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Roller Coaster

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Mon, 07/09/2012 - 16:58
Taylor Ward
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Hi David,

Can you offer any tips when learning the much intimidating Roller Coaster?

-Taylor

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Mon, 07/09/2012 - 19:58
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David Barrett
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Sure... THE key element is a very light touch... you'll not be able to play at speed if you use ANY tension in your bending and tongue blocking techniques. Start at 40% slow and PERFECT it before going to 30%, etc. One of the major challenges is in remembering the order of where things go... don't expect to memorize this song for performance unless you're willing to put 100 total hours into this song (due to the fact that it has no chord change, there's no places in the form for you to hang your hat on). Oh, also... I have a jam track a student made for me... email me and I'll send it to you.

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