Anyone knows Tolkki's guitar playing style?

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Anyone knows Tolkki's guitar playing style?

Post by stratoplayer » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:37 pm

i been wondering, cuz i cant tell if he alternate picks, economy, all down strokes, finger positioning, guitar height all of that stuff, he seems to vary it with each video i see... anyone has a clue?
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Post by MaFiaBoY » Mon Aug 01, 2005 6:39 pm

"All speed, no style" some people say :D
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Re: Anyone knows Tolkki's guitar playing style?

Post by Jack » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:39 pm

Find your own voice... Find your own style...

Tolkki's guitar style has been emulated many times, by many players, and the wannabes never exceed, or even come close to the originals. Trying to play exactly like Tolkki will no make you a good musician, you have to discover your own style of play for yourself.

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Post by MaFiaBoY » Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:58 pm

Jack wrote:Find your own voice... Find your own style...

Tolkki's guitar style has been emulated many times, by many players, and the wannabes never exceed, or even come close to the originals. Trying to play exactly like Tolkki will no make you a good musician, you have to discover your own style of play for yourself.
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Post by Aresius » Tue Aug 02, 2005 12:22 am

i think its inposibble to play at that speed with no alternate picking :P
by the way is cool if he want to learn tolkki style, he is not a pro, he is just learning that does not mean that he will copy his style
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Re: Anyone knows Tolkki's guitar playing style?

Post by stratoplayer » Tue Aug 02, 2005 1:15 am

i was just curious... bored you know, i dont want to emmulate him, i like my style
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Post by Jack » Tue Aug 02, 2005 5:43 am

MaFiaBoY wrote:
Jack wrote:Find your own voice... Find your own style...

Tolkki's guitar style has been emulated many times, by many players, and the wannabes never exceed, or even come close to the originals. Trying to play exactly like Tolkki will no make you a good musician, you have to discover your own style of play for yourself.
Trying to play exactly like ANYONE won't make you a good musician.
I think that was implied by what I said. :lol:

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Post by Holy Light » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:07 am

Tolkki is hard to reproduce. I think he's very spiratic with his playing. Tolkki has some awesome phrasing and very cool way of putting solos together. My playing is much different, but I'm sure you can hear some influence. I like Tolkki's rhythmic approach. It's just this natural flow that comes out of his playing.

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Re: Anyone knows Tolkki's guitar playing style?

Post by stratoplayer » Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:38 pm

yeah, he can place slow solos right next to god like scales right next to each other (4000 rainy nights, dreamweaver) but what really makes him my favorite guitarist is his ability to play reallly really fast but flawlessly, cleanly and musically (not just really fast noise a la deathmetal IMO)
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Post by NeonVomit » Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:43 pm

Timo's style is unique. He doesnt use any unique techniques, but he sounds like TT whenever he plays, which is the most important thing for any musician.

I think he's one of the best in metal, and one of the most versatile all-round guitarists anywhere.
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Re: Anyone knows Tolkki's guitar playing style?

Post by stratoplayer » Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:44 am

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Re: Anyone knows Tolkki's guitar playing style?

Post by CottonCandy » Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:15 pm

http://audio.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/b/o/bordoni-05.mp3
http://audio.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/b/o/bordoni-03.mp3
http://audio.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/b/o/bordoni-02.mp3


This guy's style is similar to Tolkki's, he is a rising star in the Prog genre. I think he is pretty good--but, thats just my opinion.

I hope its OK to post mp3's--if not, I'll edit them out later.
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Re: Anyone knows Tolkki's guitar playing style?

Post by Pikkusielu » Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:16 pm

CottonCandy wrote:I hope its OK to post mp3's--if not, I'll edit them out later.


I think it's OK if those are free samples or something like that...

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Re: Anyone knows Tolkki's guitar playing style?

Post by Aresius » Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:07 am

CottonCandy wrote:http://audio.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/b/o/bordoni-05.mp3
http://audio.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/b/o/bordoni-03.mp3
http://audio.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/b/o/bordoni-02.mp3


This guy's style is similar to Tolkki's, he is a rising star in the Prog genre. I think he is pretty good--but, thats just my opinion.

I hope its OK to post mp3's--if not, I'll edit them out later.
I can fucking belive it the first song has the EXACTLY same riff that
"Rata blanca - Los ojos del dragon "

And dont say that rata copied him because rata is a older band ( even older than strato ) and they are very well know
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Re: Anyone knows Tolkki's guitar playing style?

Post by CottonCandy » Wed Aug 10, 2005 2:45 pm

Aresius wrote:
CottonCandy wrote:http://audio.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/b/o/bordoni-05.mp3
http://audio.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/b/o/bordoni-03.mp3
http://audio.cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/b/o/bordoni-02.mp3


This guy's style is similar to Tolkki's, he is a rising star in the Prog genre. I think he is pretty good--but, thats just my opinion.

I hope its OK to post mp3's--if not, I'll edit them out later.
I can fucking belive it the first song has the EXACTLY same riff that
"Rata blanca - Los ojos del dragon "

And dont say that rata copied him because rata is a older band ( even older than strato ) and they are very well know
The First song is "Phoenix Rising". ;)
http://www.sarini.net/archives/000271.html

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Being "in the know" is not necessarily a good thing. ;)

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