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Ohh, you’re gonna love our new course which is all about jazzing up your strumming. AND the course introduces a new teacher who lives in Philly 🙂 Should be out end of next month.
And, welcome Shannon! Start here and let me know if you need help or have ?’s. Always happy to help.
allieclaire1 – Check out these 2 lessons as well 🙂
Choosing the Correct Fingering when Transitioning Between Chords
hotmilktea – Well done!
bklynsoul – Great job on the fade out ending, very natural sounding! So you actually left the feedback I would have suggested. When you practice with a metronome, target the areas that are tricky – like the walk up at the end of bar 3 into 4 and the first hit of bar 6 (the strum). Other than that, keep rocking it was awesome!
yellowrosecottag – Great job! I think your focus for practicing should be on developing one section at a time and playing the section with a nice steady, flowing tempo. So for this piece, the first phrase is bars 1 through 4 (not playing beat 4). The second phrase is: beat 4 in bar 4 to bar 8 (again, not playing beat 4).
When you get comfortable with that, put it together and you’ve got the entire A melody. 🙂
lildevil – Actually I’d say the contrary – your timing was excellent! If you’ve got that in check, then I always recommend folks push themselves to help increase speed. BUT – and it’s a big but – timing and clean playing is most important. If these two areas are not in check, slow it down. But in your case, they are. Excellent work!
andracass – Great job, MT! I’d recommend focusing on timing. This song is written in two bar phrases, so that’s what I would focus on. Master timing for:
Bars 1-2
3-4
Then do 1-4Bars 5-6
7-8
Then do 5-8Then 1-8
Breaking it into sections is the best way to practice.
Hey Donovan, Stephen left you feedback for Stranger Things in this post.
You did super well on SpongeBob! So listen to 47 seconds till the end – timing is spot on. What I would work on is the timing for the first part of the song. Slow down the tempo and loop a couple bars at a time. Work on keeping it steady, as you did with the ending of the song.
When you get those 2 bars down, try the next 2 bars, then those 4 bars. So for example, that would look like:
Bars 1-2
Bars 3-4
Bars 1-4Breaking songs down into chunks is a great way to practice 🙂
@santai, that was awesome! The biggest takeaway of this lesson is performing it with a laid-back feel. Well done there!
The one area that I’d work on is cleaning up your barre chords. There are generally two reasons that a barre chord does not ring out properly:
1) finger strength – not enough is applied.
2) form – incorrectly applied.In your case, it looks like the issue is #2. Work on getting the index finger straight, no curve.
We dive into both of these areas (in complete detail) in our Beginners Course lesson on Barre Chords. Review that lesson and see if you can apply these tips to help clean up the chords.
It’s also touched on in this lesson.
@kirpuff – That was excellent! Great feel and timing. I think the “mistakes” you referenced are just little notes or chords that aren’t 100% clean. I’d go back and listen through and target those areas in your practice.
The only thing that stood out to me is the 3rd melody. I’d boost the tempo a hair, it’s very slow atm. Playing sections too slow sometimes makes it sound like it’s dragging.
Adding the requests that have been emailed to me. I tried to go through the list to remove the ones we’ve done, but might have missed one or two.
Stay tuned for a vote off! As in, I’ll pick 4 songs from the list (not just this list below, but from the entire forum post) and you guys vote on the one you want.
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PayPhone – Maroon 5
Stressed Out- Twenty One Pilots
Pumped Up Kicks- Foster the People
Lazy Song- Bruno Mars
Rolling in the Deep- Adele
Let It Be – Beatles
Stressed Out – 21 Pilots
Concerning Hobbits – Movie Theme
Cats in the Cradle – Harry Chapin
While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Beatles (2)
You know I¥m no good – Amy Whitehouse
Carol of the Bells
All of Me – John Legend
if I aint got you – alicia keys (2)
Piano Man – Billy Joel
Mary Jane’s Last Dance – Tom Petty
Dance the Night Away – Van Halen
I need a lover – John Cougar Melloncamp
Tiny Dancer – Elton John
Feeling Good – Nina Simone
Give Me Love – Ed Sheeran
Mexico – James Taylor
Back to the Future Theme
What Makes you Beautiful – One Direction
Night Changes – One Direction
Mad World – Gary Jules
Hotel California – Eagles
Should I Stay or Should I Go – The Clash
A Million Years – Adele
Take Me to Church – Hozier
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
People Are Strange – Doors
Ultralight Beam – Kanye
Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
Henehene Kou ‘Aka – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Should I Stay Or Should I Go – The Clash
I Wanna Be Like You – Jungle Book – Disney
Wind of Change – Scorpions
Wild Horses – Rolling Stones
Muchacho – Kings Of Leon
One last Breath – Creed
Lion King Theme
To be with you – Mr Big
Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
Let It Be – Beatles
Sound of Music medley
Puff the Magic Dragon
Rainbow Connection
I Can’t Help Falling In Love
Yesterday Once More – Carpenters
From This Moment On – Shania Twain
Hero’s Theme – Final Fantasy Tactics
Hula Hula Boys – Warren Zevon
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli
Carolina on my mind – James Taylor
Fire and Rain – James Taylor
Harvest Moon – Neil Young
Vincent Black Lightning 1952 – Richard Thompson
Morning has Broken – Cat Stevens
Never My Love – The Association
Popcorn – Hot Butter
Medley – Troggís Wild Thing (with a Jim Hendrix lick) and Louie Louie by the Kingsmen (12 Bar Blues medley)
Fun fun fun (Beach boys)
Talking about a Revolution (Tracy Chapman)
Fast car (Tracy Chapman)
Layla (Eric Clapton unplugged version)
Feeling good (Nina Simone)
The scientist (Coldplay)
Sweet home Chicago (Buddy Guy and lots of others!)
