Doug, thought you might find this humorous.
Took this song to my lesson last night. We never got around to it because he was throwing some other Christmas songs at me. But before I left I showed him your arrangement and he looked a bit interested. He picked his guitar back up and started playing it. Sounded decent for someone that had never heard it but he handed it back to me, smiled and said... Good luck!!
I got home, feeling a little disappointed in my lesson because I was making so many mistakes, but I tried playing around with it a little bit (At a VERY slow pace) and it was too bad. Its going to take me alot of work to get it up to speed and clear but I think its coming along nicely.
Geoo
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
Doug, thought you might find this humorous.
Took this song to my lesson last night. We never got around to it because he was throwing some other Christmas songs at me. But before I left I showed him your arrangement and he looked a bit interested. He picked his guitar back up and started playing it. Sounded decent for someone that had never heard it but he handed it back to me, smiled and said... Good luck!!
Well, that's cool that he tried. Unless you really use DADGAD a lot , what may be intuitive to someone who does may seem difficult, or at least uncomfortable, to someone who doesn't :)
As far as DADGAD arrangements go, I had thought "Bleak Mid-Winter" to be more on the easy side, but I use DADGAD as much, if not more than I do standard.
I got home, feeling a little disappointed in my lesson because I was making so many mistakes, but I tried playing around with it a little bit (At a VERY slow pace) and it was too bad. Its going to take me alot of work to get it up to speed and clear but I think its coming along nicely.
Geoo
Good luck - keep working at it - it WILL come to you if you keep at it. Guitar is hard enough, and then to have to rethink in a different tuning sure doesn't make things any easier.
Case in point...I'm working up another Christmas arrangement in open G minor. I've never used this tuning before and though my arrangement fell together fairly quickly, it's been a week now, and I still can't play it well enough to record it for the lesson I'm working on. Very frustrating...
Anyway, it will come. All it takes is a little determination...
The main thing I was doing wrong was fairly simple. I was assuming that I should make full chord shapes and then pick or strum the notes that I needed. My teacher was showing me that if I just get used to using only the fingers that I need, then it makes it alot cleaner and easier to change.
I think you are right about it being more difficult if you arent used to the tuning. The first thing he noticed was the tuning and although it wasnt intimidated away from it, there seemed to be a flash in his eye like.. humm.. ok.. lets go..
I'l really lucky to have the teacher I have. Very easy going. Willing to go any direction that I want to be taken. His simply an amazing guitarist. and great at instructing.
Geoo
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
Doug,
Thanks for the mp3 file of "In the Bleak Mid-Winter". Wonderful lesson, and being able to hear how it should sound helped alot. Still working on getting it down, but I'll get it! :wink: I was also wondering if you could post an mp3 of your most recent lesson: "The King of Love My Shepherd Is"? It would help out greatly. 8)
Dan
"The only way I know that guarantees no mistakes is not to play and that's simply not an option". David Hodge
Sure, I was planning recording one this weekend...just hadn't got to it. Glad you've enjoyed the lessons!
