot of classical music and try to imitate the rhythm first and then add notes to it later. John Williams music is brilliant and very rhythm oriented. Stravinsky also had brilliant rhythmic themes.
  2. Syn Gates

    Syn's White Picks

    They’re white Dunlop gator grip 2.0’s but before this last tour I switched over to .73’s because I find them to be a little more articulate. Kinda crazy cuz I’ve used 2.0’s for 15 years.
  3. Syn Gates

    Relative Pitch

    Me too my friend😏
  4. Syn Gates

    Relative Pitch

    Relative pitch is the ability to identify intervals between notes. For example, if you heard 2 different notes in succession and were able to identify the interval, that would be an example of relative pitch. You have the ability to “relate” one note to another either melodically or...
  5. Syn Gates

    2 string tapping?

    You have to lift up slightly on the G string and hammer on really strong on the B string. It’s tricky tho it took me a while
  6. Syn Gates

    some guitar porn for you all

    So rad!
  7. Syn Gates

    Making a living with guitar

    I agree with Ben, there are more ways than ever these days to monetize music. To be successful at anything requires you to be proficient at your craft(at the least). Then you can start a YouTube channel, upload music, Skype lessons, etc. Even a seemingly simple grunge band like Nirvana(their...
  8. Syn Gates

    Muting while tapping

    I start out really slow and try to identify where the unwanted sound is coming from and then I do my best to mute that area whether it’s my right hand palm or my left hand thumb wrapped over the low strings(pitchwise). Sometimes it’s a little trickier than that but the key is going slow and...
  9. Syn Gates

    Is CAGED really that bad?

    I’m truly impressed with everyone’s insight, great work and thanks from the bottom of my heart for having such constructive and comprehensive discussions. Bottom line is that CAGED worked wonders for me even tho they are essentially “linked boxes”. It is MY job to break out of the boxes and use...
  10. Syn Gates

    Suggestion For the Synyster Gates School

    You’re not wrong Andrew these are all things we are working on and they will not be at the expense of wholehearted comments and genuine participation. There will be incentives for doing good work and making progress along with big competitions for most improved etc. New additions to the site are...
  11. Syn Gates

    How's the tour going?!

    Going great thanks we are having a blast!
  12. Syn Gates

    Poster winners?

    Hi Sam, I sent them out a couple of weeks ago I will look into this. Sorry for the delay.
  13. Syn Gates

    Left hand speed

    Try working on more Legato exercises. This helped me to develop not just speed and dexterity, but more independence. I found that my fretting hand was following my picking hand way too much and had trouble making the few Legato licks I knew groove so a few years ago I began to dedicate a lot of...
  14. Syn Gates

    S T R E S S E D

    I love what you all had to say here and thanks everyone for your help! Hi Kallie, I’m so sorry you are having trouble and that it’s frustrating you. It’s very important to enjoy the process and it sounds like you have SO MUCH on your plate right now it may be hard to put in the amount of time it...
  15. Syn Gates

    Breaking bad habbits

    Love that Christopher I look forward to the lesson thanks for the help!
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    Breaking bad habbits

    Haha I love the question! YES this happens all the time and I get to watch them over and over on Youtube hah! I practice a lot and am lucky to have spent so much time on stage and even tho experience helps immensely, theres still a few BAD mistakes every night but that’s how you know you care...
  17. Syn Gates

    Anyone else notice this?

    Thank you guys very much! You guys have really done your homework I’m really blown away! Ya Gypsy really changed my playing way more than anything else since I started adopting economy picking. I can add one thing actually, I’ve been obsessed with the late and brilliant Allan Holdsworth who is...
  18. Syn Gates

    Recording yourself playing.

    I have this problem as well. To be honest it can be seriously frustrating at times. To this day, this hasn’t changed and it can be a bummer when I watch fuck ups of myself playing live on YouTube or Social Media. The only thing that you can tell yourself is that nobody’s perfect and to not be...
  19. Syn Gates

    Favourite type of alt. Music to draw inspiration from.

    I’m listening to a ton of piano right now. I love sax players as well because it forces you to phrase your lines more vocally because it requires space in order to take a breathe and I definitely appreciate that philosophy and it’s definitely necessary at times but I don’t mind being a bit...
  20. Syn Gates

    Hello I'm new to this community

    Nice to meet all of you! I’m really excited to see all of your progress! There’s already been so much interaction in this community it’s truly blown my mind and it’s only going to get better as more people join us! Have fun!
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