Thrill is gone (BB King)
More Than Words – Extreme
Great Fairy’s Fountain Theme – Legend of Zelda
Ulli Boegershausen – The Cradle Song (by James S.
Patience – Guns N Roses
Shape Of My Heart – Sting
Undertaker – WWE Theme
Say You Won’t Let You Go – James Arthur
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
7 years – Lucas Graham
Lovers in Japan – Coldplay
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Love story ñ Taylor swift
She will be loved – maroon 5
Home – Michael buble
All at once – jack Johnson
This is amazing grace – Phil wickham
Jealous – Labyrinth
I Will Possess Your Heart – Death Cab for Cutie
* Any Oasis Song *
Dueling BanjosGethsemane and Heaven on their minds from Jesus Christ Superstar
Interstellar Theme – Hans Zimmer
Pirates of Caribbean – Theme
Photograph – Ed Sheeran
Years From Now – Dr. Hook
Lucky – Kat Edmonson
Hukilau song
The House Of The Rising Sun
sound of silence – simon and garfunkel
Spring to come – john butler trio
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room – John Mayer
Axel F
Sentimental Journey
Love Story – Taylor Swift
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons
life on mars – David Bowie
Ballade Pour Adeline
Chopin
Britney Spears
Can’t help falling in love with you – Elvis Presley
Shawn Mendes
Despacito
Misty
Death Cab for Cutie
Get Together – The Youngbloods
river flows in you – yiruma
Legend of Ashitaka from Princess Mononoke
Blue Spanish Eyes
Voodoo Child – Jimi Hendrix
City Of New Orleans
Tuyo – Rodrigo Amarente (Narcos Theme)
La Vie En Rose
Local Hero – Mark Knopfler
Heart for life – John Mayer (2)
ecstasy of gold
Ruined Castle – Rentaro Taki
The Search – Elliot Wheeler
The Third Man – Movie Theme
Hello Dolly
The Charleston
Hatikvah – Israel National Anthem
Eternal Love Ending Song Liang Liang by Yang Zongwei and Zhang Bichen
Much Needed Advice – From Movie “Coco”
Westworld Theme
Mariposa Traicionera – Mana
I’ll be around – The Spinners
Ants Marching – Dave Mathews Band
O’ Canada – National Anthem
Bandolero – Don Omar
Unintended – Muse
Kids – MGMT
Karma Police – Radiohead
Hey there delilah – Plain White T’s
Chasing cars – snow patrol
One Moment in Time – Whitney Houston
Layla – Clapton
O Come, O Come Emanuel
Love of my Life – Queen
I do I do – Charlie Mars
Edelweiss- The Sound of Music
A Million Dreams – The Greatest Showman
Kissed From a Rose – Seal
Mamma Mia – ABBA
Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind
Under Pressure – Queen and David Bowie
Island in the Sun – Weezer
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
Enjoy Myself – Phish
The Night We Met – Lord Huron
The Show – Lenka
Tarantella – Puccini
Hula Medley – Hal Kinnaman
Rise – Eddie Vedder
Love of my Life – Queen
Are You Lonesome Tonight
When You Wish Upon a Star
My Buddy
A Song of Old Hawaii
Bye, Bye, Blackbird – Peggy Lee
Blue hawaii: Dennis Pavao
Holei- Dennis pavao
Koko’e – led kaapana
Palauea- lei ohu ryder
Lucky- Jason Mraz
Can’t help falling in love with you – Elvis
I’ll remember you- Elvis
Sing to me (Walter Martin featuring Karen O)
Cracklin Rosie- Neil diamond
More Beatles classics in general
What would I do without you – drew holcomb and the neighbors@misswhitnum – Check out this post for tips on how other members approach memorizing.
Check out the 2nd video on this page and jump 6 minutes into it to learn how to use the tab player 🙂
To answer your question: Synthetic is a computer play-back of the music, which also allows you to activate a metronome. That video covers this too.
@misswhitnum – Bravo! I’m super impressed, that’s amazing progress for 4 months of playing! Have you played an instrument before?
Left hand form looks great. Your tone is soft and sweet, perfect for the vibe of this piece. The only thing I can suggest is to memorize it. That way you can focus 100% on how you are playing it; which was the big takeaway of this lesson.
If you watch/read through some of the feedback I left members from earlier this month, I talk about how Rubato plays a big role in this piece. That may be something you may want to experiment with.