Busking Neil Young

willem
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Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:39 am

wrench wrote:
Hey Brad,

Other than the little timing problem we can help you with, that was excellent. I think you had a problem with the hammer-on and the descending bass going from C to G. I think all you need to do with the hammer-on is wait for it. Literally. You just need to wait for the hammer-on. In that little run in which you hear 4 notes resulting in an Em, you should pluck A, hammer-on to B for the second note, pluck D, and pluck E. That was 4 notes but only three plucks, and it takes 4 beats. Your timing problem is rushing the hammer-on so that measure is rushed into 3 beats. 4 beats - pluck-hammer-pluck-pluck. All 3 plucked notes are quarter-notes on beats, so they are plucked as downstrokes. Similarly, the descending bass run from the C chord down to G are also on beats, so all need to be downstrokes. In your video, it looked like you were alternating picking the notes on the run, which runs them out too fast. I haven't watched it in a year, but Neil's TARGET video on this was excellent.

Thanks for posting your video. Your rhythm and strumming have improved sooooooo much. It is obvious you are putting in some hard work, and you're getting good results. Busk more young man!

Yeah yeah that litlle riff,,,my opnion...when you come out the D chord you hit the Em chord, after that when you ready to hit a down stroke again you hit the open A string,,and now it comes,,the hammer/on and the following notes must be done on one beat the last beat in that measer on count 4 ,so the hammer/on and D and E is count 4,,when you do this right then the next measer feels okay,,you can feel the smoothness,,so that said i have to practice that. :) :laugh:


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Fri Jan 07, 2011 11:43 am

Hi Brad!

Haha, I díd promise to get back to you on this one and I see you've already gotten a lot of advice, or do you really want to see me playing it?! :)

(Edit: Well I've just shot a video anyway, it's uploading now, so I'll post the link as soon as it's done, okay?!)

I really think you did great on the strumming and the singing, it's so nice to see you posting so much, keep it up!

Cheers

Ness..

rapsidy wrote:
there u go NESH :)
:)


MarkM
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Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:31 pm

Well Brad, here you go, hope that it will help you out! :)




rapsidy wrote:
Ness- what can i say im a big fan :woohoo: but i need you to post up a Heart of gold version as i have played this song.. played??hhmm practiced this song for a long time and it still gives me trouble.. can i put in a request that you post a vid here??? please :)


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Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:22 pm

Hi everybody!

This is a video explaining the riffs of Heart of Gold, as requested by Brad (Rapsidy) and it was suggested to upload it in the busking-thread anyway.

So I hope it'll help anyone trying to play this great song!

cheers

Ness..



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willem
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Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:38 pm

Great job Nesh,,i was alway's thinkin,,,

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8,1-2-3-4_5-6-7a8///////the second 4_5 is Em but is combined....


Not wanna confuse you Brad...


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Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:18 pm

Thanks Willem!

So are we gonna play this song together??!! ;) You may do the riffs! :P

willem wrote:
Great job Nesh


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Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:08 am

Hi y'all,

Well, you snooze you lose around here. I knew it would be just a matter of time before someone loaded 'Heart of Gold'. So here is my addition to the Aussie contingent of the program.

I actually recorded the rhythm track a little while ago and life-stuff has been stopping me from finishing it.

I've posted this for a number of reasons:
- I though I should pay up on a challenge given to me (by Vanessa) since I've been issuing so many lately,
- to show you that I do own a pick and sort of know how to use it,
- to have a go at multi-tracking (I'm used the new iMovie alone to edit the video and sound),
- because Brad's post inspired me to finish this project.

WARNING:
- CRAPPY singing - YIKES!! - be kind to your dogs, cover their little ears or keep them at a safe distance - I didn't do myself any favors by playing it so slowly either.
- smile free zone - I was actually feeling crappy/low energy - although I could have saved a tonne by getting rid of the grimace ... back to smile school.

I'm intending to do more strumming/flat picking songs this year - to broaden my skills - so here is the first one.

Michele



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willem
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Sat Jan 08, 2011 3:56 am

It never happens here but may i kiss you?ood lord Michele this was way to go and you maY call you proud Michele,,so great and what away to do the harmonica part with guitar,,i could write a whole page how wonderful i found this but i go listen again,,really,really great job ,this aint the right words... IT'S SUPER!!!! :kiss: :kiss: :kiss:


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Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:09 am

Extremely impressive! Excellent. Fantastic 1st multi-track/PIP effort. Lookout Al! Your 2 guitar parts were played very well (but you're right it could have been played a little bit faster). And I don't know what you're talking about regarding your vocals I thought they were very good. Looking forward to seeing many more of your VERY creative videos. Way to go!


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Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:10 am

[Edit] Resent the previous post by accident (I hate when I do that) and I can't delete a reply so I'll just ask....did you enjoy doing the multi-track/PIP stuff?


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