Assalamualaikum and Hello My Fellow Shredders!

Entry ni adalah request daripada WinGs. Thanks WinGs for asking, at least ade jugak bende aku nak jot down kat sini, walaupun tgh bz dgn kerja sekarang. Actually aku rasa, I need to blog to get away from stress at work – escapism from reality, like most bloggers said. Heh.

Ok, String Skipping. Definisi string skipping ni luas daripada segi teknikal sebenarnya, walaupun dari segi bahasa kita dapat predict apa sebenarnya yang dimaksudkan dengan string skipping. Obviously, skill ni melibatkan skipping satu, dua atau tiga, even empat string.

Linear Lick

String skipping dalam linear lick is quite common, terutamanya dalam lick yng melibatkan 3 note dalam satu string atau 2 note dalam pentatonic solo. Sebagai contoh, Gentaro Satomura ada apply banyak linear lick yang melibatkan string skipping. Paul Gilbert even comes up dengan String Skipping Finger Exercise ala pentatonic solo.

Altenative to Arpeggio

Bila aku perhatikan solo style shredder – shredder yang gempak macam Gentaro, Ozielzinho (dua org ni main subject aku sekarang) and even Paul Gilbert, aku heran gak, apasal diorang tak nak main typical arpeggio lick, but instead, diorang akan apply string skipping untuk dapatkan bunyi/note yang sama macam Arpeggio? Contohnya:

Instead of main macam ni:

Tapi main camni pulak:

So aku just follow je la style diorang. At last baru aku paham, and at last baru aku rasa apa yang diorang rasa (at least that’s what I think). Shredders macam Gentaro Satomura dan Ozielzinho ni lebih mementingkan kepuasan sewaktu bermain sebenarnya. Bila jari fretting hand dan picking hand lebih banyak bergerak dgn speed, kita boleh dapat feel yang lagi best daripada typical Arpeggio, dimana movement fretting hand lebih stagnant, ataupun tak banyak bergerak.

So, in guitar playing, speed is satisfaction and it doesn’t kill. So my fellow shredders, it’s ok to play your guitar at extreme speed, but please, please, please don’t drive your vehicle at high speed. Sometimes, a slight miscalculation on the road would cost us, and seldom other people, injuries or even worst, the lives. And remember, you can’t play guitar with your hands wrapped up in bandages.

Execution.

Satu benda yang aku found out, skill ni kalau nak buat dengan baik, kita harus master dulu Alternate Picking. Otherwise, frust je rasa bila nak buat String Skipping ni. And daripada research aku, skill Economic Picking tu akan datang sendiri kepada gitaris yang dah master Alternate Picking. So, takyah susah – susah n ak practise Economy Picking, it will come by itself.

Satu lagi, Fretting Hand dan Picking hand memang tak boleh malas. Bagi Picking Hand, JANGAN hanya gerakkan pletrum sahaja, pergelangan tangan harus bergerak selari dengan Fretting Hand.

Rasanya, itu je kot. The rest is, as always - practise, practise, practise.

Hari ni aku tak sempat nak buatkan/carikan latihan untuk string skipping sebab ada banyak kerja pending ni. So, maybe later. Sorry about that.

Until then.. ROCK ON!

Assalamualaikum and hello my fellow shredders!

Mintak maap bebanyak di atas kelewatan utk upkan video ni. aku tau aku janji dari bulan lepas lagi. Tapi sekarang ni aku tgh bz, tambah2 lagi sejak jadik ‘EVILLL CHIPPP’ neh. (kononnyeh.. walaupun..)

Tapi blog ni pun salah satu dari hidup aku jugak, and aku tak sanggup nak biarkan loyal reader aku boring je setiap kali masuk blog ni, tak de perubahan pun. So kalau korang dah baca mesej ni, TERIMA KASIH kerana menjenguk sekali lagi setelah beberapa kurun tak update. heheheh!

What else to write about the video, huh? Well, the video shows pretty much everything, So.. ontah la. aku tunggu feedback daripada korang la.

Notice the logo Belia Benci Dadah? Well, memandangkan video ni akan ditengok oleh khalayak umum, might as well aku letak sekali Pesanan Khidmat Masyarakat.

So, my fellow shredders, please stay away from illegal drugs.

SONG OF THE MONTH: MAY

Anyway.. song of the month May, would be Marie Digby’s – Say it Again. (pronounce Mari-ey).

She’s amazing. Ok, I’ve got to admit, the Pan Asian (Japanese + Irish) look would completely shake the world, but the most amazing thing about her (at least to me) is, when she sings, her eyes sing too..

Now, tell me how many singers can do that? Ok, Siti Nurhaliza – yes. Kristin Kreuk – yes (well, she’s not a singer, but let’s just say her eyes ‘act’ too, ok? Come on, just go along with me here). Andrea Corrs – yes. Let’s just say there are not that many singers can do that. And that ability doesn’t come with practise – it’ll look fake. You have to be born with it!

I know this entry is supposed to be just about the Pentatonic video lesson. I can’t help it but to add my choice for song of the month as well.

Boys, I present to you, Marie Digby with her song, Say it Again.

Gibbidup for MARIE DIGBY!