Author Topic: what song are you currently working on? (Read 43584 times)

Scard · « **Reply #70 on:** August 13, 2009, 05:04:44 AM »

Quote from: rumborak on July 29, 2009, 07:19:36 AM

Right now, learning ITNOG solo, TTTSTA solo, TGP solos. Wicked fast those things.

rumborak

Can you find out if your bass player picks every note in the fast runs or hammers on/pulls off and if he knows how JM plays it? None of their dvds show his hands at those parts.

MetalMike06 · « **Reply #71 on:** August 13, 2009, 06:22:06 AM »

DT - Count of Tuscany

ResultsMayVary · « **Reply #72 on:** August 13, 2009, 08:33:48 AM »

Dream Theater - A Nightmare To Remember on bass.

In The Name Of Rudess · « **Reply #73 on:** August 13, 2009, 08:52:37 AM »

Guitar:

Dream Theater - The Count Of Tuscany
Dream Theater - About to Crash

Piano:

Actively studying:

Frédéric Chopin - Piano Concerto 1 in E minor
Frédéric Chopin - Nocturne in F minor, Op.55 No.1
Alexander Scriabin - Etude in D-sharp minor, Op.8 No.12

Memorizing/concert preparation:

Frédéric Chopin - Various Nocturnes/Ballades
Johan Sebastian Bach - Inventions/Synfonias

antigoon · « **Reply #74 on:** August 13, 2009, 11:56:02 AM »

The Solitary Shell acoustic guitar solo.

petrucci07 · « **Reply #75 on:** August 13, 2009, 12:45:41 PM »

Quote from: antigoon on August 13, 2009, 11:56:02 AM

The Solitary Shell acoustic guitar solo.

Now THAT is a fun solo.

icysk8r · « **Reply #76 on:** August 15, 2009, 02:52:10 PM »

Quote from: petrucci07 on August 13, 2009, 12:45:41 PM

Quote from: antigoon on August 13, 2009, 11:56:02 AM
The Solitary Shell acoustic guitar solo.

Now THAT is a fun solo.

dude haven't seen ya around since I got banned! where have ya been!?

oh, and I am now working on milliontown and snowman by frost*. keyboard + vocals.

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #77 on:** August 15, 2009, 04:14:14 PM »

Going to start learning:

Metallica - Master of Puppets
Rush - Anthem
Dream Theater - Trial of Tears (finally found music for it)

petrucci07 · « **Reply #78 on:** August 16, 2009, 11:58:06 AM »

Quote from: icysk8r on August 15, 2009, 02:52:10 PM

Quote from: petrucci07 on August 13, 2009, 12:45:41 PM
Quote from: antigoon on August 13, 2009, 11:56:02 AM
The Solitary Shell acoustic guitar solo.

Now THAT is a fun solo.
dude haven't seen ya around since I got banned! where have ya been!?

oh, and I am now working on milliontown and snowman by frost*. keyboard + vocals.

Me or antigoon?

icysk8r · « **Reply #79 on:** August 17, 2009, 01:00:45 PM »

Quote from: petrucci07 on August 16, 2009, 11:58:06 AM

Quote from: icysk8r on August 15, 2009, 02:52:10 PM
Quote from: petrucci07 on August 13, 2009, 12:45:41 PM
Quote from: antigoon on August 13, 2009, 11:56:02 AM
The Solitary Shell acoustic guitar solo.

Now THAT is a fun solo.
dude haven't seen ya around since I got banned! where have ya been!?

oh, and I am now working on milliontown and snowman by frost*. keyboard + vocals.

Me or antigoon?

you

ZBomber · « **Reply #80 on:** August 18, 2009, 01:57:05 AM »

Me and my friend are working on a song, and already have most of it composed, now I'm just trying to teach myself how to play it.

petrucci07 · « **Reply #81 on:** August 18, 2009, 05:01:58 AM »

Quote from: icysk8r on August 17, 2009, 01:00:45 PM

Quote from: petrucci07 on August 16, 2009, 11:58:06 AM
Quote from: icysk8r on August 15, 2009, 02:52:10 PM
Quote from: petrucci07 on August 13, 2009, 12:45:41 PM
Quote from: antigoon on August 13, 2009, 11:56:02 AM
The Solitary Shell acoustic guitar solo.

