juineaux (this might be good for everyone else to read too)

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 4:03 pm

i heard your billies cover and it was great how you had those solos in it. at least i think it was you... lol. anyway, how did you learn how to get that kind of speed down?

johntherevelator · Post by **johntherevelator** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 4:34 pm

practice

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 4:37 pm

doh i hate that answer

DustyDave · Post by **DustyDave** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 4:38 pm

But its the best answer really , i hate that answer too , but , all it takes is practice , alot of it

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 4:39 pm

there has to be some sort of method to practice though.. if i just go straight into it ill fail miserably... or at least thats what i bet will happen. lol

DustyDave · Post by **DustyDave** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 4:43 pm

Well , sometimes practice can feel like a boring thing , but if its something that you really wanna learn , then you gotta spend some time learning it , i don't think there is anything that you can call a shortcut through it , because no matter what , you still need to learn your mind and hands how to work , and you can't learn that from reading it somewhere , thats up to you to take care of

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Anyway if im wrong , which i doubt .. Let me know the shortcut lol

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 4:45 pm

any exercises that would be good to practice?

DustyDave · Post by **DustyDave** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 5:07 pm

Hmmm i dunno , i take things as they come , but if i had to say something about that , i guess it would be , play the same song over and over again , that way you learn the song better and the speed in the song will eventually increase

sable · Post by **sable** » Thu Feb 27, 2003 5:16 pm

frequency is better than duration. you are better off practicing one part of a song for 5-15 min. everyday than trying to pull the whole thing off once every two weeks. but do learn to play the whole song equally well at some point.

4mbi3nt · Post by **4mbi3nt** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 8:45 am

where did you hear? I would like to hear.

Pickles · Post by **Pickles** » Fri Feb 28, 2003 10:43 am

it was posted on the tripping billies contest submissions post. it disappeared though.

4mbi3nt · Post by **4mbi3nt** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 12:01 am

shane wrote:it was posted on the tripping billies contest submissions post. it disappeared though.

that's what i figured, i couldn't find that thread either.

juineaux · Post by **juineaux** » Sat Mar 01, 2003 12:54 am

Hey Thanks, I never really considered myself a real solo type of guy, I always thought that was my weakest point. Most of the soloing is done on a mandolin, but the same things apply to guitar. I use alot of open strings, pull offs, and little things like that. Ussualy when I do a solo, i just go up and down the fretboard(on mainly two strings) and sometimes do a little quick bass run type of thing. The version you heard is actually the first time I tried to put mando to that song, so I guess it was beginners luck-

heres the link for the song, I think its labeled tripping billies?,
but im not sure
http://tomcadaret.iuma.com