Fraxinus
chunky plant goop
I remember buying a copy of a game my sister already had when I was there, because I really wanted to play it and she wouldn't share it with me. And then she was mad at me for buying my own copy.
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Somebody in the guitar player's advice exchange group I'm in was questioning how to play the sextuplet riff in Metallica's song "One."
I offered advice to look at how Hetfield plays the riff live, and to actually feel the sextuplets, because if done right, your picking hand gets in a natural down-up motion that keeps you locked in the groove.
Now, there's a pervasive myth about Hetfield's rhythm guitar playing. Everyone seems to think he plays everything with a downstroke.
Mind you, this is a section that has sextuplets, that is 6 notes per beat, at a tempo of 220 bpm.
Someone literally said that Hetfield downpicks the riff.
That is literally physically impossible, not very economical, and downpicking everything isn't very wise as a rhythm player, because you can easily loose the feeling and the groove of the track if you downpick everything, assuming you could.
So what does Hetfield do?
Like a sensible rhythm guitarist, he alternate picks the riff. Granted, this doesn't make getting the rhythm as tight as him any easier, but it's way easier to do sextuplets at break-neck tempos if you can remember that you can do downstrokes and upstrokes.
I hate bad advice that makes physically playing the music much more difficult than it really is. It's a pervasive myth that Hetfield downpicks everything, speaking as a metal player, that I just wish I could stamp out.
Once you realize that Hetfield's main influence is the Misfits, a punk band, then his rhythm playing makes way more sense.
I offered advice to look at how Hetfield plays the riff live, and to actually feel the sextuplets, because if done right, your picking hand gets in a natural down-up motion that keeps you locked in the groove.
Now, there's a pervasive myth about Hetfield's rhythm guitar playing. Everyone seems to think he plays everything with a downstroke.
Mind you, this is a section that has sextuplets, that is 6 notes per beat, at a tempo of 220 bpm.
Someone literally said that Hetfield downpicks the riff.
That is literally physically impossible, not very economical, and downpicking everything isn't very wise as a rhythm player, because you can easily loose the feeling and the groove of the track if you downpick everything, assuming you could.
So what does Hetfield do?
Like a sensible rhythm guitarist, he alternate picks the riff. Granted, this doesn't make getting the rhythm as tight as him any easier, but it's way easier to do sextuplets at break-neck tempos if you can remember that you can do downstrokes and upstrokes.
I hate bad advice that makes physically playing the music much more difficult than it really is. It's a pervasive myth that Hetfield downpicks everything, speaking as a metal player, that I just wish I could stamp out.
Once you realize that Hetfield's main influence is the Misfits, a punk band, then his rhythm playing makes way more sense.
LegendOfMeesh
You Are The Light
waiting in the dermatology office and trying to calm my horrendous anxiety 
Fraxinus
chunky plant goop
I hope everything is okay, friend!waiting in the dermatology office and trying to calm my horrendous anxiety
LegendOfMeesh
You Are The Light
went much better than expected! just built it up in my head, ya knowI hope everything is okay, friend!
Some recent posts in this thread remind me of the "_ years old" meme and I am "downloading hundreds of viruses on Limewire at 5kb/s" years old
Fraxinus
chunky plant goop
iirc we had a forum game for this meme at some point
Gorozoron
wild ride
TIL Yo-kai Watch and Neon Genesis Evangelion have officially crossovered in the past.
Student I've had for two years now has exited summer school early due to a planned operation, and she'll be going to middle school next so I won't see her again. Hoping she does well. I'll still have her brother who is gonna be a 2nd grader so maybe I'll be able to hear how her operation turns out since he might be the next one to get it if she does well.
Wowsa! Two days of 40C+ are coming our way starting tomorrow! Thank God we don't work on mondays but tuesday.....I'll make sure I start my round early!
The Dashing Darknut
DD, the dashing one
I was bike riding with my mom and while coming home I saw something that looked like a rattlesnake and I almost ran over it with my bike
Very startling
Very startling
LegendOfMeesh
You Are The Light
99.9% sure I’m going to be dealing with PTSD after the horrifying tornado alert that just woke me up
Idk why but for the past few weeks I've had the worst eating schedule. Most days now I have a bite sized muffin for breakfast, a bag of chips for lunch, and then dinner. Forgetting meals almost every day cannot possibly be good for me but I can't seem to stop doing it. Most mornings just the thought of having breakfast gives me a stomachache, and by lunch I have no energy or motivation to get up and make something. It's so weird.
You should get some Huel. It's better to eat proper meals but if you are struggling to eat or make the effort then that stuff will at least get you some nutrition in.
I can't always find the motivation to eat so I have liquid meals and it is very helpful.
Tweeted this earlier but also going to share here.
I just heard that Magnus Carlsen won't be defending his title as the World Chess Champion...
It's extremely disappointing. I understand his reasoning, and I think if it's best for his mental health to not play a match he is clearly not invested in, nobody can blame him. It's just such a strange feeling. He is clearly the best player in the world right now, by a large margin. I don't think it's good for Chess that the best player isn't playing for the pinnacle spot of the game. So yeah, very disappointing news, and such a weird day. That's what's on my mind. Also, I don't think there is anything comparable to this in the history of the game. At least, not with these circumstances, and not while Chess has been popular.
A world champion once died before he could defend his title, that was back when Chess wasn't really a big deal for the general public though.
Bobby Fischer caused a popular spike in Chess in the US back in the 60's and 70's, his reasoning for not defending the title was a bit more outrageous and not relatable to Carlsen's reasoning to pass on playing the match.
Garry Kasparov chose to not defend the title, he was by far the best player of his generation, much like Carlsen is right now. I guess that was kind of similar to what is happening right now, except Chess wasn't as popular as it is currently, so it probably wasn't a huge deal to many people.
I just heard that Magnus Carlsen won't be defending his title as the World Chess Champion...
It's extremely disappointing. I understand his reasoning, and I think if it's best for his mental health to not play a match he is clearly not invested in, nobody can blame him. It's just such a strange feeling. He is clearly the best player in the world right now, by a large margin. I don't think it's good for Chess that the best player isn't playing for the pinnacle spot of the game. So yeah, very disappointing news, and such a weird day. That's what's on my mind. Also, I don't think there is anything comparable to this in the history of the game. At least, not with these circumstances, and not while Chess has been popular.
A world champion once died before he could defend his title, that was back when Chess wasn't really a big deal for the general public though.
Bobby Fischer caused a popular spike in Chess in the US back in the 60's and 70's, his reasoning for not defending the title was a bit more outrageous and not relatable to Carlsen's reasoning to pass on playing the match.
Garry Kasparov chose to not defend the title, he was by far the best player of his generation, much like Carlsen is right now. I guess that was kind of similar to what is happening right now, except Chess wasn't as popular as it is currently, so it probably wasn't a huge deal to many people.