03-22-2009, 11:13 AM
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(TheShred201) Exercises\Songs for Technique
Sorry about the formatting problems and stuff in this - also, it was TheShred201 who actually did all the hard work for this thread, NOT me, but unfortunately we almost lost this thread and now it's down under my name. Credit where credit's due. :cheers
All of the files in this thread can be opened with Tuxguitar (google it), for those who won\'t buy Guitar Pro. CLICK ME > Thousands of exercises! http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/ http://www.shredacademy.com/lessons/free_theory.htm http://www.shredacademy.com/lessons/free_tech.htm http://www.shredacademy.com/lessons/free_licks.htm http://chopsfromhell.com/guest_columnists.html http://www.theshredzone.com/content...sp?categoryid=6 http://www.myguitarsolo.com/Licks/Licks.htm Freepower's "Exercises of Doom" Basically I feel that most "exercises" available online are just stock shred licks. These are pretty poor for developing technique (nowhere near focused enough!) and terribly dull to listen to until you start hitting 150bpm. The following exercises ARE exercises. Some are totally amusical, some sound pretty nice, but they are all focused on working particular aspects of your technique or fretboard knowledge. There is nothing here that needs to be played at high tempos, correct form and attention to detail are most important factors. If you need tabs, they're either annotated, or attached to the youtube description. Exercise 1 - The Rack (left hand flexibility and reach) Exercise 2 - Pulloff Nightmare (finger strength and independence) Exercise 3 - Betcha Can't Pick This! (string crossing and skipping) Exercise 4 - Impossible Em11 Sweep (muting, sweeping) Exercise 5 - Eh? (fretboard awareness, position shifts) Exercise 6 - Legato Madness (dexterity, co-ordination) Exercise 7 - All legato permutations (co-ordination, strength) Exercise 8 - Chordal Efficiency (rhythm guitar, sweep picking, fretboard knowledge) Exercise 9 - Chord Scales (developing voicings and fretboard knowledge) Exercise 10 - Whole Tone Hammers (or hybrid/economy picking nonsense!) Songs for technique
TBH, I\'ve gotten annoyed at how many threads get made that are "What songs should I work on for tapping?" or "What are some good sweeping songs." And so I take it upon myself (Preferably with some help from the other AT Guys) to make a somewhat all-encompassing one. Unfortunately, the fact that I and many others have had to answer these questions over and over shows that people don\'t really use the search bar, so this may not work too well, but it\'s worth a shot. These are not in any order of difficulty or anything similar! Alternate/Economy Picking Racer X--Technical Difficulties/Metal Dog Paul Gilbert--Curse Of Castle Dragon Megadeth--Tornado Of Souls Megadeth--Holy Wars...The Punishment Due Metallica--Fight Fire With Fire Dream Theater--Metropolis Pt. One Dream Theater--Erotomania Dream Theater--This Dying Soul Wintersun--Winter Madness Buckethead--Nottingham Lace Nicolo Paganini--5th Caprice** John Petrucci--Glasgow Kiss John Petrucci--Damage Control Dream Theater--Octavarium Dream Theater--Afterlife Dream Theater--Lines In The Sand Dream Theater--Overture 1928 Dream Theater--In The Presence Of Enemies Liquid Tension Experiment--Paradigm Shift Steve Morse--Tunmeni Notes Al Di Meola--Pharaoh Kings Shawn Lane--Gray Pianos Flying Shawn Lane--Get You Back Downpicking (thanks Zaphod!) A7X - Unholy Confessions Metallica - Blackened, Master of Puppets, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), [any number of other songs] Black Sabbath - Paranoid Arch Enemy - Nemesis The Black Dahlia Murder - Funeral Thirst Judas Priest - Painkiller Demons & Wizards - Dorian, Beneath These Waves Strapping Young Lad - Aftermath Foo Fighters - Everlong Ihsahn - Frozen Lakes On Mars Killswitch Engage - Rose of Sharyn, My Curse, My Last Serenade Kyuss - Green Machine Machine Head - Aesthetics of Hate Mastodon - Blood and Thunder Mr. Big - Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy (The Electric Drill Song) My Chemical Romance - Ghost of You Nevermore - The Psalm of Lydia Nightwish - Nemo Paul Gilbert - SVT Psycroptic - Ob(Servant) Rise Against - Voices Off Camera Septic Flesh - Sangreal Slayer - Raining Blood, [any number of other songs] Slipknot - Surfacing, Vermillion (Part 1), Gematria (The Killing Name), [any number of other songs] Trivium - Ember to Inferno, Declaration, Anthem (We Are The Fire), [any number of other songs] String Skipping Racer X--Scarified Bach--Bouree In E Minor Dream Theater--Innocence Faded Liquid Tension Experiment--Universal Mind Sweep Picking Metallica--Leper Messiah Jason Becker--Altitudes Jason Becker--Perpetual Burn Jason Becker--Serrana Cacophony--Concerto Cacophony--Speed Metal Symphony Nevermore--The Psalm Of Lydia Between The Buried and Me--Selkies:The Endless Obsession Between The Buried and Me--Alaska Yngwie Malmsteen--Trilogy Sweet Op. 5 Yngwie Malmsteen--Blitzkreig Tony MacAlpine--Wheel Of Fortune Michael Angelo Batio--No Boundries Protest The Hero--Turn Soonest To The Sea The Human Abstract--Vela Together We Await The Storm The Human Abstract--Violent Strike Nicolo Paganini--24th Caprice** Necrophagist--Advanced Corpse Tumor Necrophagist--Mutilate The Stillborn Outworld--Riders Rusty Cooley--Under The Influence** Rusty Cooley--The Butcher* Rusty Cooley--Dominion** Rusty Cooley--The Duel** Dave Martone--Pigeon Walk Racer X--Frenzy Dream Theater--Fatal Tragedy Frank Gambale--High 5 Sweep Tapping(Obviously this will improve your sweeping too) Necrophagist--Stabwound Necrophagist--Symbiotic In Theory Necrophagist--Fermented Offal Discharge Dream Theater--Under A Glass Moon Dragonforce--Valley Of The Damned Hybrid