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Post by Phil on May 31, 2014 20:27:39 GMT -6
I was 16 years old when Cream released this. I couldn't even play the main riff correctly let alone the solos. Here's a young girl effortlessly playing it note for note. I need to practice more.  |
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Post by joachim on Jun 1, 2014 1:15:05 GMT -6
that's very impressive! Would you be able to play something like that if you comfortably finish MBYCU?
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Post by jack1982 on Jun 1, 2014 7:06:26 GMT -6
I dug out my old June '86 issue of Guitar For The Practicing Musician magazine which has a transcription of it. If you don't mind waiting a year or two I'll be happy to play it for you  |
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Post by Phil on Jun 1, 2014 9:06:10 GMT -6
.. I think this is much better than just to play someone else's solos note for note (except you transcribed them yourself, of course!) - there are gazillions of YT and LL vids out there that show you how to copy someone note for note using the 'monkey see, monkey do' approach... although this might teach you a thing or two in terms of technique, I doubt this helps much in terms of growing as a player... as of the girl's age, well, remember how old Eric, Duane, Jimi and all those guys were when they came up with those nice sounds  Speaking of practice, this is something I should do myself more insted on lurking on the Internet and wasting precious practice time typing stuff like this - gotta pay those dues to play the blues!!!! Greetings, t. T-Bone, I understand what you are saying. There is a big difference between COPYING a solo note for note and CREATING a solo. However, I think most of the great players started off my trying to copy their idols note for note. You have to have some kind of foundation before you can create your own music. IMHO, copying the greats helps build that foundation. Eventually you'll get to a point where you can expand on an idea from someone else, and as the Flamenco guitarists say, "put your own stamp on it." I also agree with you that transcribing stuff yourself is a very valuable exercise, and something that I haven't been doing and need to make time for. Phil |
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Post by coleso on Jun 5, 2014 9:37:55 GMT -6
this version moves me very much !
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Post by Phil on Jun 5, 2014 15:56:50 GMT -6
T-Bone,
If someone were to ask me to quickly name 2 female blues guitarists I'd immediately say Bonny Rait and Rory Block. They are both great. They both learned a lot directly from some of the acoustic blues guys that were "re-discovered" in the early '60s during the big folk music revival. I think she's married to Stefan Grossman, also a great finger stylist. I know that they put out one of the 1st folk blues instruction books together back in the '60s.
Phil
Oh, I forgot about the great Piedmont Blues guitarist, Etta Baker, who still played into her 90s. She died not too long ago.
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Post by Phil on Jun 5, 2014 16:02:38 GMT -6
Coleso, Thanks for the upload. I never heard that version before. It's kinda like Clapton channeled Robert Johnson through Bo Diddley.  Phil |
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Speaking of practice, this is something I should do myself more insted on lurking on the Internet and wasting precious practice time typing stuff like this - gotta pay those dues to play the blues!!!!