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It (mlua) would be more similar to rusty_v8.
Unfortunately not a sequencer, which would be a programmable set of a series of blocks with different tempos, time signatures, subdivisions, etc., played in single sequence.
Yeah, swing usually has uneven subdivisions. Funk is almost always syncopated, and depending on the style, can be a mix of syncopation and swing.
This goes back to how you noted simply using a metronome will give that mechanical, or even a soulless characteristic, to playing a piece which inherently has a soulful quality about it. And with respect to intonation, there's a lot more that goes into that than just timing it right (how hard fingers are pressed on the fretboard, the pressure between fingers holding the pick, the angle of the pick, where the pick strikes relative to pickups, the pick attack, accenting notes, etc.)
I do love this idea of being able to apply some "in the pocket"/"swing" deviation to a metronome sequence. I agree with you that it adds that magical musical quality that people would instinctively dance to.
That's fair, essentially why I put "shred" in quotes originally is that shredding guitar isn't necessarily playing fast. You laid out a nice example with Superstition for that.
I don't see why that couldn't be implemented in some way (accenting specific notes and different sustain times).
What would be difficult is quantifying note attack exactly for XYZ's riff sections. I.e., what constitutes a relative baseline pick attack and the target pick attack. If we are using a float and define the "normal" attack as 0.5, then how do we know, for example, the first or fifth note in the iconic Superstition riff is 0.85? Is it empirical?
Either way, that is a lovely insight I will consider. Matching another guitarist's intonation down to a tee can be extremely difficult, but very rewarding.
Just published the waitlist[1], the app will be called ShredBlocks.
Yes, not a new technique by any stretch of the means. AFAIK John Petrucci takes a less aggressive approach with raising BPM. Funnily, Shawn Lane goes into a very similar methodology >30 years ago[1].
I have most of the UI done for sequencing. Workflows for speed building and metronome sequencing will be completely free, which is also a top priority for me to get out the door first.
I've been playing guitar for a little under 6 years and ran into the common problem among many intermediate guitarists fall into, which is stagnating into a plateau at a certain BPM.
The most effective solution I've found is to take the top speed hit playing a chunk of a lick and simply increase it 20-50 BPM past that limit, attempting one's best to stay in tempo. Regardless of how sloppy it sounds. Then roughly halve that increased addition of BPM, it will become relatively easier to play. For example, if you are stuck at 120 BPM, upping it to 150 BPM with sloppy attempts, then dropping it back down to 130-140 BPM.
I've gone cleanly from alternate picked 140 BPM triplets to 220 BPM triplets in two months after being stuck at 140 BPM for over a year with this method. Sometimes even hitting 280 BPM triplets when I have the focus and time for it.
Even then, I want a more consistent, and variable way of customizing a practice session using a metronome from a hobbyist perspective without using a DAW. With a simpler interface for doing so. As well as encourage with said method above for other guitarists in the pursuit of speed.