Sunday, March 25, 2012

Videos: 7th chords + techniques

My playing of chords here is already quite well. I can play them and switch chords fast, because we've learned 7th chords in grade 9. The 1 year since we first learned the chords is enough to increase my skill.

Hammer-ons are an easy technique, so I can play them quite well. My hands move pretty fast, but the tone that the hammer-ons produces is still muffled. I have to press my fingers harder if I want clearer sounds.

Pull-offs are a lot harder, and I can't pull them off well yet (lol look at the pun). I need to improve my speed and precision. I tend to get confused on how to play the pull-off, so I might need to go back to the basics.

Here I used sliding along with hammer-ons and pull-offs. Sliding in guitar is an easy technique, so I could pull it off pretty easily. Chaining it with a hammer-on and pull-off is a different matter though, as I suck at pull-offs. I really have to improve on pull-offs.

Here I improvise using the various techniques. It's all pretty good I guess, but I need to learn the right time to use bending. I used bending rather recklessly here, so it affects the quality.

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