Now THAT is a fun solo.
dude haven't seen ya around since I got banned! where have ya been!?

oh, and I am now working on milliontown and snowman by frost*. keyboard + vocals.

Me or antigoon?
you

OH

I don't have much of a high profile round here anyway, I don't post as much as the others here.
Thanks for asking

phil87 · « **Reply #82 on:** August 19, 2009, 12:28:00 PM »

Hell's Kitchen - DT

Worked out most of the easy bits, just trying to figure out the fast bits

squishyboots · « **Reply #83 on:** August 20, 2009, 04:53:07 PM »

Money solo- Pink Floyd

I sight read through it, super easy, I just gotta get to the point where it's fluid and I've memorized it all and don't have to look at the notes.

petrucci07 · « **Reply #84 on:** August 21, 2009, 07:17:00 AM »

Innocence Faded (Outro) - DT

Easy to learn, megahard to actually play along to.

nemesiskoen · « **Reply #85 on:** August 27, 2009, 08:32:15 AM »

I'm working a few songs by dream theater now, I got Keyboard Anthology a few months back. I'm trying to play them on classical piano which actually sounds pretty cool (especially Stream of consciousness ):

* Learning to live on the piano (I'm suprised at how easy this song is compared to the rest of the book)
* Selection from Six Degrees on Inner Turbulence, I skip War Insinde my head and The Test That Stumped Them All because they sound retarded on classic piano. The final solo for Solitary Shell is so fast I'm having problems with that one, so I'm still working on that part.
* Vacant and Stream of consciousness sounds just so cool on classic piano (apart from the synth solo, I also skip that one). I'm now trying to improvise a bit with the last part. The last 4 pages are pretty easy and I'm just trying to give it my own spin. Play it fast, slow, with a different rythm and now I'm trying to transpose it, that took me a while yesterday to get it right but sounds pretty cool now.
* And lastly I started Through My Words (which is easy) and Fatal Tragedy (which is a lot of fun) last week

I also just started Bohemian Rhapsody, but that's not really that hard.

Portrucci · « **Reply #86 on:** August 27, 2009, 08:35:15 AM »

Prequel to the Sequel on Drums. I've only been playing 1 year and a half so I don't quite have the chops yet. But still megafun to play along to. I have about 60% of it down pat I'd say

ResultsMayVary · « **Reply #87 on:** August 29, 2009, 06:51:11 PM »

I play bass and i've been playing for around 4 years (although i'm not as good as i would want to after 4 years of playing) and i've been working on several projects:

- This Dying Soul by Dream Theater. This is a relativity easy one to play on the bass until we get to the final instrumental section where it's not that hard but im working on my speed.

- (B) The Decade of Statues by Between The Buried and Me. I'm getting into this hardcore music a little more recently and BTBAM is like the perfect mix between my two favorite types of music. This is an easy song except for two riffs which are leaving me playing all over the place.

- A Nightmare To Remember by Dream Theater. I've got this down except for the fast part after the MP vocal section. Like i said, still working on my speed and i hope to have this down sometime in the next week or so.

That's what i'm doing. Any recommendations for exercises that will help me increase my playing speed with both hands?

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #88 on:** August 29, 2009, 07:01:43 PM »

for speed?

MAIDEN. LOTS AND LOTS OF MAIDEN. LEARN STEVE HARRIS AND LEARN HIM WELL

ResultsMayVary · « **Reply #89 on:** August 29, 2009, 07:04:08 PM »

I mean left hand speed. I've been working on scales a lot recently and trying to play them faster and faster but i need something that will allow me to play more difficult passages on the fretboard but my left hand just isn't fast enough.

