So, had my first guitar lesson in a year and it was a blast. We are learning "Making Memories of Us" which I will be singing and playing to my bride on May 3 next year. The first part of it is E - B - E/G# - Asus2 and that B to E/G# is really tough for me. I'll just keeping playing it over and again until I get it, but I just wanted to come and whine about it for a little bit.
:)
Jim
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
Heh, slow and steady! It'll get easier with practice. (You know that, but somebody had to say it!)
Jeff
Jim, make it easy on yourself! Put a capo on the 2nd fret and play D - A - D/F# - Gsus2.
Hope that helps.
"Everybody got to elevate from the norm."
If you play the "F" shape on the first four strings at the seventh fret for the "B":
7
7
8
9
and then move up to the fourth fret with the "D" shape to play the E/G#, the chord transition isn't too bad at all:
4
5
4
6
You can play both chords as mini-barres. You might try it that way if you haven't already.
Well we all shine on--like the moon and the stars and the sun.
-- John Lennon
Another way of doing it (seems tough at first, but after a while it'll seem natural!) is to play the B as a barre chord at the second fret - x24442, then move the barre up two frets and play a C chord on top of it....476454.
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
Barred C is evil, didn't you know?
PS: Congrats Geoo!
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I dont think I am going to use a capo on this one. I have made a habit of making the songs I want to play easier over the past (almost) three years. Because of that I dont really know anything more and just very basic chords. Nope, going to tough it out. Actually it has gotten much easier the past day. Starting with this song I hope to create a new habit of putting my head down and really getting to know each song I learn.
Thats not to say that some of the chords you guys suggested were bad ideas but I am going to play this one as written.
Thanks guys
Jim
“The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn” - David Russell (Scottish classical Guitarist. b.1942)
Barred C is evil, didn't you know?
Of course I did - but seeing as I'm having soooooooooooooooo much trouble trying to get the intro to "Under The Bridge" down, I just wanted to share the fun around......
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
I realise I'm a few days late, but the fingerings I tend to use when I am playing that transition (B to E/G#) are B - x2440x (with the high e muted with the base of my index finger) or x24400 (which is actually a Bsus4 I think and so may or may not work in that spot in the song) and E/G# as 4x2400.
This means my pinky can stay put as a point of reference, my index finger moves from the second fret on the A string to the second fret on the D string and my ring finger up from fourth fret on the D string to the fourth fret on the low E string (though I think I just made it sound a lot more complicated than it really is :) ).
With a bit of practice it becomes a fairly easy transition and you get the nice sound of the open treble strings in there as well - what more could you ask for? :D
