[Dugal]

Hi everyone,

I've wanted to put some of my dodgy music up here for a while, but never knew how...but I got it figured and Tandy came in handy [cringe].

Moving on from the lameness, I've posted a couple of my fingerstyle renditions up here (My Girl and Hallelujah I Love Her So), one that was in Acoustic Guitar Magazine (Postscript) and I also put a spanishy lamenty little peice I made up too. I named that last one Tres Topetones (the google english to spanish translation for "Three Bumps") because I came up with it while trying to figure out the guitar bit to Bump, Bump, Bump by B2K.

I just started playing the backbeat percussive bit in My Girl. I found it pretty hard to fit in with the melody. Iif anyone would like to know how to play it, I put my transcription of this up here. Make sure you go right to the end of the thread to get the better version.
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/fo...read.php?t=849


Cheers,
Dugal.

[allthumbs]

Those are some nice tunage Dugal. Liked the second and forth ones best.

[danthelion]

Hi Dugal

I really enjoyed listening to your mp3 of 'My Girl'. How did you do the percusive bits though? I can hear them on beats 2 & 4, but was wondering what part of your hand did you use & which strings did you tap/slap & how.

Dan

[Dugal]

Hey Dan,

Glad you enjoyed it. For the percussive bit, I was doing what I call 'chucks' like Jack Johnson. All I was doing was doing a downstrum and not letting any strings ring (or that's what I was trying to do ). I used all of my fingers (as opposed to thumb) to strum it and then my thumb and fingers to mute straight after the downstroke. After the down stroke, I tried to get my fingers straight back into my picking pos'n (which is ala Travis - thumb bass, three fingers for trebles). I did mean that I couldn't anchor my pinkie though, which I'm not used, too.

Hope that made sense.

Dugal.

p.s. I attached a cleaner steel string version, in case it helps.

[Rockerbob]

very nice. The volume on the files is a bit low, but the playing is nice.

[sale]

Very nice.Hope you will share with us yours new recordings

[PickNGrin]

I've always been a fan of My Girl, nice version! The others are nice too

[nowhere-man]

All nice playing Dugal. I particularly liked the steelstring version of My Girl. Nice arrangement which you played well.

[seagull]

Very nice, all of them. I can't get that percussive sound unless I use a pick. Have to keep at it, I guess.

[Sidney Schwartz]

Great stuff, Dugal. Nicely done!

I'm really enjoying this forum.

Sid

[Kirk Lorange]

Nice playing, Dugal. That Postscript is very neat ... beautiful progression. Bravo!

[Dugal]

Thanks everyone for your encouragment. That you guys/gals think my My Girl transcription turned out all right means a lot to me.

Thanks again.