buddy learning CATS IN THE CRADLE guitar lesson
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I picked this song because I love the lesson to Father's that it brings. I decided to try and play it with an alternating base with my thumb and the melody underneath since this is something I have been working on. One of the biggest challenges for me is fitting my fingers into the A chord in the form that Neil suggests because the fret is rather small way up the neck of the guitar. I think I will record it next time Barring the A chord as I think it will come out cleaner.
I was reading the words for this since I don't have them memorized and it made me have a little stone face in the video :silly:
Any thoughts and suggestions to move it along are always appreciated.
Bud
Hi Buddy,
Very nicely done. I thought it was a little fast so I checked out the original and I think you're playing it just about right on.
Reading lyrics, HMMM I guess that's OK :laugh: :laugh:
Great Job
Bob
This is Harry Chapin not Cat Stevens right??
Very nicely done. I thought it was a little fast so I checked out the original and I think you're playing it just about right on.
Reading lyrics, HMMM I guess that's OK :laugh: :laugh:
Great Job
Bob
This is Harry Chapin not Cat Stevens right??
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Really great job Buddy! Not such an easy one to pick and sing same time I'd say. Great singing, perfect for your voice... seems to get better and better all the time.
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Hi Buddy, I've always loved this song, even when I was too young to admit it. You've got the delicate picking down quite well and your vocals are well balanced (volume and emphasis). A nice and easy listen.
Care for a friendly suggestion? To me, part of the drama of the well-known original recording of this song hits home in the imagery of the lyrics of the chorus supported by the musical wave of the orchestrated arrangement of the chorus. This leads me to wonder if more drama can be created by using some chords on the chorus, creating a more stirring "wave", instead of only picking. The end result might be richer, even more moving.
Congrats on this fine effort,
Pierre
Care for a friendly suggestion? To me, part of the drama of the well-known original recording of this song hits home in the imagery of the lyrics of the chorus supported by the musical wave of the orchestrated arrangement of the chorus. This leads me to wonder if more drama can be created by using some chords on the chorus, creating a more stirring "wave", instead of only picking. The end result might be richer, even more moving.
Congrats on this fine effort,
Pierre