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Hi everyone,

We have a new Target members exclusive lesson for today, Just A Song Before I Go with Sandy.

Sandy came back from IGC 2016 wanting to come up with a nice intro to Just A Song Before I Go, by Graham Nash and as done on their 1977 CSN.

Neil's first reaction was they probably couldn't work up an acoustic version of Stephen Stills opening lead.

After a little more considering, and a lot more listening, they came up with a surprising accurate rendition.

Neil tabbed it out for her in Guitar Pro and that file has been attached to the original lesson.

Enjoy!


http://www.totallyguitars.com/target-so ... .html#song

I truly enjoyed watching you guys work through the leads on this song!

Way to go Sandy! You've got this girl. Keep up the good work....

Bart

Very enjoyable fotw, this is sounding good Sandy !!

nb when did you start treating Neil like staff ?? 'Neil, pick up that guitar!'

Great fun !!

Thank you Bart: I think you told me that you already know how to play this song so I have to try and catch up with you a little bit. :S I have to start a year ahead of time to learn new songs because i seem to forget half of what I know whenever I get up to play at open mic. lol :S


Thank you David: You always make me laugh. I thought I was being pretty subtle when I asked Neil to play along with me, but maybe I was being a tiny bit bossy. lol


Sandy

Sandy and Neil,
Great lesson, thanks for sharing it with us. I have always loved this song, haven't gotten tired of it like some of the other CSN songs.
Wonderful to watch you two work out the leads - very cool!
Now I have way too many songs to learn!
Lynn

auntlynnie wrote:

Sandy and Neil,
Great lesson, thanks for sharing it with us. I have always loved this song, haven't gotten tired of it like some of the other CSN songs.
Wonderful to watch you two work out the leads - very cool!
Now I have way too many songs to learn!
Lynn

Thank you Lynn.

I really like this song and I love the Minor key. It's a nice intermediate song for everyone to learn.

The intro is really nice for practicing timing and hammer on's and pull offs. I first used a metronome to get the timing right for the intro at about 50, but we figured out that CS&N plays the song at about 108. I think 100 will be fast enough for me.

This week we worked on an instrumental verse, referencing the melody plus a steady bass. It's great practice for ear training on the melody notes.

Sandy