June 4, 2022 – Live Lesson: What Makes This Song Great?

[Andrew]

Live Stream: Saturday, June 4th at 12:00pm EST (check your local time zone)

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Hey guys, we are back with Live Lesson EP043! This month’s topic is: What Makes This Song Great?

In this session, we’ll break down Jake Shimabukuro’s incredible arrangement of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”

This month’s topic should stir up some great questions! So please post all you have below and I hope you guys join us for the live stream. 🙂

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[Andrew]

Hi guys! The live lesson will be one week early this month. We’ll see you this Saturday 🙂

[kanae926]

I like this…should be an interesting lesson.

So do you know what components are unique to Jake’s arrangement that differs from the original? Makes me wonder why he made those choices.

Looking forward to Saturday!

-Kanni

[cinichol]

His performance is such a trip! I notice right off how he varies volume and tempo pretty dramatically. (At least, I think that’s what he’s doing.) It’s amazing too the constant flourishes he brings to everything (like hammer-on/pull-offs and little slides?). (I just flashed on that old Elvis song, “Love Me Tender,” which is like the diametrical opposite: stripped utterly bare of flourish. I always thought it sounded kind of funny but also sweet that way.)

Anyway, one question: what do you call that kind of intro he does at the start? And what is that ultra intense strumming he does later in the song??

Also, how in the heck does he keep from beating his ukes all to hell lol.

[cinichol]

(I go by Cindy Bremer as well as Cindy Nichols. Cin + Nichol–hence “cinichol” which became my common screen name eons ago.

That was probably more info than anyone needed lol )

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