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Try barring from the 3rd string down (omitting the 4th string). That will make it easier on your left hand 🙂
And TY for the kind words. I appreciate it!
This is a great question! Here’s what I learned from music school. Let me know what you think 🙂
@charles605 – If you do that, you’ll lose the melody note on top (5th fret on A). So don’t want to change it to that 😉
@lynnzo – I’d go with St. James. It works better on low G outta those 2 🙂
It will work on low G, Gi Gi. The only thing I’d change is the Am9 in bar 18. I’d strum/pluck only the bottom 2 strings (A and E).
Welcome, Milo!
First off, I’d recommend checking out Learning Paths. It’ll give you a few ideas on where to go after you complete the Beginner’s Course.
Speaking of the Beginner’s Course, it looks like you’re about 40% of the way through it. I’d start jumping into some of the tunes in module 5 and 6. That’ll give you the fun songs to play as you continue learning the fundamentals taught in the precursor modules.
I’d recommend creating a practice schedule that is 3 parts, for example:
1) Technique Building – For example, developing 3 and 4 finger fingerpicking skills. There are multiple exercises for this in our fingerpicking course.
2) Rhythmic Study – Rhythm is 1/3 of music and is almost always the part that is overlooked. Developing a good sense of rhythm and timing is best accomplished by learning to read music.
3) Songs – Pick 1 or 2 songs at a time to work on. Think of these as the cookies, they are what help to keep you motivated and having fun! Try to pick songs that reinforce the 2 other areas of your practice schedule. A good place to start is with the performance tunes contained in the courses.
@charles605 – We just did a vote-off in December, so once that song comes out we’ll do another one 🙂
@rustypal – Great job and Happy New Year! 🙂
Are you a patron of Matt’s Patreon? You may want to reach out to him for help with this arrangement there. Unfortunately, I can only offer support on arrangements/lessons from Rock Class 101.
Sounds great! Right & left hand form looks great too. You also have a clear understanding of the rhythms that are being played – which is a bit tricky with that opening riff. So I’d say, keep doing what you’re doing. It’s working 🙂
Matt did a great job on that arrangement! But that’s a tough first tune to tackle. I’d recommend trying this one 🙂
Glad you found us, Nori 🙂
I’d recommend starting with our Beginner’s Course. Let me know if you have any questions on the lessons. Always happy to help!
@ajk101 – I can answer these for you 🙂
1) Either place is okay with us!
2) To my ear, I’d call it F major as the melody resolves to the tonic.
3) Yep! You’d be playing the 2nd and 3rd mode from Bb:
Welcome, @moodygra! Glad to have you on-board 🙂