This is my version of an old English hymn called Jerusalem.
This gets played at a lot of sporting events that England play in and is almost like an unofficial National anthem.
Emerson, Lake and Palmer did a very different version to this.
I've posted this because it gives me so many problems. I've been playing this since about august and must have played it a million times. I just can't get it clean.
I've put a lot of work into improving my left hand position on this song and it is a lot better than it used to be.
Any suggestions on how to get it cleaner would be appreciated.
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Re:Jerusalem by Mark
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:08 pm
by willem
Wow Mark, great choice,, i must have missed your orginail post,,i would to see you play in futher,,i think you gonna be great,,hope Neil does a lesson on this song.
Re:Jerusalem by Mark
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:24 pm
by michelew
Great response as always. I always learn something from these responses. Note to self ... must relax right hand...relax....
Re:Jerusalem by Mark
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:44 pm
by tovo
I think it's just fantastic that Neil has taken the time to give some constructive advice to a great player like Mark, and as Michele said help us all with another great tip. These video responses are my absolute favourite thing about the site, no question.
Re:Jerusalem by Mark
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:33 pm
by goldleaf
I agree with you Tovo, I really love to hear how a song is really supposed to be played or at least Neils suggestions on how to play it in a different way. Pointing out things I wouldn't have even noticed. I know Neil is as busy as a Beaver but it really is one of my favorite things to see on TG. Thanks Neil for taking the time to do them. Gary
Re:Jerusalem by Mark
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:38 pm
by unclewalt
Mark, I'm curious where you came by this arrangement.
Re: Jerusalem by Mark
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:48 am
by mark
Thanks very much for the reply.
Really useful. I hadn't realised that I had let the timing go wrong.
Now that you have pointed it out I can see exactly what you mean.
I also notice that in the parts where I have tried to add a litle vibrato this causes the timing to go wrong as well.
I think these video responses are one of the best things about totally guitars.
Re:Jerusalem by Mark
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:58 am
by mark
unclewalt wrote:
Mark, I'm curious where you came by this arrangement.
It's my own arrangement.
I looked on youtube hoping that there would be some fingerstyle arrangements on there, but there were none.
Luckily I found a midi file on the internet. I imported this into Guitar pro and it gave me the melody line. I also found the chords on the internet.
It's in the key of D which didn't seem to work very well, so I did it in C.
I think if I was to do it again I would try and do it in Dropped D tuning or maybe Open D