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matteo
@matteo
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Joined: Jun 29, 2005
Topics: 55 / Replies: 502
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Re: Keep your hand moving?

just to add my two cents: it is also very important to keep tapping your foot with the beat and syncronize your hand movement with it. This means that...

15 years ago
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Re: What to do when you are feeling disheartened?

being dishearted or frustrated is part of the process of learning: also remember that we human beings are very impatient to say the least :-)!The only...

15 years ago
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Re: Essential Skills

Thanks for the explanation Matteo, very clear.I think Mr Jones by counting crows uses anticipation. hi matei managed to listen to the song and i can ...

15 years ago
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Re: Essential Skills

ehm i never heard the song so I don't know:-)! A few examples that strikes me to mindCat scatch fever (in the the bridge)most of Iron Maiden and Ac/dc...

15 years ago
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Re: What can I do at work?

hi mateone of the best thing you can do is to drum and sing rhythms clapping your hands and tapping your foot. It may seem silly but believe me: if yo...

15 years ago
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Re: Essential Skills

hi matei'll try to put it in the simplest way: "anticipation" occurs when you change the chord on the upbeat. Let's do an example: imagine to play a 4...

15 years ago
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Re: Determining beats per minute

hi minotaurit is quite simple. Let's suppose that you want to determine how many bpm is i.e Stand by me (a classic 4/4 song). You just have to listen ...

15 years ago
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Re: Essential Skills

.strumming and rhythm patterns (which I am learning, are often the discretion of the guitarist and don't have to mimic the original recording). Hi mi...

15 years ago
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Re: Essential Skills

ehm it is not easy to give you a list but i'll try. If you want to play acoustic you should geta) ability to play common perfectly in time rhythms lik...

15 years ago
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Re: What is your Holy Grail?

ehm a lot of Iron Maiden' songs, but let's choose "Aces high"Matteo

15 years ago
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Re: How the heck do I learn to play songs?

hi matethe most important thing to be able to play a song is to fully understand its different parts. This mean to be able to recognize'em in the song...

15 years ago
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Re: Strumming patterns: The Pattern Trap

hi mateI'd like to add my 2 cents. To ask which is the strumming pattern is the classic question that everyone of us has asked a lot of times (me incl...

15 years ago
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Re: When a beginner is no longer a beginner

everyone is a beginner at least in some field. In a very strict definition, I would say that someone is no more a total beginner when he/she is able t...

15 years ago
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Re: wish tio have a rhythm confirmation

thanks everyonei was starting to doubt of my listening abilities :-)!The trouble is that in the reharsal every one except for me play it the other way...

15 years ago
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Re: Guitar? Drums? Dilemma

HiA bit of advise needed please from fellow musicans, Were really struggling with a drummer for our band, we have one but he works away a lot and at s...

15 years ago
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