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #90 on:** August 29, 2009, 07:15:54 PM »

Mode scales can do that.

Do you know your modes?

ResultsMayVary · « **Reply #91 on:** August 29, 2009, 07:16:56 PM »

No unless they are called by a different name than mode scales.

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #92 on:** August 29, 2009, 07:35:57 PM »

well, a quick rundown on modes:

Ionian
Dorian
Phrygian
Lydian
Mixolydian
Aeolian
Locrian

Ionian is your standard scale, like C: C D E F G A B C

Dorian is a scale that you base off the second in the root scale

So, a C Dorian would be: D E F G A B C D

Continue that with Phrygian (based off of the third): E F G A B C D E

and so on. Aeolian, which is based off the sixth, is what's known as a relative minor, because it's the same scale as that minor key

A C Aeolian, then, ( A B C D E F G A ), is the same as an A minor scale

did i explain that clearly?

ResultsMayVary · « **Reply #93 on:** August 29, 2009, 07:37:27 PM »

Yes. Thanks.

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #94 on:** August 29, 2009, 07:51:47 PM »

I'm in the middle of creating a GP file of Major mode scales. It's something I used to practice (when I had some free time). I transcribed it for six string bass, so it won't fit every instrument, but when I'm finished, I could share it with anyone who needs it

ResultsMayVary · « **Reply #95 on:** August 29, 2009, 07:52:50 PM »

Ok. I'd like a copy then if you wouldn't mind although i play on a 5 string bass.

brakkum · « **Reply #96 on:** August 29, 2009, 10:20:18 PM »

id love to see it, modes always interest me.

Scard · « **Reply #97 on:** August 30, 2009, 12:37:17 AM »

i'll take it too

Martinman300 · « **Reply #98 on:** August 30, 2009, 01:21:38 AM »

I've just finished learning a nightmare to remember. It is one of the funnest songs ive ever played.

petrucci07 · « **Reply #99 on:** August 30, 2009, 05:02:17 AM »

Quote from: Martinman300 on August 30, 2009, 01:21:38 AM

I've just finished learning a nightmare to remember. It is one of the funnest songs ive ever played.

Which instrument?

PlaysLikeMyung · « **Reply #100 on:** August 30, 2009, 07:56:36 AM »

Alright I just finished the Mode tab. Basically, it's an eighth note run of the mode scales, in 4 (so it's tied at the end of each ascending run), beginning with C, and working up to B. For 5 string players, beginning with E you might have to change positions on the fretboard. If you play a four string, I'm afraid this tab might not be any good for you, unless you bump everything an octave... I'm not sure how to share a file through one of those file sites, but I can send the tab as an email attachment. If you're interested, just PM me and I'll get it to you.

ResultsMayVary · « **Reply #101 on:** August 30, 2009, 08:07:06 AM »

Quote from: PlaysLikeMyung on August 30, 2009, 07:56:36 AM

Alright I just finished the Mode tab. Basically, it's an eighth note run of the mode scales, in 4 (so it's tied at the end of each ascending run), beginning with C, and working up to B. For 5 string players, beginning with E you might have to change positions on the fretboard. If you play a four string, I'm afraid this tab might not be any good for you, unless you bump everything an octave... I'm not sure how to share a file through one of those file sites, but I can send the tab as an email attachment. If you're interested, just PM me and I'll get it to you.

PM sent.

icysk8r · « **Reply #102 on:** August 30, 2009, 04:36:17 PM »

coheed and cambria - in keeping secrets of silent earth:3 on drums

TheVoxyn · « **Reply #103 on:** August 31, 2009, 06:56:22 AM »

Me and a housemate are practicing Dryad of the Woods so we can play that together. I'm going to work on another song myself, thinking about Across the Stars by John Williams.

MetalMike06 · « **Reply #104 on:** August 31, 2009, 01:47:54 PM »

DT - Octavarium

News: Untethered Angel official video: https://youtu.be/gylxuO6dKOw

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