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Post by joachim on Feb 28, 2015 1:42:06 GMT -6
Nursedad, I know I said it before, but still... sing what the guitar plays along to the tune, then play it on the instrument. It will help you, trust me... Greetings; T. Or just clap it with your hands... which reminds me; I should start taking my own medicine, I am also having timing problems with what I am practicing right now.
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Post by cunningr on Feb 28, 2015 3:53:53 GMT -6
Must be in the air as I am fighting with getting the timing down also. Nursedad aside from the timing sounds like some of the bends might be a little flat also, but as mentioned timing is more important. I think this was a song I struggled with also on timing. You have to get the count down.
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Post by nursedad on Feb 28, 2015 5:17:46 GMT -6
Did you guys read this? It was an experiment.
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Post by jack1982 on Feb 28, 2015 5:18:40 GMT -6
Sounds like your getting closer, you just haven't quite internalized that rhythm yet. I'd just sit back, without a guitar, and ignore everything else in the backing track except the drums. Sounds like this song goes bass, snare, bass snare, so whoomp smack whoomp smack. I'd just practice clapping your hands to that beat, all throughout the song. There's some other stuff that the bass and snare do, so you need to filter that out and just clap your hands on the one, two, three, and four. Do that as many times as necessary until it comes naturally and you can do it without thinking about it. Of course it's hard enough just playing guitar without thinking about anything else at the same time, which is why you need to practiced that until you can just "feel" that beat
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Post by cunningr on Feb 28, 2015 6:36:01 GMT -6
I must have missed the experiment part sorry about that.
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Post by nursedad on Feb 28, 2015 7:10:23 GMT -6
sorry guys, frustrated I guess I cant even hear when I am off even when playing along with another guitar.
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Post by jack1982 on Feb 28, 2015 7:55:15 GMT -6
sorry guys, frustrated I guess I cant even hear when I am off even when playing along with another guitar. Oh I know the feeling. When I recorded that Funky Soul song from the R&B book everybody told my my lead guitar playing sounded really tired, but for the life of me I couldn't hear it myself lol. I think it stems from the fact that we're hearing ourselves play something for the 800th time, but everybody else is hearing it for the first time. Stuff we've grown accustomed to hearing and don't notice any more jumps right out at them. Maybe it's best just to move on to the next song, take it slow and really focus on the timing above all, following the advice everyone's given you. It's a long-term project and maybe you need to chip away at it a little at a time. But you'll get it!
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Post by bluesbruce on Feb 28, 2015 8:20:33 GMT -6
Maybe it's best just to move on to the next song, take it slow and really focus on the timing above all, following the advice everyone's given you. It's a long-term project and maybe you need to chip away at it a little at a time. But you'll get it! Jack is speaking words of wisdom. A big +1 to that! Bruce
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