What is this guitar technique called Raking

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  1. ronnieanand

    ronnieanand n00bier th@n th0u

    Hi,
    What is this technique called Raking. I have read that this technique is used a lot by Randy Rhoads.

    :rock:
     
  2. jayanth

    jayanth <.: : Call Quits : :.>

    Hey Ronnie.. YOu posted the question on the wrong forum. It will be moved but..

    Raking is a technique used when the successive notes to be played are on the next string and is near the note played.. So you start placing the fingers and strike all the notes down. NOT like a CHord but with seperations.. The generally approach(Alternate Picking) would be to play the note down and the next note up.. So that the movement is not restricted. But he is all gonan be at one show.. Check out "One" By Metallica.. the intro solo has a Rake..
     
  3. esgallindeion

    esgallindeion Minstrel Knight

    Also, raking is generally associated with sweeping over muted notes.

    ----5----------------12b-----
    ------5------------x----------
    --------5---------x-----------
    ----------7~----x------------
    ------------------------------
    ------------------------------

    This is a small riff played with one continuous upstroke followed by a rake in your downstroke to play the 12th fret.
     
  4. jayanth

    jayanth <.: : Call Quits : :.>

    another example woul be comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd..
     
  5. Gai

    Gai New Member

    am not sure i got the rake...but if i did then there is one in the top gun anthem by satriani when he goes into that riff he plays....after the powerchord sequence...
     
  6. jayanth

    jayanth <.: : Call Quits : :.>

    No thats not the Rake.. Rake is in the First Clean solo of ONE - Metallica,.. First solo of Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd.. What you are saying is a sweep pick..
     
  7. ronnieanand

    ronnieanand n00bier th@n th0u

    Now there are two definitions of raking floating around here
    1. By Jayanth, which says, playing successive notes on the next strings which are near to the note currently being played.
    2. By esgallindeion, which says, sweeping over muted notes to play a single note.

    Now which one is raking !!!!
     
  8. jayanth

    jayanth <.: : Call Quits : :.>

    sweeping of succesive notes which may or may not be muted which are near to the note currently being played..
     
  9. esgallindeion

    esgallindeion Minstrel Knight

    I beg to differ...
     
  10. jayanth

    jayanth <.: : Call Quits : :.>

    And what was i saying????????????
     
  11. 6String_assasin

    6String_assasin The Painkiller

    essi was explaining n u were giving examples. thats it :)
     
  12. jayanth

    jayanth <.: : Call Quits : :.>

    Hmmm.. No check the first statement and the definations..
     
  13. esgallindeion

    esgallindeion Minstrel Knight


    Check my definition again. Muting is an essential feature which differentiates raking from sweep picking.
     
  14. jayanth

    jayanth <.: : Call Quits : :.>

    May not be muted.. take out the Nuno Bettencourt - guitar Tricks And read Raking..
     
  15. esgallindeion

    esgallindeion Minstrel Knight

    Then obviously either you have misread or they have made a mistake. The muffled sound is what makes a sweep into a rake.
     
  16. jayanth

    jayanth <.: : Call Quits : :.>

    Come home soon dude.. I really wanna show this to you..
     

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