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Old 02-11-2012, 12:56 AM   #1
 
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I'm having trouble getting this riff from Spawn Of Possession's, "Dead & Grotesque" down.

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The way I'm currently fingering it is by by starting each part with my first finger, is there a better way of playing this that I've missed?

Just for reference the riff is at 0:46 in this video.



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I mean no offense here, but I know your playing. The first thing you should do is play that with a metronome.
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Yeah I have been since you told me to a while back, it's helped me get everything before that point in the song super tight. I've been trying to go at this one riff for a little while and now seem to be making little/no headway. Usually I just use Sean's "burst" method for practicing when I get brick walled but its not working either
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I just tried this, and yeah I think the best way is starting each with the first finger. Are you having the most trouble going between the 2nd fret and the others cleanly, back and forth?

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Just getting it up to speed cleanly, I can play it clean at OK speeds but as soon as I speed it up a little it gets so dirty! Its mostly coming back down I think
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