VIRTUAL BUSKING aka "so you think you can play guitar"

I don't think you're playing from the tab I found:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/m/metallica/nothing_else_matters_ver7_tab.htm :lol:

My fingers disagree with playing 020550 in the intro. :P

Stella rocks Metallica! 8)

Dan

Yeah peejay you got that right... I am playing from this version which only gives the chords:

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_chords_songs.php?ida=14

Not that I really really like this song (really but not REALLY really ) but my teenager brought it up as a sort of challenge and I picked thru it once and lo, it was not that hard to come up with an acceptable version. I thought it would be a good beginner song as I've only been playing this a couple of weeks .... Some songs I''ve been playing for months and they're still not 'ready'.

I did a rough breakdown of the intro in the Beginner's Video thred and the only other extra - besides just playing the chords - is working high G when playing the D chord in the chorus and also when moving from the B7. That high G is a handy thing to stick your pinky out on when looking for an 'extra' note.

I try to stay the hell away from tabbed out songs, just looking at them hurts my head :evil: .

I memorize the chord progression and the bits of riff that stitch the chords together. Memorizing songs is my biggest challenge; after 30 yrs I couldn't play you a song on the piano to save my life. I started by breaking simple songs into numbered chord progression I - VII etc until I got more of sense of how songs are put together (at a very unconscious level :? ) .... now it comes readily and I can usually remember a simple song after playing thru it a few times. Like for an hour or two.... I had friends try to show me 'simple' songs so we could jam together 5 min later... this is so WAY past my level ... I'm still a beginner and can't do requests! ... except this one LOL

I don't think any of my songs are 'note for note' so please bear with me... after all Metallica is an entire BAND of professional musicians! I am just trying to demonstrate here that you don't have to be a teenage musical genius with long skinny fingers - or a fossil of rock n roll - to pick up the guitar and produce a real song - although that would certainly help. :roll:

OK I am going on a short holiday - and definitely taking my guitar! - and hoping to impress the in-laws with my new-found guitar skills so felt I should get be able to do an easy track on first take with no rehearsal. Well, you judge. :roll:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjIl4LtmPwU

Chords for Four Strong WInds are in the Easy Songs section .... I am still working on a version of Hey Hey My My that I can be truly proud of :wink:

Hey Stella

Glad to see you've *finally* put a jumper on. I mean sleeveless tee? In October? Jeez I want to live where YOU live!

No comments on your guitar playing. Same as always. Keep it up :)

holidays were made for guitars :wink: keep on in there its working :D smoke

OK I'm back with another song !
BTW we do heat with wood so it can be quite warm in our little house - even in October - also Isabelle, have you not noticed that you want break out in a sweat :oops: the moment the camera beeps?
OK the song... this was my 3rd recording of the morning... I decided the hell with it, I am just going to record the song and not necessarily play and replay it.... I don't really improve from playing the same 'easy' song 10x over; once a day 10 days in a row and I'll hear a difference...
So I tried Hallelujah -easy song but not today - the baby woke up halfway thru :roll: . I tried another easy song and the very first C buzzed LOUDLY and I kept playing anyway but it pretty much ruins an otherwise perfect song :roll: ...
So I thought I would just play the first thing that popped into my head as soon as the girls were settled with breakfast and so here is - with a couple of background squawks - Cat Steven's The Wind. This one has been a labour of love over the last few months. Otherwise I deserve no credit for this arrangement which I found thru 911Tabs. :wink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkNSEjG37Lg

- also Isabelle, have you not noticed that you want break out in a sweat :oops: the moment the camera beeps?

Yep. That's where Teen Spirit comes in handy :|

Stella, stop being this good :twisted:

Stella, that sounds great. It'll be a while before I dare air my own fingerpicking skills on youtube :roll: I'm still very much a strummer of chords.....

Cheers,
Simon

Here is my own verion of 'Jolene'. Its a simple strumming version with only three chords.. Am, C and G. I play it differently from the original, lingering over the C's and G's more than Dolly does. There are some easy hammer-ons on all the chords to liven up the arrangement a little. I didnt bother to play the entire song, just ran through the chord changes a few times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtpii1SMS60

My wife enjoys singing along to this but could not be persuaded to appear on youtube :roll:

Cheers,
Simon

SIMON THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION :!: .... starting to get a little chilly brrrr out here on the virtual street all by my lonesome!

So I thought I would take advantage of the late afternoon lull to turn on the camera .... played 5 songs and of course only one really turned out but it's a long one! With a few extra sound effects thrown in! ....this one was finally worthy IMHO of converting to .wmv - my version of Pink Floyd's Hey You:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKDXTm9E6Ns

OK OK it needs another four years of work :twisted: as does everything else but I just want to add that if you can play WYWH you can tackle this no prob. Chords can be found in the Easy Songs section :D

Here's a little noodling basic on PF's 'shine on you crazy diamond'. Errors galore, so bring plenty of tomatoes. :oops: I'll be commentating on these vids later tonight, I like to say something when I say something.

http://bands.soundclick.com/share/38822

...you are pretty hard on yourself! ... that was really nice - the world seemed like a sunnier place for a few minutes 8)