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Crazy Admin
Join Date: May 2003
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Whammy Bar ExerciseOk ... this will help out your control over the whammy bar ..and you need to use your ear a fair bit !
first of .. play open E on the top string .. listen to the note and how it sounds now play this : <font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>E||--1----2----3----4----|| B||----------------------|| G||----------------------|| D||----------------------|| A||----------------------|| E||----------------------||</pre><hr /> and with each note you play push the whammy bar down more and more to get the original open E note .. sounds easy .. but trust me it's not easy to get it in tune ! once you get the first note slide up one fret and depress the whammy further ti get the original E note ... have fun ! i would post a soundclip but i haven't done it for so long it'll be really bad ! |
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Metal Missionary
Join Date: May 2003
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Re: Whammy Bar ExerciseThanks, Stiglar
This is a good thing to get that ear-and-hand coordination going. I often use the wang bar in solos, where I'll depress it to make let's say a B on the D string at the 12th fret, then release it gradually to climb back up to D and move on with a lick. Steve Vai does this quite a bit in For The Love Of God. |
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Crazy Admin
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Re: Whammy Bar Exercisenice! doing that has a good effect ! .. i used to just push it down a tiny bit to go down a semi tone or tone .. but i found my tuning was horrible when it came to do it under pressure during a solo .. so this exercise helped me out alot ! even though i still can't do it hehe
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Metal Missionary
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Re: Whammy Bar ExerciseI'm very lucky with the Wolfgang, as it rarely goes out of tune when I do that. I can count on it getting back to the right pitch.
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Crazy Admin
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Re: Whammy Bar Exerciseoh i just meant my own tuning i'd push the bar down too far . . i love my floyd !
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