Rich G.
Experienced
Ok, I know I'm a little late to the game on this. I did a search for "Cracking the code" and found posts going waaayy back. However, maybe some of you, like myself, were unaware of this series.
I recently was told about and watched this 12 part series: Cracking The Code. It dives deep into the picking hand speed techniques of guitar masters such as Yngwie, EVH, Eric Johnson, and MA Battio.
I'm an old dog and not sure I can un-teach my right hand to do certain things it just does after 40 years of playing (has it really been that long?!?). I do feel I learned a few things watching the series. At the very least I found it completely entertaining and extremely well done. I also found it very nostalgic. I felt like I walked down the same exact path as was documented in the series. I remember doing some very specific things as mentioned in the series. Things like playing the 45's that came with Guitar Player magazine, looking at tab books in music stores trying to memorize how to play certain songs (and being told to either buy the book or get out), slowing down songs to 1/2 speed to learn them (he used a Casio keyboard sampler, I used a turntable and rotated it until the strobe locked in at half speed and then recorded it to cassette tape like that... you young guns will never know the struggle. lol)
I recently was told about and watched this 12 part series: Cracking The Code. It dives deep into the picking hand speed techniques of guitar masters such as Yngwie, EVH, Eric Johnson, and MA Battio.
I'm an old dog and not sure I can un-teach my right hand to do certain things it just does after 40 years of playing (has it really been that long?!?). I do feel I learned a few things watching the series. At the very least I found it completely entertaining and extremely well done. I also found it very nostalgic. I felt like I walked down the same exact path as was documented in the series. I remember doing some very specific things as mentioned in the series. Things like playing the 45's that came with Guitar Player magazine, looking at tab books in music stores trying to memorize how to play certain songs (and being told to either buy the book or get out), slowing down songs to 1/2 speed to learn them (he used a Casio keyboard sampler, I used a turntable and rotated it until the strobe locked in at half speed and then recorded it to cassette tape like that... you young guns will never know the struggle. lol)