The other E player on our team has loads of experience. His practice is to record himself playing his parts. He got me into it also. It makes a BIG difference hearing yourself back. Much easier to make tweaks and get the parts in your head and under your fingers. He and I played E1/E2 and we talked first about ground rules. I recorded my parts and sent it to him. He recorded his on top of mine and we kept iterating over it. It was fun and we were well prepared for Sunday.
@@deut3168 that sounds like a lot of fun and a really great friendship. Recording myself and listening back was the number one thing I did to get better. I always sounded “super good” when there was a ton of volume coming out of the amp, but listening back it felt flat or very basic. Good tips!
the most important thing for this to work is to be able to listen to others as you play and learn how to play less and find a sweet spot to sit in the song. I have spent a lot of time at jam nights, and this teaches you how to relax, find the groove and chord progression by ear. Yes, it's often at pubs, but nothing like throwing yourself in the deep end.
Really love this video! Been waiting for so long for someone to make an EG2 video, and you guys did very well! I think there's a lot of focus on lead guitar, but not enough content on rhythm guitar / EG2
I’m with Jason in regards to rhythm playing. While I can play lead and have been primarily over the past decade, it’s lead to me prefer playing rhythm. I used to be the guy who had multiple presets per song. I realized it was a bit redundant and I was dialing in the same sounds week in and out; I got tired of doing that. Now I use midi to bank up and down pre-programmed delays and verbs. Plus, being a hard rock guy, the rhythm playing is more my thing!
@@worshipartistry Agreed! As far as timing my delays to the tempo of the songs: yes. I have a button programmed on my mc6 simply called “Tap” and use that after I’ve selected which delay I want to use per song. I also use what morningstar calls toggle mode. I’ve got a short delay and long delay for 1/4, 1/8 and *1/8. It covers me on all fronts!
There are 8 electric guitar tracks/stems on the orginal arrangement, but on that first verse only the acoustic is strumming away with chords. The main electric is playing only two or three notes followed by a triplet riff, all in the back ground. The second electric is softly droning away on an open D string emphasizing an eighth note off beat rhythm..
People have asked why our tutorial music videos don't just cut to where the part comes in but we want to normalize seeing someone not playing until it's time. Sometimes I get a little antsy and throw in a little something though :)
It really depends on what is more important to you. I don't know if one is better, they are different and both are really good. But personally I'd go with the quad cortex, because I think that the amps sounds are fantastic and it takes pedals well which is really important to me. The helix has great amp sounds too, but I don't think they are as good, but the FX are phenomenal. So if FX are most important to you, then I'd say the Helix. What's most important to you? or which one would you choose?
How about 1 piano/keyboard and 1 guitar? Assume same concepts? When I pay classic hymns, the piano plays everything including melody n chords so playing guitar with it clashes a lot
If the piano player is playing straight from the hymn book with chord changes on every beat you'd honestly be best not playing or just swelling in ambient parts to give it a little depth. If it's not quite that style hanging out in the high range with triads and inversions could work. You might also ask the piano player where they hear you fitting.
Resourceful. Thanks
The other E player on our team has loads of experience. His practice is to record himself playing his parts. He got me into it also. It makes a BIG difference hearing yourself back. Much easier to make tweaks and get the parts in your head and under your fingers. He and I played E1/E2 and we talked first about ground rules. I recorded my parts and sent it to him. He recorded his on top of mine and we kept iterating over it. It was fun and we were well prepared for Sunday.
@@deut3168 that sounds like a lot of fun and a really great friendship. Recording myself and listening back was the number one thing I did to get better. I always sounded “super good” when there was a ton of volume coming out of the amp, but listening back it felt flat or very basic. Good tips!
Sounds like a lot of fun, but who has time to do that with a spouse, kids, and job?
@@TH-camaccount48473 Apparently my friend and I do. We both have kids, jobs, homes. We're doing what we feel called to and the time is just there.
the most important thing for this to work is to be able to listen to others as you play and learn how to play less and find a sweet spot to sit in the song. I have spent a lot of time at jam nights, and this teaches you how to relax, find the groove and chord progression by ear. Yes, it's often at pubs, but nothing like throwing yourself in the deep end.
You're lucky. Most jam nights I've been to have way too many people and I just want to leave after about 5 minutes!
Excellent tips gentlemen.
@@williambronchick4350 thanks!
Really love this video! Been waiting for so long for someone to make an EG2 video, and you guys did very well! I think there's a lot of focus on lead guitar, but not enough content on rhythm guitar / EG2
So glad you enjoyed it. What are some of your favorite go to moves on guitar 2?
@@worshipartistry My favorites are power chords, octaves, palm-muted 16ths, and some times just hitting 1 string with a ton of reverb and delay on it
That sounds righteous. Palm-muted anything is so sick.
Great video guys! 🎸❤️
Thanks!
I’m with Jason in regards to rhythm playing. While I can play lead and have been primarily over the past decade, it’s lead to me prefer playing rhythm. I used to be the guy who had multiple presets per song. I realized it was a bit redundant and I was dialing in the same sounds week in and out; I got tired of doing that. Now I use midi to bank up and down pre-programmed delays and verbs. Plus, being a hard rock guy, the rhythm playing is more my thing!
Rhythm lead for the win! It's a lot easier to practice for let's you really just lock into the groove. Do you typically time your delays to the tempo?
@@worshipartistry Agreed! As far as timing my delays to the tempo of the songs: yes. I have a button programmed on my mc6 simply called “Tap” and use that after I’ve selected which delay I want to use per song. I also use what morningstar calls toggle mode. I’ve got a short delay and long delay for 1/4, 1/8 and *1/8. It covers me on all fronts!
Good for you buddy!
One additional thing that seems to be overlooked is to not play chords or maybe even not play at all based on the songs dynamics.
There are 8 electric guitar tracks/stems on the orginal arrangement, but on that first verse only the acoustic is strumming away with chords. The main electric is playing only two or three notes followed by a triplet riff, all in the back ground. The second electric is softly droning away on an open D string emphasizing an eighth note off beat rhythm..
People have asked why our tutorial music videos don't just cut to where the part comes in but we want to normalize seeing someone not playing until it's time. Sometimes I get a little antsy and throw in a little something though :)
Thanks guys! Love this. =)
Thanks man!
I like it. You could target more chord tones tho and play the changes to give it more movement as opposed to just thinking major scale
What shapes were you (tele guys) using in the "Trying New Voices" section? Got a video showing that shape?
Not yet but we will now :)
Line 6 helix vs quad cortex. Which one is better?
It really depends on what is more important to you. I don't know if one is better, they are different and both are really good. But personally I'd go with the quad cortex, because I think that the amps sounds are fantastic and it takes pedals well which is really important to me. The helix has great amp sounds too, but I don't think they are as good, but the FX are phenomenal. So if FX are most important to you, then I'd say the Helix. What's most important to you? or which one would you choose?
I use a Headrush Prime.
Triads!
Your favorite!
How about 1 piano/keyboard and 1 guitar? Assume same concepts? When I pay classic hymns, the piano plays everything including melody n chords so playing guitar with it clashes a lot
If the piano player is playing straight from the hymn book with chord changes on every beat you'd honestly be best not playing or just swelling in ambient parts to give it a little depth. If it's not quite that style hanging out in the high range with triads and inversions could work. You might also ask the piano player where they hear you fitting.
Another fun thing to do is bring a seven string and chug away on top of your bass player!
Great video guys! 🎸❤️