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    Tuning With No Name

    in Learn & Master Fingerstyle Guitar

    Posted · Edited by Triple-o

    F A D G B E 

    I see a few songs in this tuning, usually with a capo. The following song by Coldplay makes sense if you want F in the base. I don’t see much use for using it. What am I missing.

    I have also seen it tuned down one step Eb G C F A D  like in Sam Smith song “Stay With Me”  I guess in this case Sam Smith in needs an asterisk. * Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.

     

    https://www.mymusicsheet.com/KennethAcoustic/13193

    F chord

    in Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar

    Posted · Edited by Triple-o

    Kinda surprised Steve didn’t include the 4th string F chord with and without the first string mini barre One of the principal chords in C major, C, F and G7 and because of its use in Carter style picking.

     

    Norwegian Wood

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted · Edited by Triple-o

    I was curious what guitar  made the sound in the Beatles song. Turns out it was a Sitar.

    The name is still a puzzler. They said they can’t name the song “ A Cheap Wood”and the first wood that meets that description is Norway Pine..Norwegian wood would be like calling a “Canada goose” a Canadian goose.They were supposedly in Swiss ski lodge with cheap wood paneling. Noway  Pine is a cheap wood , but it’s grown in North America, nothing to do with Norway. Another wood  could be Norway Spruce, most commonly used as a Christmas Tree,but again no real connection to Norway. Why a Swiss ski lodge in the Alps wouldn’t be using Swiss Pine which isn’t a cheap looking wood ( I think they must mean cheap looking because it blotches easy when being finished) kinda surprises me.

    Would love to have a music room or bedroom lined with Swiss Pine.

     

    Gm

    in Guitar Playing & Technique

    Posted

    In the key of Dm  you have 3 principle chords Dm, Gm and A7. The Gm and A7 are probably the first 4th and 3rd string “barre chords” many folks learn if they are using Mel Bay. Well that’s probably a little misleading,since most beginners never stick with it  long enough to make it to grade 2. Steve seemed to skip this “Open”  Gm, probably  because it requires the thumb. When forming the Gm  I personally find using the ring finger easier than using the index.The index is find with the A7. 

    Forum

    in Guitar Open Talk

    Posted · Edited by Triple-o


     

    At first I thought this forum format for Guitar Gathering was temporary and “Learn and Master Guitar” would be phased out and Steve would have something completely new. Guitar Gathering is reaching  5 years  and number of beginners using the learn and master guitar courses and this forum have dwindled.  Perhaps that’s  why the Learn and Master course sections 1-20 sessions have been left dangling in a confusing format. 

     

     

     

     

     

    Turnarounds

    in Learn & Master Blues Guitar

    Posted · Edited by Triple-o

    I bought the L&M  course  in 2010 or 2011 on sale for $49.95, which seemed pretty cheap and thought in two years I would be ready to start.  Well, as you can see its taken a few years longer than I planned.  Steve’s course is pretty good, but it could have easily been 10 sessions. I was surprised that it’s still available for $89.00.  I often wonder if it’s the exact same course. I noticed the case cover is different. Seems like  the Blues Unleashed course was $200. Over 10 years I’ve spend another $200 on Blues books.. Active Melody is pretty good.

    I have one true fire courses on slide guitar and it seems pretty good ,but I ‘am still working on slide basics. Would like to have Bonny Raitt as my teacher. 
     

    I’ve increased my practice time and that really helps.

     

     

     

     

     

    Song solos and intros

    in Learn & Master Blues Guitar

    Posted

    Last year I was hooked on Blues eyes…this year it’s El Paso.This morning I played parts of both  back to back during my warm up and the “lightbulb”started to blink. Wow, there   is a lot to learn from looking/ listening to song solos and intros. Take the solo from “Blue Eyes Crying in the night” and the intro for  “El Paso”  I can help but wonder if Willie’s solo wasn’t influenced a little by Marty’s intro  for “El Paso”. Move the pattern down a few frets then tweak it with a slide, or tremolo and  walla you have something new.I am sure Steve has probably said this a thousand times, but the truth is I’ve never tried it. 

    Open G tuning

    in Learn & Master Blues Guitar

    Posted

    You might try this Hank Williams 12 bar tune in open G. I use a boss bd2 blues driver and a blues jr amp.

    You could also use standard tuning and play it in A and not play the single note. A7, D7 and E7 without a pedal.You could also include a sliding riff ( page 54 )in A and D to “turn it on over. Oh yeah, you could also play it with a “fast change”.

    https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0055761

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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