Vibes Week 41 | EXTREME COVER | Building the Church - Steve Vai | ENG & ESP
Vibes Week 41 | EXTREME COVER | Building the Church - Steve Vai | ENG & ESP
ENG
Greetings to the Hive and Vibes community. We're moving forward to week 41, with very positive changes in the community, and I'm quite optimistic about the new things that are being developed throughout the Hive ecosystem, as well as in Vibes starting this week.
On this occasion, I'm bringing you "Building the Church" for this week, one of my favorite songs that inspired me to become a guitarist in the past. Honestly, I've been playing guitar for a significant amount of time, but this song continues to be a challenge, despite having acquired skill and dexterity for so long. I think it's undoubtedly a challenge for any guitarist who wants to or even just wants to give themselves a chance to play it.
I chose it because for a moment I wanted to delve into my beginnings. Of all the guitarists who have influenced my life, Steve Vai was always one of my most influential guitarists. He's been in movies, he's recorded videos with great artists, he continues to play in big concerts. Honestly, it seems like the man wants to live forever. He has always been at the forefront, actively working in the music industry.
As for the song, I think it's my favorite. Even though it doesn't say anything, there's a clear confidence in every phrase, motif, and melody.
The particular motif of this song, with which it begins, is one of the strangest I've ever heard on the guitar. Guitar tapping has always been a challenge, but on this occasion, it's more extreme to execute. Everyone has their own tapping technique. For this intro and the second tapping solo, "Steve Vai" uses 5 fingers, 3 on the right and 2 on the left. However, I can only use 4 so far, 2 on each side, which makes the execution much more difficult, but it's not impossible. In fact, the essence of the execution in both tapping sections requires more than just memorizing note by note. To be specific about this last part, you really need to take the execution of these sections to an unconscious competence. Those who know about neuro-linguistic programming will know what I mean. Paying attention to the notes and even the timing during the execution can cause you to miss notes or lose everything. Honestly, I had to record many times to get a good take, but that's the only way you play it. It's like when you ride a bicycle—you don't think about balancing, how to grip the handlebars, or how to technically pedal. No! You just do it. In the same way, this tapping solo can be executed.
Now, seeing that I can play this song makes me feel quite fulfilled and even more confident for new challenges.
Without further ado, I hope you enjoy it. Thanks, Hive community!
ESP
Saludos comunidad de Hive y Vibes, seguimos avanzando a la semana 41, con cambios en la comunidad muy positivos, y estoy bastante optimista con las cosas nuevas que se están desarrollando en todo el ecosistema de Hive, asi mismo como en Vibes a partir de esta semana.
En esta ocasion les traigo para esta semana, "Building the Church", una de mis canciones favoritas que me incentivaron en el pasado a ser guitarrista, la verdad tengo un tiempo significativo tocando la guitarra, sin embargo esta cancion sigue siendo un reto, a pesar de haber adquirido habilidad y destreza durante mucho, y creo que es sin duda alguna un reto para cualquier guitarrista que desee o quiera incluso darse un oportunidad para interpretarla.
La elegi porque por un momento quise indagar en mis comienzos, de todos los guitarristas que han influido en mi vida y Steve Vai, siempre fue uno de mis guitarras mas influyentes, ha estado en peliculas, ha grabado videos con grandes artistas, sigue tocando en grandes conciertos, la verdad parece que el hombre desea vivir para siempre, siempre ha estado a la vanguardia, trabajando activamente en la industria musical.
En cuanto a la cancion, creo que es mi favorita, aunque no dice nada, se nota una confianza en cada frase, motivo y melodia.
El particular motivo de esta cancion, con el cual empieza es uno de los mas raros que he escuchado en la guitarra, el tapping de la guitarra siempre ha sido un reto, pero en esta ocasion es mas extremo de ejecutar, cada quien tiene su tecnica de tapping, para esta intro y segundo solo en tapping, "Steve Vai" usa 5 dedos, 3 en la derecha y 2 en la izquierda, sin embargo yo solo puedo usar hasta el momento 4, 2 en cada lado, lo cual dificulta en gran manera la ejecucion, pero no es imposible, de hecho la escencia de la ejecucion en ambas secciones de tapping, requieren algo mas que solo memorizar nota por nota, siendo especifico en esto ultimo, la verdad requieres llevar la ejecucion de estas secciones a la competencia inconsiente, quienes sepan de programacion neuro liguistica sabran a que me refiero, estar atento a las notas e incluso el tiempo durante la ejecucion puede hacer que te equivoques de notas o pierdas todo, la verdad tuve que grabar muchas veces para tener una buena toma, pero solo de esa manera es que lo tocas, como cuando subes en una bicicleta, no piensas en tener equilibrio, como agarrar el manubrio o como tecnicamente pedalear, no!, solo lo haces y ya, de la misma manera este solo de tapping es que puede ser ejecutado
Ahora ver que puedo tocar esta cancion hace que me sienta bastante lleno y se mas lleno de confianza para nuevos retos.
Sin mas preambulos, espero que lo disfruten, Gracias comunidad de Hive!!!
(Fuente de imagen: https://www.guitarristas.info/noticias/steve-vai-primeros-30-anos-documental-narra-vida-steve-vai-1960-1990/10132)
(Fuente de imagen 02 https://blabbermouth.net/news/steve-vai-talks-about-new-album-the-story-of-light)
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Que magnífico como tocas la guitarra eléctrica hermanazo, nunca había visualizado este material, excelente chamo.
Hermano, saludos, la verdad aprecio que hayas escuchado esto.
Wow that's so amazing 🙌
I love how clean all your notes are! Great job brother 👏
Thank you so much @princekeys! what do you think about tapping section? that was too hard for me
I could just imagine how hard it was. You were so flexible on that like man, your accuracy was top notch. In all honesty, you are the first person I've seen since the beginning of this year who has done something such as what you did in the tapping section. Your hard work paid you there man 💪🔥💯