Martian

Ack! I've confused myself. 32nds at 150 would be more of a glissando than anything. Perhaps some folks can do such things, but I'm not really a speed player and would most likely end up with my fingers in knots if I tried.

That should really read 'end up at 150.' The whole thing wasn't clear and I attempted to rephrase it to make it more understandable several times. The basic premise is to start slow and then increment faster, which one can naturally do either by decreasing note duration or increasing tempo (or a combination of both). I don't break out the metronome as much as I maybe should these days, so found myself estimating tempos and note values to get an approximation of what I actually play. The whole thing ended up being a bit of a mess.

Thanks for the catch.

EDIT - In fact, now that I think of it I seem to recall one of the shredding guys doing speeds comparable to that -- it might've been Vai, my memory's a bit fuzzy on that. Couldn't even tell you for sure where I saw the video, although I suspect it was on one of those freebie CD ROMS they send out with Guitar World magazine. As I recall, it pretty much was just a glissando through the scale. I remember wondering why someone would spend the obvious amount of time and effort drilling to get to that speed -- it seems to be beyond functionality, but maybe that's why he (whoever it was) is world renowned and I'm, well, not.

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