[Mario]

Hi Kirk

Ive been playing for almost 2 years now and I'm really into fingerpicking eversince I found your lessons (Thnx thnx!). A great fingerpicking classic I'd like to play is Time in a bottle from Jim Croce, but my fingers get all tangled up with the bassnotes. I know Ill manage to do it eventually but i was thinking maybe you could make lesson outta this song! I think lots off ppl would love to be able to play it!

Greets

Mario

[kimagori]

Just a little note about the bass notes. You must be talking about the descending bass line in Dm right? Try using your pinky to hold down the third fret of the B string. Use your ring finger to play the first bass note and then rlease your middle finger to play the second. For the third bass note all you need to play is the index finger for the bass on the A string first fret and the little finger still holding the third fret of the B string. When I learned this song, which I love, by the way, I took it pretty slow. Before I knew it it fell together. Good Luck! Kimagori

[BossaMan]

Jim Croce is a very interesting folk guitarrist to tackle, he was my favorite when I started playing guitar. I figured if I play this guys stuff I paly anythig oh well...almost.

My advice to you is, play "New York is not my home " By the same author as an exercise it has a very similar descending line but with a tough hand stretch in the key of A. Once you get this song down go back to Time in a bottle all your difficulties will vanish and will set you up for other similar songs with those tangling bass melodic lines
BossMan

[strum4fun]

i never saw the lesson for time in a bottle. can someone direct me?

thanks, jimmy

[si16]

Kirk hasn't done a lesson on 'Time in a Bottle'. Mario was suggesting it for a future lesson but at the moment Kirk is tending to avoid lessons on tunes which are still under copyright.

[neil2006]

If you dont mind spending the money, the eMedia Intermediate Guitar CDROM has this song as a lesson. I'm working on it at the moment.