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Re: ten mistakes i wish i hadn't have made (reply) yes it is strange, you don't realize how much progress you have made until you go back to a tune you got frustrated with a couple of years ago and realize it isn't as hard as you thought |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 13:31:35 |
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Re: Question re. Stefan's "Fingerpicking Jazz Guitar Workshop" book (reply) Don't know if it comes with a tape, but this is the first one I've seen in a loong time: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290368950012 |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 12:20:36 |
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Re: ten mistakes i wish i hadn't have made (reply) #1 - Quitting guitar after a couple of years when I was 16 or so. I can't even remember why I quit but I regret it hugely to this day. #2 - When I started playing again, driving myself nuts by trying to learn tunes which were beyond my ability at the ... |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 12:19:29 |
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Thumb placement on neck (topic) I'm going through Stefan's Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques Dvd. Coming from a classical guitar background, it took me awhile to adjust my right hand from a classical style to a palm muting position. Now i am wondering about the fretting hand. I noticed ... |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 12:04:14 |
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Re: ten mistakes i wish i hadn't have made (reply) Stuart wrote:. Then he and the girl would walk off together holding hands.... And then you would have walked off with the wrong girl and been left Heatherless |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 11:49:56 |
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Re: ten mistakes i wish i hadn't have made (reply) I wish I took up the guitar instead of the clarinet in high school. I remember trying to impress girls by playing complex classical passages on the clarinet. First they'd smile, but then some long haired unshowered cigarette smoking dude would come by ... |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 10:14:52 |
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Re: singing (reply) froyall wrote: How about Gordon Lightfoot and Townes Van Zandt? I like those guys too. Sometimes Towns sings a little too low for me. I just found out that I can sing a lot of Tony Rice's stuff too! I prefer when he sings Gordon Lightfoot better ... |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 10:03:22 |
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also Johnny Cash (reply) Fred Sokolow's Johnny Cash lesson is great fun for singing with fingerstyle accompaniment: http://guitarvideos.com/video/dvd/508dvd.htm. |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 09:58:17 |
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Re: Lets call the whole thing off (reply) Nice. I really enjoy a lot of his arrangements. Had not seen this one yet. I'll have to put this one on my 'must learn' list. Thanks, Gary |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 09:25:55 |
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Safe Sweet Home (reply) Hi John, Yes, "Safe Sweet Home" is available: http://www.rounderarchive.com/?id=album.php&catalog_id=6791. I'm glad you said that. I'm looking forward to listening to both. --Fred |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 09:20:53 |
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Gordon and Townes (reply) How about Gordon Lightfoot and Townes Van Zandt? |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 09:13:36 |
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John Miller plays Gershwin (reply) Hi Fred, I believe Rounder has made "Biding My Time" and "Safe Sweet Home" available on CD as part of the their Rounder Archive series. It was done unbeknownst to me, but I was glad to find out they had done it. All best, Johnm |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 08:35:09 |
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singing (topic) Hey y'all. I'm learning to sing and accompany myself. I find that I can comfortably sing a lot of James Taylor and Jim Croce songs. Anyone know what their vocal classification/ vocal ranges are? I'm try to learn about my own range/voice. I really don't ... |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 08:17:56 |
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Re: ten mistakes i wish i hadn't have made (reply) My list is similar to the original ten with the exception of ... I'd wished I'd gotten up earlier on a Friday to run down and purchase the Gibson Non Reverse Firebird that I saw in the pawn shop window the night before. Given the price I believe the ... |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 08:01:35 |
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Re: ten mistakes i wish i hadn't have made (reply) Mistake #1. I called up my mom when I was 30 something to tell her I was sorry. She asked what for, and I said because she told me when I was 12 that if I stopped my piano lessons, I would be sorry, and I was. If I had listened to her, I'd be a much ... |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 07:34:47 |
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John Miller plays Gershwin (topic) For anyone who's interested, I was pleasantly surprised to find that John Miller's album, "Biding My Time: John Miller Plays George Gershwin," is available on iTunes. And the liner notes can be downloaded here: http://rounderarchives.com/index.php?id= ... |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 07:33:39 |
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Hesitation Blues ( question for Stefan) (topic) I've started working on this tune from the book Ragtime Blues Guiter of RGD, now then when I get to the turn around - C C7 F Ab C G, from Ab to C, I hit the sixth string third fret holding down the string with my thumb and then a C chord. So are you ... |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 07:27:33 |
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Re: Tab for... (reply) i think you just have to DL the free TAB program on that site...its called RandyTab and it is primative but will give you a framework for the tune. Blue |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 07:06:56 |
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Gibson in Trouble... (topic) Naughty boys. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/20/gibson-guitars-raided |
The Woodshed | 11/20/09 05:16:26 |
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Re: ten mistakes i wish i hadn't have made (reply) paulw's 11 is my #1. i messed my hands up before i even learned how to play guitar. in my early 20s i did a lot of repetitive factory work combined with playing bass guitar and hand drums obsessively. then i started traveling around working on organic ... |
The Woodshed | 11/19/09 23:41:19 |
