[Starting Again]

On 7/13/2018 at 11:07 PM, jumiclads said:

Thanks everyone for the nice welcome backs. I will do my best to keep you all up to date on my progress. My Jem is tuned up and ready. I have just moved into a new house with all new neighbours so Its kind of like trying to build up the courage to get started. Maybe I will start whilst they are at work during the day.

It is great to have you with us.

I always do my practice in the afternoon as I live in a mid terraced house and I do ask  my neighbors to let me know if my playing disturbs them. 

Have fun with your practice! Good luck!

[New original - "I Don't Mind"]

This rocks! ????  

?Great job CapM, it is another hit! 

The blend of guitars is absolutely amazing. As always you have great lyrics and have sang and produced it brilliantly. 

It is another one for me to study.??‍?

[First Gig - New Band]

Superb! You guys are rocking! Well done Six! That is a lot of songs! ?? 

[Public Debut]

Fantastic Diane! Well done. ?? 

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience, I bet you had heaps of fun too!???

[?Lonesome chords - Harmony and Chord Substitutions]

Hello All, here is great lesson about harmony and chord substitutions and how you can use them to embelish/make your own version of songs

https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/27605-lonesome-chords-a-simple-song-opens-harmonic-doors?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PGN - 071018&utm_term=PG Weekly

It is a great lesson. Enjoy!?

[Cordoba C7]

Hello Robert,

I think Cordoba are a very good make and they are well worth the money. I have an F7, the build quality is excellent, it sounds amazing (even with me playing it?) and I would not part with it for all of the tea in China!

If the Cordoba C7 inspires you and you have started to bond with it in the shop then it is most likely that this is the one for you. They really are beautiful guitars. 

[TO STEVE K. - Request for level 2 speed and agility program]

Wow, you can play can play the 16th notes at 120 beats per minute in the third video and you want more! ? I am impressed. ?

[How can rhythm guitar help a song to build?]

Great information @CapM, thank you ever so much. I will definitely be analysing your song as well. I am starting to see that there are a lot of "tools in the box" to acheive build in a song. Now that I am aware I will "listen" more and experiment more with these tools.

[How can rhythm guitar help a song to build?]

Wow thank you  @Blue Dog it does change back and forth and the results are really dynamic. Thank you also for the tip about triads.

Yes I am getting lots and lots of great stuff on this thread, I am so glad that I asked the question!

[How can rhythm guitar help a song to build?]

16 hours ago, Randy120 said:

Rhythm changes and flourishes. Check out Tom Petty Learning to Fly. About 2/3 of the way through the song there is a distinct rhythm change. The 4 chords are the same, but the first chord is strummed rapidly and the next a single big strum with the next chords using the same pattern. 

Thank you Randy, I really appreciate this. Thank you also for the explanation of what is happening with the chords, it with help with my ear training. I need to learn to listen to the components of songs in a way that analyses them instead of getting caught up in them and just singing along! ?

[How can rhythm guitar help a song to build?]

Thank you @Blue Dog This is a great song for me to study. They certainly stepped up the vocals and added extra instruments. It builds really well. A very talented group of musicians.

I am going to watch this a few more times!

Yes, as you say, they did play harder later in the song, and the tempo may have went up a bit too.

[How can rhythm guitar help a song to build?]

I have been pondering for quite a while on the question of how to get a song to "build". 

With a song structure like this: Intro, Verse 1, Chorus 1, Solo, Chorus 2, Verse 2, Chorus 3, Outro I like the song to sound as if the chorus means more later in the song, kind of builds, sounds fuller or more dynamic somehow. I know we can add extra instruments in the later chorus' to help with that but I am assuming that there would not be much headway for increasing the volume of the rhytm guitar in the later chorus' to help build them up.

Would a rhythm guitar player play the same strumming pattern for all 3 chorus' or would they make changes to the chorus strumming patterns for Chorus 2 and/or Chorus 3 in order to help the song build?  Would they play different or altered chords to create more movement or do anything else different?

Your thoughts on this would be much appreciated.???

[Can you identify these musicians signatures?]

Hello folks, this guitar is for sale on the UK ebay site at the moment. Do you know who signed it?

 

[Restoration of a Vintage Stella 12-string]

Well, Tom sure knows what he is doing!

[Hand Cramping]

Oh Greg, I did not realise that you had been through so much with your hands and wrists and to have come through it and be playing in a band, even with these problems continuing. You are a real inspiration to me. I take my hat off to you sir! ? 

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences on this. I am now wondering if some of my cramping is due to poor positioning of my fretting hand also as I have been getting trouble with my wrist from osteoarthritis. 

I hope your plan works, please me know how it goes.

[4th of July Gig]

Amazing Greg, well done! Thank you for sharing your story and your thoughts. It sounds like a great time was had by all.??

[Hand Cramping]

Hello Greg, I am so very sorry that this is happening to you. I know that if I get a bit tense and clamp down too hard with my fretting hand I get cramp and it gets better when I consciously fret the chords much lighter.  But this is not necessarily what is causing your cramp. I hope someone comes up with a solution to this for you. 

Best wishes

Mandy

[Original Acoustic Ballad "Just You Wait and See"]

Superb CapM, and thank you for sharing information on your methodology.??

[Monthly Recording Challenge 58 - "Action"]

Beautiful Mark, I loved it, you are so very talented.

[NGD - Taylor 714ce]

Oh wow Mike! She is absolutely gorgeous, and I bet she sounds great too!

Enjoy ???

[How do you keep track of where you are at in a 12 bar blues?]

12 hours ago, Eracer_Team-DougH said:

Wish I had an answer,  I did the same thing on my church music trying to keep up to whatever the old guy was playing 

Of course I'm singing at the time and listening to the other singers as well as the musicians 

If you are singing at the same time you may be able to associate chord changes with certain words, but it all takes time to learn. I am really in awe  of you guys who play in bands.??

[?GG3 - June 2018 Guitar Gathering Collaboration ?]

I have always enjoyed these collaborations and I have definitely learnt a lot by doing them. I know that some of my posts here can be a bit "wordy" but I am always trying to pass on the knowledge that I have gained while having a blast doing these songs.

By the way, for anyone who is starting to learn the 12 bar blues...... did you notice that I used a standard 12 bar blues for the verse? Having read that 12 bar blues chord progressions are used in othere styles of music I thought that we could put it to the test. I love experimenting!

[?GG3 - June 2018 Guitar Gathering Collaboration ?]

Thank you for your kind words @gotto, and your contribution was greatly appreciated! 

I hope that all is as well as can be wished for with your wife.

[?GG3 - June 2018 Guitar Gathering Collaboration ?]

Wow, thank you Fretless ?, there is a lot for me to learn here. You have explained it very well. It is exactly what I need! ?

I think this is a superb song and it deserves your mix to do it justice.?

[Monthly Recording Challenge 57 - "Summer Time Fun"]

Superbly done Danny, very summery too!