[hli]

Hi Kirk,

Thanks for this arrangement of the song, sounds great. In the lesson you say you tried a few different feels for it. Doesn't that take a lot of time to find that out?

Another thing i want to ask you about is the DVD / book 'plane talk" when reading about the book,a lot of things sound formiliar to me, "i know some chords , i'm able to play some melody lines either strumming or fingerpicking it.
But when trying to write or improvise songs myself (like in your weekly lesson) i hid a wall, i don't understand the working of the fretboard. I can only fingerpick the chords ( open position or barre) in a certain pattern and that sounds boring repeating it verse after verse. Does ' plane talk' give some help in this one.

[Kirk Lorange]

Hi hli ... no, trying out different feels is not time consuming. Once the mechanical side of playing is under control, then switching and experimenting is easy and natural.

PlaneTalk describes a very simple way of 'seeing' the fretboard as a whole, so that you can access the music, whether chords, double stops, harmony lines, melody ... it comes in especially handy if you want to improvise. It teaches a way of thinking about music and the guitar. You must, of course, practice a whole lot too.

I can pretty much guarantee it will be the best lesson you've ever learned.

[Andy S]

Kirk,

Jsut recently went back and found this one. it's cool! But have a question....is the chorus section (lyrics: Can I just have one more moondance with you....) the same as the verse? I've tried it, and it seems to work, but there's something not quite right about it. I can hear something is just slightly off.

I've tried the same chords up & down the neck and a few little changes (which didn't work at all!) and was wondering if there was just one more chord change for that section.

Thanks !

[Kirk Lorange]

I think you're right, Andy ... there's a bit of a variation in one of those sections as I recall. To tell you the truth, I haven't really heard the tune in a long time and believe it or not, never played in a lineup that had that tune in the repertoire. It went through a fairly long period of being one of the most hated songs to play ... I guess because it was so popular. But I think you're right ...