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Post by leerummey on Jul 9, 2011 0:22:31 GMT -5
here is a video of steve martin playing banjo on a uk tv show enjoy mojo ;D
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Post by leerummey on Jul 6, 2011 11:56:07 GMT -5
here is a post from mojo in a strumming question that may help you out ;D Re: Strumming for a beginner « Reply #1 on Feb 14, 2011, 11:46pm »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi there and thanks for joining us here
1. I had the same problem you have now, so I can certainly feel for you. It can be frustrating. 2. The way I got over that was two-fold. the first part was dealing with my right hand being in charge of the rhythm aspect of things. The second was ditching the pick to play with my fingers instead. Not too sure how relevant to you the second part is.
When learning a new song where the strumming is difficult for me, instead of strumming "normally" I strum only once per beat and sing along. This helps me get the chord changes down, their relation with the sung words in the song, etc.. Usually, I make it a down stroke.
Once I get a real good feel for the above, I start adding in between strums, usually alternating down and up strokes. At that stage, I am not trying to sound like the original song yet, just trying to get a feel for the groove of the song.
If I have a recording of the song available, I try and play along, not with the guitar player, but with the rhythm section - bass and drums. I try to isolate the bass line as it will give me hints on how the groove is developed.
Once I have that down, I stop playing and go do something else. I find that the song stays stuck in my head anyway and I let my subconscious acclimate itself with the song. I usually catch myself humming it.
Whenever time allows I go back to it and make sure that I am still at the same level of comfort as I was before I left. Now when I try to play the song again, I focus on the actual strummed lines on the original recording. Because of the "prep work" that preceded this stage, that part usually comes together fast.
Bottom line: I try to have fun, I listen to the original, and I take the groove apart down to its bare minimum before I build it up again to something either resembling the original or something that I am comfortable with.
If you listen to my lesson on how to play Who Says by John Mayer, you will see that I have changed the groove of the song considerably. It's nothing against the original tune, which I quite enjoy, as much as it is the fact that when I play the song live, people dance to it when I play it that way, and I get a kick out of it
I hope this helps!
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Post by leerummey on Jul 6, 2011 11:34:20 GMT -5
hi matt and welcome the first thing i would say after watching your video is slow your strumming down a bit to start off with secondly to help with your chord changes try doing just down strums along with the chord changes also you could try using a thinner guage pick as well so it doesnt dig in to the strings as much hope i helped lee
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Post by leerummey on Jul 6, 2011 0:37:37 GMT -5
lots of callouses and skin falling of but no blood here
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Post by leerummey on Jul 6, 2011 0:36:40 GMT -5
Blisters yes many times, blood no, ears bleeding and painfull from my poor playing, more than I can count. ;D lol
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Post by leerummey on Jul 5, 2011 0:39:03 GMT -5
the monkeys im not laughing pw ;D honest im not ;D ;D
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Post by leerummey on Jul 4, 2011 14:38:29 GMT -5
meanwhile back in gotham city .................... oops i meant meanwhile about 20 min drive from me on saturday .............
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Post by leerummey on Jul 4, 2011 14:32:59 GMT -5
it looks nice wully show a pic of the back ?
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Post by leerummey on Jul 4, 2011 13:39:47 GMT -5
get the soul going lol
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Post by leerummey on Jul 4, 2011 13:34:14 GMT -5
and these were there
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Post by leerummey on Jul 4, 2011 13:29:34 GMT -5
this is from the festival i went to ;D not great but fun also not filmed by me ! but ill ask you this ...... is that john candy
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Post by leerummey on Jul 4, 2011 13:16:39 GMT -5
HJ thats why i held off of buying clapton tickets for the royal albert hall this year coz i bought his latest album and its shite apart from one song and i was worried he'd be plugging it and not doing any old stuff and i also thought he'd be polished , professional and boring !
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Post by leerummey on Jul 4, 2011 11:16:58 GMT -5
oops actually a little white lie in my opening post i saw paul weller at wembley arena last december but i wasnt impressed with him at all and that pains me to say as i am (was ) a big weller fan
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Post by leerummey on Jul 4, 2011 11:15:24 GMT -5
which groups (past or present ) have you seen or would have liked to have seen live ? gotta be honest i havent seen any bands live for years but i went to a festival that is an annual occurance near me last weekend and saw some local musicians whom i had never heard of some were okay and some were pants but i would have loved to have seen the who from the past and the foo fighters from the present ;D
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NAD!!!
Jul 3, 2011 0:50:25 GMT -5
Post by leerummey on Jul 3, 2011 0:50:25 GMT -5
congratulations col
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