after the goldrush
- mattguitar
- Senior Member
- Posts: 889
- Joined: March 9th, 2004, 3:06 am
after the goldrush
he's only gone and done it again!!!
this is one of my favourite Neil Young songs, so thank you David.
For those that are interested there's a great clip of Young playing this (on piano with harmonica) on Youtube.com. Just put "after the goldrush" into the search and you'll get it - along with verse three sung by Radiohead's Thom Yorke on a seperate clip.
great song, great lesson, thanks so much
Matt
this is one of my favourite Neil Young songs, so thank you David.
For those that are interested there's a great clip of Young playing this (on piano with harmonica) on Youtube.com. Just put "after the goldrush" into the search and you'll get it - along with verse three sung by Radiohead's Thom Yorke on a seperate clip.
great song, great lesson, thanks so much
Matt
- mattguitar
- Senior Member
- Posts: 889
- Joined: March 9th, 2004, 3:06 am
Just one question on this.
On the 4th line, 3rd measure, Dabid says that the basic fingering is a Cmaj7 - but the tab shows the bass on the 4th fret, not the 3rd fret, of the A string.
Is this right??? I haven't got a guitar with me to try it out before someone replies "play it and find out..."
thanks
Matt
On the 4th line, 3rd measure, Dabid says that the basic fingering is a Cmaj7 - but the tab shows the bass on the 4th fret, not the 3rd fret, of the A string.
Is this right??? I haven't got a guitar with me to try it out before someone replies "play it and find out..."
thanks
Matt
-
- Full Member
- Posts: 201
- Joined: January 30th, 2005, 4:40 am
- Location: I'm a-Picking & a-Strumming in Lake Geneva, WI. USA
- Contact:
mattguitar wrote: On the 4th line, 3rd measure, Dabid says that the basic fingering is a Cmaj7 - but the tab shows the bass on the 4th fret, not the 3rd fret, of the A string.
That's a typo (and that's what I get for writing these at four in the morning...

On a side note, thanks for reading the text and sussing things out. You'd be amazed at how many people only "look at the pictures" as it were...
Glad you all like the lesson and thanks for the kudos. I'll try to get that fixed as soon as I can.
Peace
-
- Guitarnoise Denizen
- Posts: 1471
- Joined: December 1st, 2004, 3:44 pm
- mikey
- Full Member
- Posts: 341
- Joined: December 29th, 2003, 8:10 pm
- Location: Port St Lucie FL
- Contact:
Great song. Great lesson, David is the Master.
Grew up with Neil Young and After the Gold Rush and Harvest were two of my favorite albums.
Gotta say though those double hammer on's and pick-offs of the D chord are difficult for me to make sound at the same volume level as the picked notes on my acoustic. Anyone else having this problem? I don't have probs with single h/o p/o. I guess practice practice practice.
Mike
Grew up with Neil Young and After the Gold Rush and Harvest were two of my favorite albums.
Gotta say though those double hammer on's and pick-offs of the D chord are difficult for me to make sound at the same volume level as the picked notes on my acoustic. Anyone else having this problem? I don't have probs with single h/o p/o. I guess practice practice practice.
Mike
Playing an instrument is good for your soul
I had the same problem, with hammer on's and pull-offs. For the hammer on's, the notes sounded louder when I hit the strings exactly in the middle, between the frets. For to the pull-offs, I pulled my finger fingers a little towards me (or towards the lower strings) while moving the fingertips off the fretboard. By doing this I plucked the strings a little with the fingertips of my left (fretting) hand which made the notes sound louder. Hope this helps.
-
- newbie
- Posts: 2
- Joined: October 22nd, 2006, 12:54 pm
Line 2
Maybe its just me but I don't think the tab matches the mp3 immediately after the 2 note lead-in for line 2. I don't mind the tab being off (if it is) but if I play this as tabbed and it doesn't sound the same as the mp3, I think its something I'm doing wrong. After the D and e notes I don't hear a strum and base note following like the rest of line 2 or line 1. Maybe I'm fine playing it as tabbed, I don't know. Can anyone shed any light on this for me?
I understand what this lesson is about and once I get this down I'm hoping to apply the lesson to other "piano" based songs.
Many thanks
I understand what this lesson is about and once I get this down I'm hoping to apply the lesson to other "piano" based songs.
Many thanks
Not sure where you think the problem may be. I just gave it a listen and the MP3 (we're talking example #4, which is "Line Two," right?) does follow the notation. There is a deviation at the very end of the second measure, where a single A note in the bass is played instead of the A chord shown in the notation, but everything else is fine.
Could it be that this example is fingerpicked instead of strummed with a picl? Let me know where exactlyin the lesson the difficulty is and I'll try to figure out what's wrong and help you out.
Peace
Could it be that this example is fingerpicked instead of strummed with a picl? Let me know where exactlyin the lesson the difficulty is and I'll try to figure out what's wrong and help you out.
Peace
-
- newbie
- Posts: 2
- Joined: October 22nd, 2006, 12:54 pm
After the Gold Rush
hello there
Would love to learn to play this song. the chord sheet is missing from the archive section in the lesson. Can I ask anyone who has the chord sheet to email to me at paul.chrst@gmail.com? thanks in advance.
Paul
Would love to learn to play this song. the chord sheet is missing from the archive section in the lesson. Can I ask anyone who has the chord sheet to email to me at paul.chrst@gmail.com? thanks in advance.
Paul

- JoeHempel
- Guitarnoise Addict
- Posts: 2418
- Joined: April 16th, 2008, 2:01 am
- Location: Cincinnati, OH
- Contact:
Re: after the goldrush
All the chords and sheets had to be taken down for legal reasons. in the news section there is a rather large thread discussing the whole thing.
In Space, no one can hear me sing!
Re: after the goldrush
Thanks Joe.
Received an email from Dave.
Thanks
Received an email from Dave.
Thanks