Paul McCartney Blackbird by dsmarion

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Sun Aug 07, 2011 7:26 pm

I can appreciate that Bob - keep at it. I decided I had to learn it and I am glad I did even though it was slow at first with the picking. I plan now to run through it a bunch of times a day for a while till it becomes second-nature. Now the next one I am beginning work on will be a much bigger challenge -- but I think will help me greatly because it again is an alternating bass thing - and also sounds very cool too. I need to drill that alternating concept into my , errrr, fingers! So I decided to work on Black Water next (try anyway). Putting Fire and Rain, Tears in Heaven on hold for a bit to work instead on the alternating bass thing.

Scott


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Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:46 am

Aaah Scott, very good job!

Timing is right, sounds right (just keep those notes ringing a tíny bit longer here and there), very solid playing.

No advice here, just keep playing it as you already are. It's one of those songs that becomes rusty :P when you don't play it here and there. At least that's what it is to me.

Great job Scott!

Ness


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Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:45 am

nesh16041972 wrote:
Aaah Scott, very good job!

Timing is right, sounds right (just keep those notes ringing a tíny bit longer here and there), very solid playing.

No advice here, just keep playing it as you already are. It's one of those songs that becomes rusty :P when you don't play it here and there. At least that's what it is to me.

Great job Scott!

Ness
Thanks Ness, your too kind! I will continue to work to smooth out the rough spots - and I know about letting those notes ring, what a difference that makes in just about any song. Thanks for reminding me. :lol:

Scott


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Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:40 am

Nice job Scott!


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Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:32 am

Nicely done. The tempo feels right.

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Mon Aug 08, 2011 1:02 pm

Scott,

This was a nice change of pace for you from the last few great performances you have done. As others have said, your tempo seems to be spot on. 100 times huh? I can believe it. A few more and you'll be doing this with your eyes closed. I really enjoyed this and agree with Dennis in that it is one of the best versions up here. Great job and thanks for sharing.




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Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:42 pm

Thanks for listening guys (sorry about the low level - I will get that figured out next run )

I am really enjoying playing this song (I knew I would, I used to listen to friends that knew it long ago and liked it then). And I really liked the way Neil teaches it (ty Neil) in that he teaches it "standard" - I really hadn't noticed how different Paul plays it (with two fingers and a weird strum thing which allows him to not worry about being precise on any one note) until going through this lesson. I like the "preciseness" of the standard approach and I know it will make me be a better picker in the long run.

Hmmm, lots of versiosn huh? So if I decide to post one more and attempt to sing it - maybe put that in the busking area. I think if I ever decide to do an open stage (I might at some point if I have enough material gathered) this is definitely one I would want to do.

Scott


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Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:04 pm

dsmarion wrote:
Thanks for listening guys (sorry about the low level - I will get that figured out next run )

I am really enjoying playing this song (I knew I would, I used to listen to friends that knew it long ago and liked it then). And I really liked the way Neil teaches it (ty Neil) in that he teaches it "standard" - I really hadn't noticed how different Paul plays it (with two fingers and a weird strum thing which allows him to not worry about being precise on any one note) until going through this lesson. I like the "preciseness" of the standard approach and I know it will make me be a better picker in the long run.

Hmmm, lots of versiosn huh? So if I decide to post one more and attempt to sing it - maybe put that in the busking area. I think if I ever decide to do an open stage (I might at some point if I have enough material gathered) this is definitely one I would want to do.

Scott

[bHi Scott,, can i encourage you to do a buskers version,,,i found it very difficult to do the singin and Neils pickin at the same time and we can learn a lot from it,,with my version i stay at home,,well maybe only under friends.[/b]


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Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:16 pm

willem wrote:
dsmarion wrote:
Thanks for listening guys (sorry about the low level - I will get that figured out next run )

I am really enjoying playing this song (I knew I would, I used to listen to friends that knew it long ago and liked it then). And I really liked the way Neil teaches it (ty Neil) in that he teaches it "standard" - I really hadn't noticed how different Paul plays it (with two fingers and a weird strum thing which allows him to not worry about being precise on any one note) until going through this lesson. I like the "preciseness" of the standard approach and I know it will make me be a better picker in the long run.

Hmmm, lots of versiosn huh? So if I decide to post one more and attempt to sing it - maybe put that in the busking area. I think if I ever decide to do an open stage (I might at some point if I have enough material gathered) this is definitely one I would want to do.

Scott

[bHi Scott,, can i encourage you to do a buskers version,,,i found it very difficult to do the singin and Neils pickin at the same time and we can learn a lot from it,,with my version i stay at home,,well maybe only under friends.[/b]
I will do this but I need to play through it a bunch more, then play through it even more and see if I can sing with it good enough, then figure out how best to record it with my limited equipment. But I will do it, thanks for the encouragement!

Scott


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