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Post by jack1982 on May 15, 2022 5:33:30 GMT -6
I had a pretty good week, just working on "Good Times Bad Times." The rhythm part is coming along pretty well, though the main riff is kind of hard to get the timing right, pick it cleanly, and add just the right amount of palm-mute, and do it every single time lol. There's a fast ascending lick in the middle of the solo that's giving me problems, nothing another trillion repetitions won't fix though. It's a repeating thing that is played on the 5th and 4th strings, then you move it up to the 4th and 3rd strings, 3rd and 2nd, and finally 2nd and 1st. Due to the number of pickstrokes it ends up being inside picking the first time, then outside, inside and outside. I'm better at playing stuff that stays the same each time and doesn't alternate back and forth  Well the next "fixits" is on the 30th so hopefully I'll have something presentable by then. Hope you guys all had a good week. |
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Post by bluesbruce on May 15, 2022 7:26:57 GMT -6
Kind of an off week for guitar and music, as I was sick with Covid this week. Suspect I contracted it in Hawaii (where they are having an outbreak), or at the airport or on the long flight home (not having to mask on flights now). Anyway, I woke up sick early Tuesday morning, and my wife got sick Wednesday. I've been recovered the past two days, but my wife is still coughing and hacking. On the guitar front, still working on Rock Me Baby by B B King. Have picked up Stetina's Metal Lead Guitar Volume 1 again. Haven't really decided what I'll do with BLYCU. Anyway, that's about it for now. It's been awfully quiet on the BYCU forum, hasn't it?
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Post by jack1982 on May 15, 2022 8:28:06 GMT -6
So sorry to hear about the covid Bruce, hope you and your wife get well soon! I guess you just have to stay home an play guitar...for safety Yeah it has been awful quiet around here lately - starting to worry about this place. I thought Phil said that each month he was going to learn a song, write a solo for it, and then post the video here? I mean...my memory isn't exactly what it used to be, but I'm pretty sure I remember him saying that |
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Post by bluesbruce on May 15, 2022 10:04:49 GMT -6
So sorry to hear about the covid Bruce, hope you and your wife get well soon! I guess you just have to stay home an play guitar...for safety  Yeah it has been awful quiet around here lately - starting to worry about this place. I thought Phil said that each month he was going to learn a song, write a solo for it, and then post the video here? I mean...my memory isn't exactly what it used to be, but I'm pretty sure I remember him saying that Thanks, Jack. I had "mild disease", being vaccinated and "boosted" - kind of like a good, old-fashioned cold (which nobody has had for the last couple of years, with all the masking and isolation). You know, I had the same recollection about Phil. Maybe we're having a shared delusion... We could try to scour through his previous posts on the forum, but he'll probably post all those vids later today, anyway!  |
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Post by joachim on May 15, 2022 11:20:08 GMT -6
Bruce, hope you get well soon!
I had a miserable practice week. But it's Sunday night, and I have a couple of hours with BB King and a cold one ahead of me, so that's something, I guess...
Take care everyone!
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Post by bluesbruce on May 15, 2022 15:03:44 GMT -6
Bruce, hope you get well soon! Thanks, Joachim, but like I said, I'm recovered. I walked by the river for an hour yesterday, rode my bike for an hour today. I'm feeling about as well as I think I can now! |
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Post by grampalerxst on May 17, 2022 4:52:22 GMT -6
Hey guys, sorry about being a no-show last week and late this week. Between taking a break to help my hand sort itself out and trying to get my new-to-me fishing kayak outfitted and put together I haven't been thinking much about guitar other than making sure I don't have so much fishing-related stuff to haul I don't have room to bring a guitar up to Minnesota in a few weeks. I did play for a few minutes last Friday and this morning and was able to deduce that what's causing the trouble is playing/stretching across the neck higher up (12th fret and above), especially when the cross-string reaching includes the lower strings. So I think step one of the rehab is to just stop doing that for a while by staying down on the first 8 frets and experiment a little with my strap length.
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Post by Phil on May 17, 2022 22:01:42 GMT -6
I was sure I posted something here on Sunday. Must have the Sunday before. Just checked. I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. Memory is not what it used to be.  Haven't done much recently. I could just cut and paste my post from May 1st since nothing has changed. Maybe I'm exaggerating a bit. I did finish a solo for "Fly Me to the Moon" and got started on one for "On Green Dolphin Street". For those of you not into Jazz those are Jazz standards with nice progressions and strong melodies. I see Bruce and Jack are picking on me again. Don't you guys have any respect for your elders?  |
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Post by jack1982 on May 18, 2022 5:33:47 GMT -6
I did finish a solo for "Fly Me to the Moon" Unless there's a video, it never happened C'mon Phil, just reach your finger over there and hit the red button |
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