I'm fairly new to learning the guitar but I'm getting on reasonably well from your site/course-
1. Can you tell me in this song or any other for that matter is it acceptable to get the chord strumming to fit the verse words? as shown in the format with the chord names above the words-with a bit of trial and error not without working it out, I think this sound ok and closer to the original melody or should
the verse be sung to the 'verse chord rhythm'shown?
I appreciate that you encourage experimentation
2.Same question for the chorus.
Thanks
norway1,
Not exactly sure what you mean but in some songs the strumming and the words will kind of line up together and the tend to be easy to sing and play ( at least for me) but some songs the melody and the chords don't really line up and in those cases you can't force them to or it would be a train wreck. Those type of songs are very difficult to sing and play.
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Check out these threads.
http://forums.guitarnoise.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=46395&p=421020&hilit=Heart+of+gold#p421020
http://forums.guitarnoise.com/viewtopic.php?t=14019
The rhythm for Heart of Gold was a problem for me too. My former teacher had it as DUDU on each chord. But a D / DU works too, as well as a combination of them.
Em C D G
I want to live, I want to give
Em C D G
I've been a miner for a heart of gold
Em C D G
It's these expressions I never give
Em G D
That keeps me searching for a heart of gold
C A|--3--2--0---| G (1 beat)
And I'm getting old
Em G D
Keep me searching for a heart of gold
C A|--3--2--0---| G (1 beat)
And I'm getting old
The Em in the chorus has the same beats as the intro, either all downstrokes, or DUDU...
It is difficult to answer when one does not understand the question.
Thanks Cnev and Minotaur, think that kind of fits with what I'm doing-playing the chords lined up with the words without relying too much on the music measures.-though probably took it too far by trying to put extra beats in to match the syllables-like I said I'm a beginner,-norway1
