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Originally Posted by jj
melissa, i realize what you mean by capo being very friendly when it comes to wanting to play all 6 strings at once...gotta check out these partial capos (just covers the first 4 strings)
i know Gord has commented that he wishes he were like Dylan and would be one of those capo-free players...my initial anecdote was intended to be fun, full or irony and most of all, self-deprecating (ie. thought it was cute that a layman observer thought it was an enhanced challenge to play with capo)
for those who are learning any instrument or exploring new possibilities, the chart found at this link is pretty much what i leave any folks i've tutored with...if they learn a portion or all of the major and minor chords (i encourage, across all key signatures) typical to contemporary music and their relationship to each other, they are off to a good start and it's a big shortcut to having to got through the royal conservatory approach...then add the major and dominant 7ths...of course, 2nds and 4ths will take you a long way on their own http://www.abclearnguitar.com/transpose.html
i was just wondering if any who play GL songs to a T, would know what keys he typically plays in? ie. does he typically play in G or D with capo+2 or +3? ...i'll go back and look at lightfoot.ca but i think those are user friendly chartings and not in the actual key signatures recorded
also, have GL changed key on any tunes for live performances?
i'm full of more questions than answers...thank you all again for the diverse input! |
WOW VERY neat!
thanks! I just placed my capo over all but the 6th and never thought of doing these things before
. Thanks for the 'new possibility' to play around with
. I also tried the capo just on the lower 4...but so far I just like having the 6th open. So no special capo needed to do this on the Goya...but probably would need a partial capo for the Ibanez (which I won't play any more, I don't like it). But I better stop playing around on this board and my guitar soon and get back to applying for JOBS online.
I can't recall exactly when I 1st started using a capo -but learned about them from a friend, and then she gave me one of her old ones. I can't do bar chords so it's a big help to me
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I checked out the link to the chart
I am so dense, it looks so foreign to me. It's like trying to learn algebra from a blackboard -I just can't!
On that note...the 'best' way for me to learn anything on guitar is by looking over someone's shoulder while they're playing. And then just picking up whatever I can, wherever I can and I'm learning ALOT in these posts...so thanks everyone
. I've checked out lessons online (including youtube) and have a hard time finding behind the shoulder lessons! So if you know of or come across any...please pass a link along to me
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I can still pick up things by watching opposite, and someone mentioned (jj maybe?) on a recent post, how they've never been able to be close enough at a concert (until GL concerts) to actually see the musicians play. Same for me and although I don't flat pick, I have picked up a few things by watching Terry
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Gordon -I already travis finger pick like he does (and 3-finger, anchor with the pinkie) but he has large hands and can cover more territory. I don't rely on a long thumbnail as he does. I alternate fingerpicking and strumming with my thumb and, and mostly with putting the nails of my thumb and forefinger together (making an "ok" sign)-something someone showed me years ago.
I don't get the crisp sound as when strumming with a pick, but this is the best way I've found to be able to alternate between strumming and picking (without using a thumbpick...which gets caught in the strings too much). But it looks strange when I do this because my fingers are double-jointed (which is a help, actually).
I've got to get back to paying more attention to technique and reading music for guitar. Going through one of my old piano songbooks the other day, I see that I had written out the names and defs for musical signs and symbols (like for to Coda and Del Segno) and I used to know all that...had taught myself to read music and was in the process of teaching myself how to write it.