HI Dan the Man! Fine job, vastly improved on your first, by my math thats now 10mths playing unbelievable!
Only tweak i'd say is when playing the A bass note on moving from the Am9 to the Dadd11/A is to hit the bass note on the move between chords reduce that pause, now thats being picky, but its something I noted from Neil on another recent vid, about getting into position for the next chord and playing bass notes on the way and not to wait. Other than that what can I say, wished I could play the song as well now never mind after only 10mths.
Chas
wrench - From the Beginning Follow Up
Hey Guys,
Thanks for the kind words.
MarkM - Thanks. That's meaningful coming from a player of your caliber.
Chris - that's my starter guitar - Yamaha FG700S. I had it out for Heart of Gold, and just kept playing it. It wasn't plugged in. I'll post something in the Techies Group, but I shot this with a "Value Tech" setup - $59 webcam and a $20 Radio Shack headset/mic.
Lisa - Thanks. At the last webinar Neil mentioned, nay, Challenged TARGET members to play this song. I couldn't let a perfectly good challenge go unanswered.
Chas - Hmmmm... I was hitting the A on the fly until I recently reviewed the lesson and saw I needed to mute those chords after the last up. That must be when I started delaying the A. OK, a refinement to explore. Thanks.
wrench
Thanks for the kind words.
MarkM - Thanks. That's meaningful coming from a player of your caliber.
Chris - that's my starter guitar - Yamaha FG700S. I had it out for Heart of Gold, and just kept playing it. It wasn't plugged in. I'll post something in the Techies Group, but I shot this with a "Value Tech" setup - $59 webcam and a $20 Radio Shack headset/mic.
Lisa - Thanks. At the last webinar Neil mentioned, nay, Challenged TARGET members to play this song. I couldn't let a perfectly good challenge go unanswered.
Chas - Hmmmm... I was hitting the A on the fly until I recently reviewed the lesson and saw I needed to mute those chords after the last up. That must be when I started delaying the A. OK, a refinement to explore. Thanks.
wrench
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Of course, a remarkable video. Until recently, I played a simplified version of this tune from a tab I had found on the web. After seeing Neil's more intricate playing in his lesson, I kinda let it fade. Seeing your version makes me feel challenged to actually do something to get the "real" version going for this tune.
I see you don't need to look much at what your left hand is doing, but you do put a lot of attention at looking at your right (picking) hand.
I wonder if that is just habit, anyway just thought I'd mention it.
Maybe soon you'll be watching TV and deciding what to eat for supper while playing this ... good work!
Pierre
I see you don't need to look much at what your left hand is doing, but you do put a lot of attention at looking at your right (picking) hand.
I wonder if that is just habit, anyway just thought I'd mention it.
Maybe soon you'll be watching TV and deciding what to eat for supper while playing this ... good work!
Pierre
cosmicmechanic wrote:
wrench
A very astute and correct observation. I find Greg Lake's music harder to pick than it is to finger. In this song, he shifts from cross-picking to alternating-picking, and there are enough alternating-pick notes in the riff to raise the probability of a flub, so yes, I was keeping an eye on it. Another Greg Lake/TARGET song, Still You Turn Me On, has similar picking challenges.I see you don't need to look much at what your left hand is doing, but you do put a lot of attention at looking at your right (picking) hand.
I wonder if that is just habit, anyway just thought I'd mention it.
Pierre
wrench
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Dan
Thank you, Anton. The guitar is a Yamaha FG700S. It is my first guitar. I made a deal with myself to stop playing my nicer guitar until I make my first guitar sound good. The strings were actually dead, I changed them right after this video. In fact, look at my new avatar. It is a graph of these old strings and then new strings. Yes, they are D'Addario EXP11, but I like EJ11 (un-coated) better.Hello Dan.
A good follow up,what is the brand of your guitar?.
Good sound the strings are Ddario?.
Greet Anton
Dan
Wrench - I didn't see the first video, so I'm glad you came back for the review video. It sounds great. Picking is something I need to get onto. But you make it look easy, which I'm sure it isn't. Good job.