only after this cover did I realize how sick the riffs are in this song, incredible work as always. loved the editing too! also after so long in thinking this song had no callbacks to his xrd theme, I finally realized it references the riff after the intro at 4:55
@@lightmusicguitar I think the mixing in Strive songs largely keeps the guitars mixed in the back, at least relative to the previous games where the guitar led in almost every song.
@@The_Blazelighter It's true. If you watch the character trailers (Jack-O especially) the guitar is much more prominent but then in the actual song they bury the guitar deep in the mix. It's frustrating as a guitar transcriber and enjoyer.
@@lightmusicguitar yeah, like, as much as I love Naoki's vocals, and I really really do, it's a little frustrating that I can't properly hear the actively weeping guitar during Requiem's chorus or other such songs really hope that one day they just release instrumental versions of all the character themes but I doubt that'll happen
It's a tough a riff but there's no secret trick to it. Practice slow and ramp up the speed bit by bit. Ideally, with a metronome. Typically, I start at 50% speed and increase by 5% when I feel ready.
Bro, Im begging you, relax your right hand please🙏My right hand starts to hurt while Im seeing how tense your right hand is 😭 I had the same problem, and after a long time of watching tutorials, figuring it out and trying different thing I managed to overcome it, and trust me it's so much more fun to play hard parts, while you are relaxed. I used your technique before. The wrist is tightly anchored to the guitar body, and the hand goes up and down in the straight motion. As far as I know it's a very wrong technique. What helped me is placing wrist away from the guitar body (your forearm is more than enough for an anker) and completely changing the picking motion. Imagine that part of your arm from the fingers to the elbow is a one whole unit, then try to rotate it all in one motion, like you are tightening the screw. That's the technique that used Van Halen, James Hetfield and many more. You just adjust angle of your hand to fit the current part, but always use the rotating motion, and ALWAYS try to practice as relaxed as possible. Your hand will just get used to being tightened and will never relax by itself. It will feel very clumsy at the beginning, BUT you will be able to play at a very high speed with a relaxed arm right away. The accuracy will come later. Hope it helps.
While I appreciate your concern I can assure you I am relaxed though I understand it can be hard to judge someones technique in a video with a single camera angle. My wrist is always loose and I've never felt tension in my fifteen years of playing. I would be playing a lot worse if it wasn't! It's also important to remember that people's bodies are different and what appears uncomfortable to some is ideal to others. My favorite guitarist, Marty Friedman, has a very strange picking technique. If I try to play like him (and I have) it would be very uncomfortable but it clearly works for him and he's been playing for far longer than I have and at a level very few will ever achieve. But who knows? Maybe something will happen to my arm down the line and I'll get injured in some way. Subscribe to stay tuned to find out 😉
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