yyz Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 What do you think the hardest song to play is? On any instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 By tor on the drums....cannot do the off beats and Hemipspheres is hard at times... for guitar- heh spirit of radio....the beginning is hard. every song has its hard times thats for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazzman Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 None are, but if I had to choose, I'd have to say Bravado on drums. The ending is nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 QUOTE (kazzman @ Jan 16 2005, 11:02 AM) None are, but if I had to choose, I'd have to say Bravado on drums. The ending is nuts. I concur.....i'm getting the hang of it tho....soon i'll have it down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 For bass playing, the solo in La Villa took me such a long time to figure out. Digital Man also has some tricky parts in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyzyy Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 (edited) QUOTE None are, but if I had to choose, I'd have to say Bravado on drums. The ending is nuts. I would have to agree with Kazzman...Since I've been playing Rush for 10 years...none are really "hard" to play. But the ending on Bravado is somewhat difficult...LIVE-->Different Stages Edited January 16, 2005 by yyzyy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Yea I guess this got me thinking...it's all really on how long you have been playing as well...Like I just started playing the drums 2 years ago...so i'm still a newbie...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Rat Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 I got my bass 9 months ago, and I can play the entire counterparts album! yay! What's the hardest on the bass... (Starts counting on his fingers) The bass solo on La Villa Strangiato, The Big Money... in fact, the entire power windows album, Limbo has it's tough moments.... Wow, this is harder than it should be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantsv Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 They are all hard for me lol! I really need to practice on my guitar more and be a little more patient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyz Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 I should try Bravado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazzman Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 QUOTE (yyz @ Jan 16 2005, 06:31 PM) I should try Bravado. Have fun with the ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyz Posted January 17, 2005 Author Share Posted January 17, 2005 QUOTE (kazzman @ Jan 16 2005, 08:04 PM) QUOTE (yyz @ Jan 16 2005, 06:31 PM) I should try Bravado. Have fun with the ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilPeartFan2112 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 The ending of Bravado is insane. That's gotta get my vote as well. I play drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES-335 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 QUOTE (Steel Rat @ Jan 16 2005, 06:12 PM) I got my bass 9 months ago, and I can play the entire counterparts album! yay! What's the hardest on the bass... (Starts counting on his fingers) The bass solo on La Villa Strangiato, The Big Money... in fact, the entire power windows album, Limbo has it's tough moments.... Wow, this is harder than it should be What? .... dude, you must be extremely talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES-335 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 On bass, Ceiling Unlimited is very difficult, and I have been playing for 30 years. Especially if you try to sing too. On Guitar, the only challenging things for me is fingering some of the unique chords that ALex uses. If you don't stay on them, they leave you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilPeartFan2112 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 QUOTE (ES-335 @ Jan 16 2005, 09:40 PM) QUOTE (Steel Rat @ Jan 16 2005, 06:12 PM) I got my bass 9 months ago, and I can play the entire counterparts album! yay! What's the hardest on the bass... (Starts counting on his fingers) The bass solo on La Villa Strangiato, The Big Money... in fact, the entire power windows album, Limbo has it's tough moments.... Wow, this is harder than it should be What? .... dude, you must be extremely talented. Yeah, really. Must be amazing. My friend got his bass like 3 years ago and he still can't play that many Rush songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULLSEYE FOREVER Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Well I have been playing guitar for over 20 years.........and I guess the most tricky song of Rush's for me to learn was Natural Science,Test for Echo.........all the other ones I learned,but it took patience and practice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilPeartFan2112 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 QUOTE (BULLSEYE FOREVER @ Jan 16 2005, 11:35 PM) Well I have been playing guitar for over 20 years.........and I guess the most tricky song of Rush's for me to learn was Natural Science,Test for Echo.........all the other ones I learned,but it took patience and practice Indeed. Practice and patience are essential in playing difficult music. Probably the most needed skills in my opinion, including desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BULLSEYE FOREVER Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 QUOTE (NeilPeartFan2112 @ Jan 16 2005, 11:00 PM) QUOTE (BULLSEYE FOREVER @ Jan 16 2005, 11:35 PM) Well I have been playing guitar for over 20 years.........and I guess the most tricky song of Rush's for me to learn was Natural Science,Test for Echo.........all the other ones I learned,but it took patience and practice Indeed. Practice and patience are essential in playing difficult music. Probably the most needed skills in my opinion, including desire. :cheers:Indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilPeartFan2112 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 QUOTE (BULLSEYE FOREVER @ Jan 17 2005, 12:02 AM) QUOTE (NeilPeartFan2112 @ Jan 16 2005, 11:00 PM) QUOTE (BULLSEYE FOREVER @ Jan 16 2005, 11:35 PM) Well I have been playing guitar for over 20 years.........and I guess the most tricky song of Rush's for me to learn was Natural Science,Test for Echo.........all the other ones I learned,but it took patience and practice Indeed. Practice and patience are essential in playing difficult music. Probably the most needed skills in my opinion, including desire. :cheers:Indeed THREE CHEERS TO THAT!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Mine is La Villa (drums)...you dont get a break the whole time...funny thing is I can play Hemispheres twice and not get as tired as I do halfway through La Villa...even though Hemi is twice as long as La Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deamhain Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 As someone already said, it's Alex's unique voicings that I find trip me up. Sometimes it's a combination of these and a rapid sequence of chord changes that does my head in. The little sequence in Big Wheel where you go through E, F#addB, Bsus2, F#/A# and G#5 ends up with my fingers like a rat's nest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitaraholic Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Been playing guitar, bass, and keys for 28 years. I learned the basics first, discovered RUSH, and embarked on a lifelong fascination with their music. Regarding guitar, in the beginning I found the big open chords Alex uses quite challenging as well as some of the riffs and solos. Serious dedication, desire, and always seeking new knowledge made those challenges rather easy to play. For bass, again in the early days, I found La Villa, YYZ, and the Freewill solo intimidating. Keys were never that difficult, just finding the right suonds. Nowadays, I don't find anything that difficult to master. Of course, I must say that I prefer to work smart (rather than too hard ) so I purchased a Tascam CD-GT1 Guitar Trainer and cut the note-for-freakin-note learning time down to an average of about an hour for each song attempted. Currently, my group is rotating some earlier tunes through the songlist (Fly By Night, Spirit, and Limelight). Damn, I love to play those songs! Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
between sun and moon Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 i dont know about drums or bass, although i have a bass, i havent had it very long...on guitar, probably freewill. that solo is INSANE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstar86 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 On drums, I think Subdivisions would be hard because of the meter changes and Tom Sawyer would be hard because of its meter changes and because of its rapid hi-hat pattern. On bass, YYZ and La Villa Strangiato sound equally difficult. Finally on guitar, YYZ and La Villa also sound equally difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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