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  1. Al7eX

    “Musician’s Ear”

    So I just listened to a song I haven’t listened to forever Animal I have Become by Three Day Grace but something was wrong with it. It sounded different, not necessarily in a bad way but I heard things that I didn’t hear before. I think I really developed that “musician’s ear” and I could really...
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    I made a weird sound

    So I accidentally hit something that sounds almost like a pinch harmonic. Instead of using my thumb though I used my index finger’s fingernail. Also I found it works best on the top 3 strings of the guitar a lot better than the lower ones. I had to put the puck in a bit of an angle to do it. I...
  3. Al7eX

    Singing in time

    I’ve been wondering how do you sing in time and rhythm with other instruments. I’m doing in more of a jam session scenario where we are all freestyling not recorded and fully planned out.
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    Stuck in a Rut

    So I’ve been having a bit trouble creating something new. I am stuck doing the same old I - VII - VI chord progressions and riffs that I’ve done before and when I create something new it feels boring and uninteresting. I have been through this before but this time is a bit harder to get out of...
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    Transitioning and strum patterns

    So there are two things that are confusing me. First is something I kinda got down and that transitioning from a verse to a chorus or chorus to a bridge. What are some steps or ways I would to kinda build up verse to a chorus or another part of the song. Second is strum patterns. I have been...
  6. Al7eX

    My First Band Jam

    After 8 months 5 days and 6 hours of playing guitar, I started a band and we had our first jam session last Thursday. It was a little difficult syncing up but it was pretty cool. I’m gonna call it a band jam, yes it sounds a bit cheesy but has a nice ring to it, maybe, ok I am not calling it...
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    Rhythm Combinations

    So I was sitting in class one day and struggling to think of a good rhythm combination. So I thought hey why don’t I try all of them. If one beat has 16 different variations, one measure shouldn’t be that bad right, and boy was I wrong. I calculate everything for one measure and I got 64. Now...
  8. Al7eX

    Lead Guitar

    I’ve been trying to practice my lead guitar skills so I go on a backing track to do that and… I have no idea what to do. I’m even questioning what lead guitar is. I look up on the internet for help and I couldn’t find my answer but maybe I did, I have no idea. Is lead guitar just soloing over...
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    Difference in the 12 keys

    So there is twelve keys. Does the sound in someone’s playing or the emotion they are trying to evoke change with what key they are in? I hear that D minor is considered the saddest key of all. If I play in B minor does it make much of a difference other than the fact that it’s a bit lower on the...
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    How to play with a drummer

    I’ve been recently trying to play with drum tracks and every time it comes out pretty crappy. I’ve asked a few musicians I know and the answer was to play with a metronome and tap my feet when I play. That helped staying on time (of course) but my riffs don’t really work well with the drummer...
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    Steve Vai whammy trick in new Polyphia song

    So I watched Polyphia’s new song Ego Death and it was absolutely incredible. It sounded amazing and Steve Vai was in it too and did a crazy cool solo and there was one whammy bar trick that blew me away. It was around 4 minutes and 12 seconds in the song. I looked at it slowly and thought it was...
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    Favorite chord progressions

    What is your favorite chord progression that you either use a lot or has a big impact on your style of playing? For me that would be the Andalusian cadence (i-bVII-bVI-V), I-iii-ii-vi-vii* or i-III-bVII-bVI
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    Rhythm exercises

    I’ve been struggling with my rhythm and I wondering if anyone had any rhythm exercises that they wanted to share. Thanks in advance. 🙂🤘
  14. Al7eX

    First song you learned

    What is first full song you ever learned? For me it would be Animal I have Become by Three Days Grace
  15. Al7eX

    Songs to help improve speed picking

    I have just started trying to start building up speed with my alternate picking and I was wondering if there is any songs anyone would recommend that can improve it. Thanks in advance. 🙂
  16. Al7eX

    Best metalcore album

    There are a LOT of metalcore albums each one with their own unique sound and I was thinking which one could be considered the best or one of the best metalcore albums ever.
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