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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Mar 27, 2018 15:56:44 GMT
Have you tried Drop D ? It’s not just for metal heads. Is drop d the dadgad or whatever its called Jimmy Page uses on some stuff? This is an area I'm not too clued up on.
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Mar 27, 2018 16:01:18 GMT
Your spot on dodger, not my personal taste but got to be a good student I suppose. If I was a music teacher I'd ask what the student liked and show them how to play at least one song by that artist - you stay far more interested than learning stuff you don't like. Although I've probably become a better player from learning loads of songs I don't like (have to learn them for gigs). I know what you mean I just can't stand Paul McCartney to be honest didn't mind some of John Lennon stuff and George Harrison was ok in Travellin Wilberries. It's all practice at the end of the day I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 16:23:43 GMT
Have you tried Drop D ? It’s not just for metal heads. Is drop d the dadgad or whatever its called Jimmy Page uses on some stuff? This is an area I'm not too clued up on. DADGAD is I think Open D tuning. Drop D is when you only tune the low E to D.
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Post by dodger on Mar 27, 2018 16:33:44 GMT
If I was a music teacher I'd ask what the student liked and show them how to play at least one song by that artist - you stay far more interested than learning stuff you don't like. Although I've probably become a better player from learning loads of songs I don't like (have to learn them for gigs). I know what you mean I just can't stand Paul McCartney to be honest didn't mind some of John Lennon stuff and George Harrison was ok in Travellin Wilberries. It's all practice at the end of the day I suppose. Macca is a nOb but I do like the Lennon stuff - he had a great voice on the early Beatles stuff
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Post by MartinB on Mar 27, 2018 17:05:54 GMT
Have you tried Drop D ? It’s not just for metal heads. Is drop d the dadgad or whatever its called Jimmy Page uses on some stuff? This is an area I'm not too clued up on. DADGAD is open Gsus4 or a modal tuning (As I’ve seen it referred to, no idea what it means) Open D would be DADF#AD Tuning the low E to D is drop D. Drop D lets you have 000232 as an open D chord, you can then barre the bottom 3 strings and finger ( ooo err) the notes on the G and B strings.
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Mar 27, 2018 17:44:01 GMT
Is drop d the dadgad or whatever its called Jimmy Page uses on some stuff? This is an area I'm not too clued up on. DADGAD is open Gsus4 or a modal tuning (As I’ve seen it referred to, no idea what it means) Open D would be DADF#AD Tuning the low E to D is drop D. Drop D lets you have 000232 as an open D chord, you can then barre the bottom 3 strings and finger ( ooo err) the notes on the G and B strings. So its basically a short cut for faster simpler chord changes? If that's the case it'll do my teacher out of money lol he won't like that!
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Post by MartinB on Mar 27, 2018 18:18:40 GMT
It has it’s advantages and disadvantages. Thought it might help you.
You can also try using your thumb to fret the E string giving you 3 fingers for other notes.
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Mar 27, 2018 19:20:18 GMT
It has it’s advantages and disadvantages. Thought it might help you. You can also try using your thumb to fret the E string giving you 3 fingers for other notes. Ok get where your coming from now. I want to try and learn as many chords with the 3 fingers as possible then I will try the other tunings and stuff don't know if that's right way to go about it? The teacher I have at moment is sort of learn this in a slow methodical way then we can try other stuff like power chords etc. That's ok but boring to practice so I end up using youtube lessons to learn bits. What did you do?
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Post by MartinB on Mar 27, 2018 20:01:51 GMT
I got my first guitar when I was seventeen and bought some tab books for albums I liked, downloaded tabs for stuff. Know some little bits and pieces, scales and chord construction, I practiced a lot until I was about 21 and then stopped playing for quite a while, started again at around 30 but never really had the same drive to practice as much.
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Mar 27, 2018 21:32:22 GMT
I got my first guitar when I was seventeen and bought some tab books for albums I liked, downloaded tabs for stuff. Know some little bits and pieces, scales and chord construction, I practiced a lot until I was about 21 and then stopped playing for quite a while, started again at around 30 but never really had the same drive to practice as much. Its definitely a drug, you think you are over it but it's got you hooked 😁 don't know if it's the sound or the guitar itself?
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Mar 27, 2018 21:35:17 GMT
I've just been having a bash with the TE70 god knows what it is with these strings? My fingers were black afterwards but they didn't feel as sticky. I'm of a mind to bin them!
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Post by MartinB on Mar 27, 2018 22:42:36 GMT
It’s a bit of a mixed bag DefJef sometimes they are a compromise of multi tracked guitars and sometimes they’re just plain wrong, A lot of the stuff I started with was relatively simple. I have had quite a few songs where the tab just sounds nothing like the song. Mainly I’ve been lucky I guess and they’re mostly accurate. I used to get guitar magazines that had lessons in too, they used to be a lot better, I got a recent one and there was very little content, guess it’s another victim of the internet age, if only I knew some good YT tutors, but then why give it away for free?
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Mar 28, 2018 0:22:57 GMT
Have you tried Drop D ? It’s not just for metal heads. I'm glad you mentioned this, I have been surfing the net (hip 55yr old internet surfer dude, Not) I can't believe how many tuning variations there are and how many well known songs are in alternate tunings. Half of what Jimmy Page did was different things like the stones brown sugar and too many to list. No wonder half of the cover bands always sound wrong!
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