Post by joachim on Apr 15, 2014 2:25:39 GMT -6
I made a couple of recordings. Easter-time gives more time for the guitar, although I should be doing chores around the house...
BRYCU #1:
soundcloud.com/joachim-dahl-1/brycu-lesson-1
BYCU #4:
soundcloud.com/joachim-dahl-1/swingingtheblues
Both lack a little polish, but all-in-all I think they are passable.
Swinging The Blues was awfully fast for me at first, and I thought I would never get the required speed. It has my usual staccato sound at fast tempos, and one thing I noticed from my recordings so far is that the change to real chords in the turn-around is the most difficult part for me.
BRUCY #1 was very different to practice. I didn't worry too much about muting, although I tried to mute with my fretting hand in a few places, as John Ganapes suggested in another thread. Instead I tried to just keep in pace with the drumming and not let other strings ring out too much. In a few places I fail to pick both strings, but it probably takes a bit longer to be completely comfortable with playing the spread rhythms. The harmonica was throwing my rhythm off track, so in the end I had to play with headphones on and mentally filter out the harmonica and focus only on the drumming. It's probably my imagination, but it feels like the drummer is speeding up a little on the second play-through; at least I had the feeling of needing to catch up...
BRYCU #1:
soundcloud.com/joachim-dahl-1/brycu-lesson-1
BYCU #4:
soundcloud.com/joachim-dahl-1/swingingtheblues
Both lack a little polish, but all-in-all I think they are passable.
Swinging The Blues was awfully fast for me at first, and I thought I would never get the required speed. It has my usual staccato sound at fast tempos, and one thing I noticed from my recordings so far is that the change to real chords in the turn-around is the most difficult part for me.
BRUCY #1 was very different to practice. I didn't worry too much about muting, although I tried to mute with my fretting hand in a few places, as John Ganapes suggested in another thread. Instead I tried to just keep in pace with the drumming and not let other strings ring out too much. In a few places I fail to pick both strings, but it probably takes a bit longer to be completely comfortable with playing the spread rhythms. The harmonica was throwing my rhythm off track, so in the end I had to play with headphones on and mentally filter out the harmonica and focus only on the drumming. It's probably my imagination, but it feels like the drummer is speeding up a little on the second play-through; at least I had the feeling of needing to catch up...
