Jerusalem by Mark - Updated
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Thanks for the inspiration, Mark ... I got nuttin' else to say.
Pierre
Pierre
Wow Mark that was like a movement. I agree with Kevin, I wish I could play that unclean. I think it was fantastic. Perhaps from your point of view (over self critical) as a lot of us are, it may sound unclean, but really, a lot has to be said for the passion and feeling that you put into playing the song and not just the technical prowess, and by that regard I felt it was fantastic. If you really think you can't play it as clean as you'd like, do you consider that your guitar is set up properly for fingerstyle playing? Perhaps some set up tweaking may be in order, I don't know specifically what those considerations might be, but that is really nit picky in my opinion. Next time you're in a guitar shop, play that song on a classical guitar and see what it's like.
Really fantastic.
Really fantastic.
Thanks everybody for your comments and encouragement.
As a couple of people have suggested, I would love Neil to comment on this, as I'm sure he would have some great suggestions.
Trying it on a classical guitar is a good suggestion. I've been considering getting a classical but I had told my girlfriend that my guitar buying addiction was on hold for the moment (I've got 5 so it's not that bad).
I've tried just casually adding a guitar to the collection and not saying anything but she can sniff out a new guitar in seconds.
Here is Jerusalem in more normal circumstances. It's like an un-official national Anthem here in England. It gets played before big sporting events and is used to get the crowd going.
Generally we aren't very good at sport, but when we win, we go completly overboard.
For the americans amongst us, this is cricket :laugh:
As a couple of people have suggested, I would love Neil to comment on this, as I'm sure he would have some great suggestions.
Trying it on a classical guitar is a good suggestion. I've been considering getting a classical but I had told my girlfriend that my guitar buying addiction was on hold for the moment (I've got 5 so it's not that bad).
I've tried just casually adding a guitar to the collection and not saying anything but she can sniff out a new guitar in seconds.
Here is Jerusalem in more normal circumstances. It's like an un-official national Anthem here in England. It gets played before big sporting events and is used to get the crowd going.
Generally we aren't very good at sport, but when we win, we go completly overboard.
For the americans amongst us, this is cricket :laugh:
Lavallee wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try it out.
You're right the hardest part is getting back in time for the open chord.
Hi MarcHi Mark, very nice arrangement, looks intricated. Having difficulty myself playing clean notes, I am not sure I can help a lot. However I have noticed in some Neil's video that he says to release the chord completely and hit an empty string to carry to the next chord. I noticed that you seem to do that in some chords. Your challenge seems to be on the short bar at the fifth fret where the sound is sometimes muted when you switch to the open chord, I wonder if you could not hit a base note relative to the chord where you are going to have a continuity.
Marc
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try it out.
You're right the hardest part is getting back in time for the open chord.
d_dog wrote:
I think with a song like this it really needs to be clean and all the notes ring out correctly. If it was a blues or a different type of song then I don't think it matters so much. I slightly sloppy approach to a blues song goes with the territory.
I can easily count over 10 mistakes in this video. Not wrong notes but a bit of rattle or buzzing. Personally I think it is a slight mis-coordination of the hands. I think I don't quite have the chord properly formed when I play the note, leading to a buzz.
I think you're right, we can all be over critical of ourselves.Wow Mark that was like a movement. I agree with Kevin, I wish I could play that unclean. I think it was fantastic. Perhaps from your point of view (over self critical) as a lot of us are, it may sound unclean, but really, a lot has to be said for the passion and feeling that you put into playing the song and not just the technical prowess, and by that regard I felt it was fantastic. If you really think you can't play it as clean as you'd like, do you consider that your guitar is set up properly for fingerstyle playing? Perhaps some set up tweaking may be in order, I don't know specifically what those considerations might be, but that is really nit picky in my opinion. Next time you're in a guitar shop, play that song on a classical guitar and see what it's like.
Really fantastic.
I think with a song like this it really needs to be clean and all the notes ring out correctly. If it was a blues or a different type of song then I don't think it matters so much. I slightly sloppy approach to a blues song goes with the territory.
I can easily count over 10 mistakes in this video. Not wrong notes but a bit of rattle or buzzing. Personally I think it is a slight mis-coordination of the hands. I think I don't quite have the chord properly formed when I play the note, leading to a buzz.