Rage Against Everything (Rockschool)

[helloman567]

yes! i get it! :)

thanks for the info man :)

[LinkedGuitar]

@helloman567 You're welcome;) I'd be happy to help anyone interested in guitar stuff:P

[caMcSTAY]

@LinkedGuitar hi im englsih and im living in france, but at the end of the year i am planning on returing to the uk for my a levels and wish to do a betec in music so what things should i know ? does everyone have to play this peace of music to pass ? if so how can i get hold of it to practise , thanks a lot ;)*

[LinkedGuitar]

@caMcSTAY Hey, well, i'd help you, but since i'm not english, and do not live in the UK, i really can't tell you what you need to know for the tests there. I also don't follow any kind of music education, except for my guitar lessons, which i take in my spare time.. Sorry, but I can't help you out!

Alex

[caMcSTAY]

@LinkedGuitar ok thanks anyway

[helloman567]

hmm......so this once cant be played wihtout a pedal right? using just the amp?

[LinkedGuitar]

@helloman567 Well, not really. It'd be possible if either the whole song was without distortion, or when it would be entirely with distortion. The fact that you change after the intro and before the outtro means that you have to be able to turn it off. Without a pedal, you're gonna need one of your hands, and that's not really possible because you're playing that song, obviously..

[helloman567]

dude, what settings do you use for ur amp there? its got a sweet tone man! :)

[LinkedGuitar]

@helloman567 I used a Boss DS-1 pedal for the distortion. Dunno about the amp, that's the amp everybody used.

For the pedal I set the tone to about half (pointing 'up') and the distortion near full (somewhere between point 'right' and the max)

[develia]

bad solo dude. no offence but the solo sucks. i would never listen to it if a band played it. try some better improvisation just playing 3-4 notes in quick succession without having to change your hand placement is babyish. move your hand and fingers around more often and a solo does not always have to mean that you have to use the 12th fret onward only on the 1st 2 strings. try to use the other frets that's why a guitar fretboard is so big!

[LinkedGuitar]

@develia *refers to description..*

[icyha0]

i learning this lo!

[Thenerdydrummerguy]

I think I saw you at one of the exam centres once. Maybe it was someone else.

[LinkedGuitar]

@Thenerdydrummerguy

i don't think you saw me xD since i'm dutch and i'm not in the UK every week, i think it was someone else

[ayliffe1]

pretty good playing for most of the song......... until the solo cut in............. Im sorry to say but it was terrible :( if that was impro i can allow for there being loads of mistakes but if that was a rehearsed solo then I think you should go back and play your solo at 80 tempo (or lower) and pick out bad notes and also make it better and more flowing.

[mattygerbil123abc]

im learning that =D

[Maestrp37388]

what do you guys think of tapping out some thing similar to the solo on One by Metallica, thats kind of where I'm going with it.

[develia]

@Maestrp37388 i suppose it would be nice to practice as many solos as you can then mix and match if you can't really decide on one particular solo of your own. Try to improvise. The thing is, with your Guitar Teacher do not feel shy that he'll think you're bad 'cause he was the same once wen he started out, just play your heart out, think of a tune in your head and bring it down on the guitar. That was d biggest problem i faced. I had the perfect solo in head, but on fretboard i failed. gd luck!

[Maestrp37388]

@develia I live in the US and there is no one here qualified to teach Rockschool. I found it watching youtube videos and bought the books. I have to wait sometimes a month for them to get here. I work myself on the material and make myself learn every piece in every grade level, then memorize them, do the technicals ear tests and quick study pieces etc. in a year and a half, I have goten to grade 6. My improvs are much better but I am kind ofin an improvisational rutt right now.

[develia]

@Maestrp37388 hmm i live in India and if we can have qualified teachers here then i'm sure you can have too. But still i would say it's pretty commendable you have Grade 6 on your own. I personally take Guitar classes and he's one of the best in our region as his knowledge is immense and he'll always encourage you no matter what. But i get a little shy improvising in front of him lol n don't own an electric guitar yet(it's been a year since i started) Any tips you can give for creating own solo?

[yobij]

i think the e minor pentatonic scale is the best for this since the chords during the solo is e minor

[ShadowSurrounding]

@yobij True that

[fergiebhoy1]

lol yeah ive just learned this song :P

but to be honest as long as you know your scales and root notes you should be fine with the solo

the c scale is probably best for this song

[BrutalGrindCoreMetal]

I'm playing this in front of my class of about 20 poeple in a few hours.I've just came home for lunch.I don't have a solo yet though.

[mcsisir]

keep it up.

[mcsisir]

at the end part, little bit beat off.

and the solo (weired). sorry. but honestly, not bad.

[rocker101dude]

nice improvisin

[simooooooooo4guitar]

look out ur strap fell off

[rocker101dude]

i can play this

its well easy

[HarrehStudios]

i'm learning this song and i suck :D

[andyrussell]

great :D the solos not that good but the rest is basicly perfect

[nikita4eva]

kl. check out sanjaym13 comment

[sanjaym13]

nice one mate just remember not to ad in the extra notes on the section were insted of doing a 9 on the d string you do a 10

[LinkedGuitar]

i played a little arrangment of my teacher here, it's not completely the rockschool example.

[Satanhimselv]

Sweet i am on this song now :P

[LinkedGuitar]

it's a nice song! do you get to write your own solo as well?

[DaftRetard]

this sounds so familiar to some song..

any body has a clue?

[runtodemhills]

I've been thinking the exact same thing! I don't really know tbh but it reminded me of Testaments "The Legacy" when I first heard it. I think it sounds really similar to a bunch of songs though.

[DaftRetard]

metallica - one

fade to black also a little bit

[runtodemhills]

Mmmmm. Kinda. I would say Fade To Black more than One, and even at that it'd be a push. But like I say, it's probably a really common chord progression. They could've based it on anything.

[LewiWalker]

=/ its stupid ive been playin for over 4 years now teachin myself and now for music gcse im gettin made to take lessons :/ why when i can play this n more i just cant read notes, anyway any good playin =]

[LinkedGuitar]

they don't go with tab? or can't you read that as well?

[LewiWalker]

Yeh i can read tab no problem just my school are trying to get all of us reading music fgs, the guitar teacher i have apparently makes you do the "running man" with your strumming hand for the first lesson :@

[tonyhawkpro4]

Cz you need it perfect mate, there are things you simply can't teach yourself like specific fingerings, trust me if you ever play paranoid by black sabbath that has fdingering specific to that song just because the guitarist had part of his finger chopped off. How could you ever know that unless someone like a teacher told you. The exam looks for perfection

[LinkedGuitar]

yeah man;) alleen t geluid is n beetje verrot(A) de microfoon van de camera stelt niet egt veel voor;)

[JeroenRos]

Heil to Alex' elektrische gitaar!