Vintage-Vibe
Here's a pitch guys - and a subject I've never shown much interest in, svae for admiring the commitment to achieve such speed and accuracy ?
What to you IS the defintion of shred(ding) ?
I once read an article that stated that "true" shredding does NOT include legato technique - every note in a run should be picked (obviously at ridiculous speeds)
Obviously, the playing culprits usually play in rock/metal bands (or just wank solo with a backing band ala G3)
So where was the term first used, and can anyone say they hold the rights to give the official defintion ?
How fast do you eed to be to "qualify" ? ?
Eg Brian May may be a classic rock player, but when he gets a wild hair up his arse his runs are far from slow -
(and tasty to boot !)
Ideas ? (Obviously lists of players aren't really required - most of us know the usual suspects)
VV
AlanRatcliffe
Hmm. It's become a description for any playing featuring fast passages on a guitar.
Personally, I'd say that what defines shredding is where the technique is as much a part of the composition as the notes are - more so, in some cases.
Renesongs
I was listening to some Zappa solos last night and wondering If he could be in some way considered the primordial ancestor to the shred guitarist. His solos are often fairly fast and and include ridiculous tonal intervals with spurts of triplets.
AlanRatcliffe
Generally speaking, I think the first guitarist credited with "shredding" was Mathias Jabs with the Scorpions. Followed of course, by EVH.
Zappa was a very weird guitarist, very aggressive, but I don't think you could call it shredding. I like the way he sets up polyrhythms over the backing vamps.
