Free Bird, OBY triplets

**expertwin** · Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 2244 Location: Meh.

I'm oh so very close to being a Free Bird, and what better way to celebrate it than with an FC of Free Bird? I'm mainly practicing on Solos I and J. I'm consistent enough on the zigzag and the

parts, but I just can't seem to keep a combo on the

triplets. What could I possibly do to stay more consistent on this part?

Bonus: How could I also get better at the transition from

to

? And really, I still need help with

.

Note: Please do not suggest tapping to me.
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voidedalive2x wrote:

of COURSE it's doable, you ninny! Don't you cop out on me now!

**expertwin** · Joined: 18 Mar 2010 Posts: 2244 Location: Meh.

Okay, what I'm probably going to do is hold down the

button and play it as

, and then play the other sequence as

.

Still, any tips would be appreciated.

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voidedalive2x wrote:

of COURSE it's doable, you ninny! Don't you cop out on me now!

**ThunderShade** · Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 350 Location: Scotland

I know you said not to suggest tapping, but this is simple enough that I'll mention it anyway. For my Freebird FC, I found the transition very easy by tapping the yellow between the quads and trips. That gives your hand time to move over without doing anything awkward.

As for the rest, I found it easier to not anchor for the quads and anchor the lowest note for the trips. And the other thing I can suggest is to just completely ignore the music if you can for this bit. For the quads the yellows are on the beat and the "triplets" are actually 16ths.
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**xbillax** · Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 911 Location: Norway

For the fast zig zag I recommend trying GH1 style. Although if you've never done zigs that way it might feel very awkward.

the OBY triplets transition will be harder if you have to use fingers 1 2 3 to do them. If you can use 2 3 4 hitting the Y with 2 should make it pretty simple.

edit: tip for hitting zigs GH1 style, slightly tilt your hand, so that when you press all fingers down at the same time they don't hit the frets at the same time.
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**UndeadFil13QC** · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:47 pm Post subject:

THEY ARE NOT TRIPLETS

Now that this is out of the way, why not consider tapping? It can make transitioning much easier from the quads to the OBY part, and it's not like you have no time at all to bring up your right hand and bring it back down afterwards.

For the quads I use 4321, no anchoring and accent every yellow note. For the OBY part I use 321, anchor yellow and pay critical attention to the orange notes. The timing is extremely counter-intuitive so you have to be very careful.

An alternative method for the transition would be to slide from the green to the yellow and strum the yellow since you're not allowed to ghost.
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**Peachfanclub** · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:01 am Post subject:

Does 432 not work?

If it does work, I would suggest 43212432 for the transition
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**iamchris4life** · Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 670

It's been years and years since I played Free Bird but I think I used to transition to the OBY section using 2 for the preceding Y note then 321 for the repeating OBY pattern, like 43214321-2-321321. I can't remember if I anchored any of these. I also haven't used GH lingo in years, so maybe that didn't even make sense. *shrugs*
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