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Update: Hotel California
Awesome lesson. I especially liked the explanation of the use of the capo and also the key changes in the song.
After years of playing I just discovered the use of the capo for multiple guitars last summer. Now when I write songs or work out non-originals to play with my friends I always work out alternate or added guitar parts.
Another way to add parts for multiple guitars is to us barre chords based on usually either the E form or the A form while the other guitar plays open chords. You can also use partial chords or triads arpeggiated (sp). A great example of this is in the Beatles song "And I Love Her", on verses 2, 3 & 4 John Lennon strums the regular chords while George Harrison plays arpeggiated triads around the 10th, 11th & 12th frets.
Great beginning to this song and lesson, can't wait for the rest.
Keep Playing
Ric
After years of playing I just discovered the use of the capo for multiple guitars last summer. Now when I write songs or work out non-originals to play with my friends I always work out alternate or added guitar parts.
Another way to add parts for multiple guitars is to us barre chords based on usually either the E form or the A form while the other guitar plays open chords. You can also use partial chords or triads arpeggiated (sp). A great example of this is in the Beatles song "And I Love Her", on verses 2, 3 & 4 John Lennon strums the regular chords while George Harrison plays arpeggiated triads around the 10th, 11th & 12th frets.
Great beginning to this song and lesson, can't wait for the rest.
Keep Playing
Ric
rcsnydley wrote:
If you're in a band with two or more guitar players, it's necessary to work out a multi-guitar arrangement.
Song selection based on the instruments in the band is important too. All too often, I've seen bands who try to pull off a song without a second guitar player, or without a keyboard player, etc, and it just doesn't come off right. For example, there's no way to do Freebird live without piano, and there's no way to do a song like Soulshine without an organ, in my humble opinion.
Good point Ric.After years of playing I just discovered the use of the capo for multiple guitars last summer. Now when I write songs or work out non-originals to play with my friends I always work out alternate or added guitar parts.
Another way to add parts for multiple guitars is to us barre chords based on usually either the E form or the A form while the other guitar plays open chords. You can also use partial chords or triads arpeggiated (sp).
Ric
If you're in a band with two or more guitar players, it's necessary to work out a multi-guitar arrangement.
Song selection based on the instruments in the band is important too. All too often, I've seen bands who try to pull off a song without a second guitar player, or without a keyboard player, etc, and it just doesn't come off right. For example, there's no way to do Freebird live without piano, and there's no way to do a song like Soulshine without an organ, in my humble opinion.
rcsnydley wrote:
Thanks to Neil for that one! I can't wait to work out the lead from Neil's song study.
So I used a capo on a few other songs and it added a lot of interest when everybody else was banging on the same chords in the same positions-- booooring!!!
Ric- great point. I discovered how true that is playing in a jam session a couple of weeks ago. The lead guitarist (so designated because he was a professional player) was playing Hotel California in the open position so I slapped a capo on the 7th fret and played the song from there. It sounded really good with the much higher notes!After years of playing I just discovered the use of the capo for multiple guitars last summer. Now when I write songs or work out non-originals to play with my friends I always work out alternate or added guitar parts.
Thanks to Neil for that one! I can't wait to work out the lead from Neil's song study.
So I used a capo on a few other songs and it added a lot of interest when everybody else was banging on the same chords in the same positions-- booooring!!!