Picking Eric Johnson--Cliffs Of Dover Guthrie Govan--Waves Albert Lee--Country Boy Mastadon--Bladecatcher Bumblefoot - Real, Guitars Still Suck Mastodon - Divinations Brett Garsed - Undoing Finger Picking Beginner Three libras- A Perfect Circle Dust in the wind- Kansas Buried alive- Avenged sevenfold (intro) Stairway to heaven- Led zep Babe im gonna leave you- led zep Roulette- System of a down Intermediate Tears in heave- Eric Clapton Classico- Tenacious D Expert Classical Gas Tapping Guthrie Govan--Fives Paul Gilbert--Four Seasons Arsis--We Are The Nightmare Extreme--Get The Funk Out Mr. Big--Green Tinted Sixties Mind Symphony X--Sea Of Lies Symphony X--Of Sins And Shadows Symphony X--Eve of Seduction Steve Vai--Building The Church Steve Vai--Liberty Paul Gilbert--Get Out Of My Yard (without human capo) Van Halen--Hot For Teacher Van Halen--Jump Van Halen--5150 Van Halen--Eruption Van Halen--Dreams Dokken--Tooth And Nail Dream Theater--Wait For Sleep Dave Martone--Starz Scarz Dave Martone--Fumble Fingers Buckethead--Jordan Protest The Hero--Bloodmeat Reb Beach--Black Magic Bumblefoot--Guitars Suck Mattias Eklundh--Lisa\'s Passion For Heavy Metal Touchstyle Tapping (separated as deciding difficulty would get difficult otherwise) Joe Satriani--Midnight Joe Satriani--Day At The Beach Joe Satriani--The Forgotten Pt. 1 Joe Satriani--The Headless Horseman Dave Martone--Tap Thang Kiko Loureiro--Tapping Into My Dark Tranquility Angra--Heroes Of Sand Zack Kim--Super Mario Theme Stanley Jordan--Anything Legato Joe Satriani--Flying In A Blue Dream Joe Satriani--Power Cosmic Joe Satriani--Echo Joe Satriani--The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing Iron Maiden--Number Of The Beast Rusty Cooley--Dark Matter** Steve Vai--Lotus Feet Steve Vai--For The Love Of God Dream Theater--Lies In The Sand Dream Theater--In The Name Of God Allan Holdsworth--Fred Allan Holdsworth--City Nights Allan Holdsworth--Metal Fatigue Chord Work Joe Satriani--Joe Satriani Al Di Meola--Mediterranean Sundance Al Di Meola--Splendido Sundance Periphery -- All New Materials Animals As Leaders - Modern Meat Anything by Allan Holdsworth! *=Currently, only the sweeping section as tabbed, but if completely tabbed will work the rest of your techniques well. **=Will build multiple and most likely all of your techniques Categories may be added or changed by compelling arguments. |
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03-22-2009, 03:26 PM
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03-22-2009, 06:12 PM
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I'm definitely going to try these all out, especially the four week schedule. Thanks for putting these together.
Thanks TheShred201!
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 But yeah, thanks for reposting this!
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03-23-2009, 09:03 PM
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EXCELLENT POST!!!!!
I've been looking for something like this for a while now!!! Thanks TheShred201 + Freepower!!!
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03-23-2009, 11:40 PM
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First page! w00t! I'm glad that this thread is in here. I was away when the forums changed. I need to take a look at these.
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03-25-2009, 12:04 PM
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Awesome post, cheers. Although I'd like to try out the four week schedule and spider licks, which I can't find in the compilation package. Where can I find these tabs?
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03-25-2009, 12:29 PM
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Ok, How am I supposed to save this to my computer to open it up with Tux Guitar?
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03-25-2009, 12:30 PM
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v It's Back! :D
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Oops... I seem to have lost them somewhat. It's not really a 4 week plan, just some of my fave picking exercises. All meant to be strict alternate picking, btw.
http://www.mediafire.com/?jyyinyzgncy Thar you go. ED: LIB, download archive from mediafire. Extract files with winzip/winrar/7zip, open with tuxguitar. |
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03-25-2009, 12:53 PM
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Tuxguitar question? Just installed this, is there a way to zoom in on the tabs, they are so small I can't see the numbers very well.
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Where is Freepower ForUG.zip actually?
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03-31-2009, 06:17 AM
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Downloaded it and it rocks! Thanks man!
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Please let me know if you have
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04-01-2009, 10:32 AM
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What kinds of files did it have in it? I have a decent amount of freepowers stuff, so I may have it, but it.
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04-01-2009, 02:53 PM
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where do we find said sticky? but cheers guys for uploading this stuff, it's awesome! Also, is the "Extreme String Skipping" lick included in the gp file possible that goes like this?: ----------------11---------------------------- ------------10-----10------------------------ ---------9------------------------------------- ------8---------------------------------------- --7-------------------------------------------- --5--5--5--5--5--5-------------------------- Cheers! |
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