Hey all, for those of you not familiar, I wanted to introduce you to the True Temperament Fretting System. I first found out or heard about this through Steve Vai. Now understand something, people approach Mr vai with all kinds of crazy ideas every year, and most he shoots down, because they are just that, CRAZY! This is something that Vai believed in so much, Ive heard he is transforming all his necks.
The concept is simple, the point of the system is for super-accurate intonation over the whole fretboard. Its a curved fret system that fine tune the intonation of every single note on the neck. The curved frets play like straight frets, so there is no need to modify your playing. Also chords ring out louder and longer. Simply put, the frets have been shaped so that every single note on every single fret on every string is in perfect tune, meaning that all those minor errors you have on a regular guitar neck are gone. I know what your thinking, "I have a Les Paul, there is nothing wrong with this guitar, I payed 5 grand for it" well, take out a tuner, fine tune, now hit the same E in 3 places, if you have a good tuner, you WILL see a minor difference, this system eliminates this totally.
Here is a link to the site, plenty of video, and explanations there, so go check it out, and give us all your feedback! Keep Rockin
True Temperament - Fretting systems
Monday, August 3, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
A Better Understanding
When I started playing guitar I was always told, learn the piece of music slow then build it up to speed. I had a lot of people around me with a lot of different tastes in music, so I was exposed to a variety, and you know how it is with people, "hey, play this, can you play that" etc etc. Of course, when you pick up the instrument and you hear something like Eruption, you want nothing more than to get to that level, and that can be any song that inspires you. One thing I didn't understand was, I always thought, if you learn the piece of music, get it stored in your head, then you gradually increase speed until you nail the piece. WRONG!!!!!
That's where this lesson comes in. One thing you need to understand is, with a complicated piece of music that has your fingers all over the fretboard, you will never tackle the piece if your chops are not in order, and that's something I didn't grasp for a few years. In order to have the dexterity, flexibility, and stamina to play certain pieces you have to have built your chops up to speed first, this is where "boring" practice comes into play, and Ive posted in the past ideas on how to arrange practice sessions so they are most effective and less boring. Ive also posted on how to break down complicated passages and turn them into exercises in order to build up to speed.
Its nice to be able to fly up and down the fretboard, but it wont come over night. Its something that takes hours of serious practice and determination. Just know that it will pay off if you put the time in, like anything else. Keep Rockin
That's where this lesson comes in. One thing you need to understand is, with a complicated piece of music that has your fingers all over the fretboard, you will never tackle the piece if your chops are not in order, and that's something I didn't grasp for a few years. In order to have the dexterity, flexibility, and stamina to play certain pieces you have to have built your chops up to speed first, this is where "boring" practice comes into play, and Ive posted in the past ideas on how to arrange practice sessions so they are most effective and less boring. Ive also posted on how to break down complicated passages and turn them into exercises in order to build up to speed.
Its nice to be able to fly up and down the fretboard, but it wont come over night. Its something that takes hours of serious practice and determination. Just know that it will pay off if you put the time in, like anything else. Keep Rockin
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