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Uploaded by on Oct 7, 2009

This is me just messing around with the metronome

To calculate speed, the formula is this:
notes per beat X bpm / 60 secs = answer

In this video, I am playing a 16th note triplet every half-beat, or SIX notes per beat. Technically termed a sextuplet, or six notes per beat. Thus, 6 X bpm divided by 60(seconds) = ANSWER. When you play six notes per beat, the scale sculpture seems to swing or sway with/to the beat. If you are off in any way, you will immediately hear it. Thank You and have a great day!
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  • GWR is weird. funny how FOTBB is a standard to calculate speed. why not no boundaries by Micheal angelo...idiots

  • @panz3rr

    It has never been about a single piece- except with them and the FOTBB drama because the ultimate questions is and always will be:

    HOW MANY NOTES PER SECOND DID YOU PLAY?

    Not what song did you play?...

    But I get your point completely, Thank You for posting! =)

  • mr randall.. whats age you starts practicing guitar and fingering??

  • @ReinRockz

    Sept. 11th, 1997 at exactly 4:20 in the afternoon

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  • I'm a big fan of fast guitar playing. But to me when a player goes above a certain boundary, at around 16-17+ notes per second its starts to sound shit and blurry no matter how clean you play it.

    Somehow to me 12-15 notes per second sound better.

    Might be because the ear can more clearly define each note. Just my thaughts.

    What do the rest of you think?

  • WAAAAUUU

  • i think you have a real talent :) but as a fellow guitarist i dont like super fast picking a i tryed it and at first its cool but after awhil its same old D major up and down the scale agen what do you think is it your passion fast picking or just playing the guitar cheers :)

  • MAB has 28 NPS andFrancesco Ferrari has 33NPS buddy, you're not the fastest.

    Still absolutely above all standards and I liked your video

  • malmsteen will always be fastest in my book, even if its proven hes not, ignorant but hey whatever.

  • using the circular picking technique?

  • What's that little bit at 3:14? Sounds like a folk song or something.

  • This guy works at a music store in my town. Haven't seen him around, but I remember seeing some local newspaper articles about him.

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