My original song (composed on guitar)

ghosstt · Post by **ghosstt** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:08 pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1AnwksMRsvQ

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twilightprincess · Post by **twilightprincess** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:33 am

It's pretty cool but you need some chords, powerchords and solos

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Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:58 am

You really should tune your guitar, like the comment said. ESPECIALLY if you're posting on Youtube. o should consider investing in a tuner if you don't have one already. They're really handy.

Post by **Gamelver** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:10 pm

Hmmm....funny, I heard no singing...which was weird, considering you call this a song

. It's not a song

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Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:23 pm

A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (possibly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). It is typically for a solo singer, though may also be a duet, trio, or for more voices (works with more than one voice to a part, however, are considered choral). The words of songs are typically of a poetic, rhyming nature, although they may be religious verses or free prose. ...

Perhaps you mean one of the following:

Sonata wrote:Composition for one or more instruments, usually in several movements; takes on different forms in different style periods.

Prelude wrote:A prelude is a short piece of music, usually in no particular internal form.
Also:
An instrumental section or movement preceding/introducing a larger piece or group of pieces.

ghosstt · Post by **ghosstt** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:11 pm

hmm.. well i don't sing. for one

so i guess you could call this bit a prelude.

i recently restringed the whole guitar and such, so the strings are going out of wack every 30 minutes of play. (have to wait a week or so for them to settle)

The song isnt even close to done. this is just a riff for it.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:29 pm

Tip:

RESTRING ONE STRING AT A TIME. DO NOT REMOVE ALL THE STRINGS AND THEN PUT NEW STRINGS ON.

Assuming you already know that, and have restrung your guitar:

1) Tune your guitar roughly. The strings you tune first should be over-tuned slightly, to compensate for the neck bending as you tune the other strings tighter.

2) After finishing tuning the strings, tune them again. I tend to go from Low E to High E, because Low E applies more force to the neck, thus tuning it first throws the tuning less out of whack when you're finished with the high E.

3) Pull on the strings. Not enough to snap them, but use enough force to feel them loosen as you pull. It's hard to explain. Pull gently and gradually until you can't pull anymore without hurting your finger lots. Be careful, they're at about 90% (+/- 10%) of their breaking tension when tuned.

4) See 1 and 2.

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ghosstt · Post by **ghosstt** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:49 pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RctCkT0AM_g

acoustic version!@

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:12 pm

Kurt, there's no problem with taking all the strings off at once. That's just a myth, the truss rod in the neck gives enough strength so it doesn't bend. I've restrung many guitars by taking all the strings off at once, and haven't had any problems.

It sounds ok, but try tuning your guitar first (well ok, I'll cut you some slack because you changed the strings, I use to have the same problem but try doing a ton of bends on the strings and then tuning, it should be more stable). Also since your using a Strat with single coil pickups, turn off your computer monitor to get rid of a lot of the hum.

But as for the actual riffs themself, I liked them.

-iam

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 12:21 pm

I don't know what the hell you're talking about, but it makes it a hell of a lot easier to tune if you take your strings off one at a time.

On that guitar it sounds much better, simply because it's tuned.

For the actual song, you may not want to have an entire song composed of that. Switch it up a little. Add some whole or power chords into it for a chorus. That sounds like it would make a decent verse, only it's a little slow.

Also, some variations in the way you pluck/pick the string will improve how it sounds.

ghosstt · Post by **ghosstt** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:14 pm

Kurt_ wrote:I don't know what the hell you're talking about, but it makes it a hell of a lot easier to tune if you take your strings off one at a time.

On that guitar it sounds much better, simply because it's tuned.

For the actual song, you may not want to have an entire song composed of that. Switch it up a little. Add some whole or power chords into it for a chorus. That sounds like it would make a decent verse, only it's a little slow.

Also, some variations in the way you pluck/pick the string will improve how it sounds.

yes, well as i mention before, i shouldnt have called it a song, that is a riff or two to the song.

iam: will turning off the monitor really help? i have it connected to the amp then outputing to the microphone line on the PC. will it help?