Guitar technique:

[sigtyr]

Guitar technique:

I'm not really into the "guitar language" as I'm self taught and I have never been into playing cover tracks etc... so I haven't really studied guitar tabs and stuff like that.
But I talked to this guy the other day about my techniques and stuff and I figured that I didn't really know the "right" words for the different shit...?!

I mean what do you call it in English when you do the fast picking or "grinding" on the strings (with the right hand)?? and I dont mean downstrokes.

[El-Heino]

The term I think you're looking for is "drilling"; Basically picking real fast (upstroke and downstroke, and repeat...), at something like 16ths speed. No?


About technique: I, too, am pretty much self-taught on the guitar, though that can pose some problems sometimes (e.g. could be using postures and "energy-wasting" movements). However, I did learn to play other band's music as a integral part of challenging myself, motivating me and learning new *tricks* (btw, I'd mostly figure out the stuff by ear, and then put it in my own tabs to help me remember them; btw, those tabs are now all over the net...he he). I first started with easy stuff; Cannibal, Morbid Angel...then moved to more challenging stuff; Meshuggah, Suffocation, Cryptopsy, etc... Each time I moved up, it forced me to take my playing to the "next" level and improve.

When it comes to composition, though, it is best to lock away all those influences and see what sort of true originality lies within you!

[Mötörfred]

I think what you're on about is usually referred to as speed picking....

[Mötörfred]

I think what you're on about is usually referred to as speed picking....

[sigtyr]

yeah speed picking or drilling are both good terms, cheers.

[shroudofimpurity]

16th note alternate picking is nicknamed "tremolo picking" or "trem" picking, some call it "grinding". I just call it 16th notes or 12th notes if they are played in a triplet timing:)

[sigtyr]

Cheers man, it's funny cause for all these years I've played, I never had any idea what any of it is called hehe.

Anyway, as more and more people and interviewers ask questions about techniques and shit, I kinda need to dig into that whole aspect as well. I have also become a bit more interested in all that lately anyway.