How do you define shred?
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nakedseamus
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Re: How do you define shred?
sorry but huh?
shredist said:
sorry but huh?
Animal
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Re: How do you define shred?
To me, shred is playing speedy solos in a heavy metal type fashion. Ask an elitist and they'll say that you have to play over a certain amount notes per second, with uber-accurate precision, while yeilding a viking helmet before it can be considered shred. That kind of narrow classification really makes the idea of 'shred' a total wank. Same goes when people define metal into a cheesy cliche.
To me, shred is playing speedy solos in a heavy metal type fashion. Ask an elitist and they'll say that you have to play over a certain amount notes per second, with uber-accurate precision, while yeilding a viking helmet before it can be considered shred. That kind of narrow classification really makes the idea of 'shred' a total wank. Same goes when people define metal into a cheesy cliche.
RushOfBlood
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Re: How do you define shred?
when the fretboard sounds like it's getting shredded into by some superhuman fingers!
MEEDLYMEEDLYMEEEEE
when the fretboard sounds like it's getting shredded into by some superhuman fingers!
MEEDLYMEEDLYMEEEEE
Sozos
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Re: How do you define shred?
If you try the Troy Stetina series of educational books, you will be able to shred at 16 notes and with little practice at 24 notes. Malmsteen didn't really plat melodicly so the idea of shreding is underrated. Melodic shredding in minor scales is just beautiful but it takes some time to manage it.
If you try the Troy Stetina series of educational books, you will be able to shred at 16 notes and with little practice at 24 notes. Malmsteen didn't really plat melodicly so the idea of shreding is underrated. Melodic shredding in minor scales is just beautiful but it takes some time to manage it.
Kommerzbassist
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Re: How do you define shred?
Hmm I'd define Shredding as playing very fast, but constantly, while hitting more than one string per beat... I mean come on.. everyone can play one String very fast... but: complicated cords+fast=mean
Hmm I'd define Shredding as playing very fast, but constantly, while hitting more than one string per beat... I mean come on.. everyone can play one String very fast... but: complicated cords+fast=mean
SpeedDemon
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Re: How do you define shred?
shredding for me is a senseless amount of speed and accuracy, in a souless guitar solo.
although i do respect the skill it takes to play like that, to me it just sounds souless.
shredding for me is a senseless amount of speed and accuracy, in a souless guitar solo.
although i do respect the skill it takes to play like that, to me it just sounds souless.
Re: How do you define shred?
And your name is Speed Demon??
Just a side note and not a personal attack, why is it that in every shred thread, someone feels the need to say that they think it is soulless, even if the question doesn't ask it?
Is shred the guitar technique equivilent of emo?
Cool to hate? :smack:
SpeedDemon said:
And your name is Speed Demon??
Just a side note and not a personal attack, why is it that in every shred thread, someone feels the need to say that they think it is soulless, even if the question doesn't ask it?
Is shred the guitar technique equivilent of emo?
Cool to hate? :smack:
SpeedDemon
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Re: How do you define shred?
:smack: i wanna hit myself everytime i look at my name, my musical influences have changes alot since i joined this forum, and its not that i hate shred, sometimes i quite enjoy it, just for the most part i prefer a more normal paced basic guitar solo.
cool to hate? i doubt it highly, because shredding is very popular IMO at this particular point in time, not quite as popular as it was in the 80's but non the less still popular.
And sorry for not directing my answer to the question, just couldnt help it
nuntius said:And your name is Speed Demon??
Just a side note and not a personal attack, why is it that in every shred thread, someone feels the need to say that they think it is soulless, even if the question doesn't ask it?
Is shred the guitar technique equivilent of emo?
Cool to hate? :smack:
:smack: i wanna hit myself everytime i look at my name, my musical influences have changes alot since i joined this forum, and its not that i hate shred, sometimes i quite enjoy it, just for the most part i prefer a more normal paced basic guitar solo.
cool to hate? i doubt it highly, because shredding is very popular IMO at this particular point in time, not quite as popular as it was in the 80's but non the less still popular.
And sorry for not directing my answer to the question, just couldnt help it
SpeedDemon
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Re: How do you define shred?
its all good :burnout:
nuntius said:
its all good :burnout:
Hot _Grits
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Re: How do you define shred?
When I think 'shred', I think late 80s, post-Yngwie metal guitar technique. For a while in the late 80s, guitarists (including myself) didn't so much 'play solos' as display a series of techniques:
start with a wang bar dip, go into a two octave sweep, tap at the end of the sweep, peel off some legato, wang bar again, a quick string skipping line, some alternate picking, rpt...
The late 80s was a very weird time, in retrospect. Very athletic and competitive. The stranger thing is that a small number of kids today still want to shred 80s style. I could understand if they wanted to use the technical facility as a a basis for a more 'eveolved' style of playing, but from what I hear, most just want to blow smoke.
I guess Shawn Lane was right, some people just have a special kind of nervous system...
When I think 'shred', I think late 80s, post-Yngwie metal guitar technique. For a while in the late 80s, guitarists (including myself) didn't so much 'play solos' as display a series of techniques:
start with a wang bar dip, go into a two octave sweep, tap at the end of the sweep, peel off some legato, wang bar again, a quick string skipping line, some alternate picking, rpt...
The late 80s was a very weird time, in retrospect. Very athletic and competitive. The stranger thing is that a small number of kids today still want to shred 80s style. I could understand if they wanted to use the technical facility as a a basis for a more 'eveolved' style of playing, but from what I hear, most just want to blow smoke.
I guess Shawn Lane was right, some people just have a special kind of nervous system...
