Iron Maiden: Exactly what I'm talking about | Forums

[thxphotog]

GREAT PACK! Amazing how playable and fun these song are for how complicated they sound. It reminds me of the Metallica song album pack that came out for plastic guitar a while back. I can't believe I'm playing this on a real guitar (OK, slower) this time around. WOW. Who would have thunk it.

This is exactly it. I've only been playing for a little more than 2 years (obsessively though) so i'm mediocre at best. Unlike say the Megadeth songs, which nobody would ever recognize if I attempted to play them, these are layed out so much easier for someone who's not a virtuoso. SO, So much fun!! I have an ear-to-ear smile every time I go though 'Run to the Hills'.

[shihdo]

Having to take a couple of days off as my fretting forefinger feels like I've hit it with a hammer ATM, hoping it's just from over playing and nothing more sinister, cant bend it without pain just now from the knuckle to middle joint

[pulpsmack]

Funny you bring this up, Shihdo. I had to abstain a few days for other reasons, so I am STILL trying to improve on Aces High. If you take the Intro and the Riff (the first 2 blocks) there is what I perceive to be the "right way" to hit both sections, and the "cheap way".

The "right way" as I see it on the fretboard is to use your pinky throughout these parts. By doing that, your first (index) and second (middle) fingers are rooted on the D (2nd fret) and G strings (1st fret) respectively for the intro until you have to shift to 4 and 5 on the A string.

The pinky is especially prominent on the riff where you have the second (middle) finger and pinky on the 5th and 7th frets on the D string, allowing you to root your first (index) finger on the 4th fret of the G string for maximum economy of movement and reach. The problem is the pinky has like a dozen hammer-ons/pull-offs in the riff and speed and that has revealed how out of shape mine really is by comparison to the other fingers.

[PANICATTACK10]

Having to take a couple of days off as my fretting forefinger feels like I've hit it with a hammer ATM, hoping it's just from over playing and nothing more sinister, cant bend it without pain just now from the knuckle to middle joint

yeah i just took a few days off myself. i had some nasty blisters from doing bends. somehow caught a finger in the strings. just hope i am not to rusty now. had pour some sugar on me done in master mode. lmao i bet it will reset to noob. than i will have to start all over. hope you get better soon