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| Playing The Guitar The mechanics of playing guitar. Discuss and ask questions about styles and techniques here. |
January 29th, 2006
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Finger-picking~Folk~Ani DiFranco...
I'm wilting from frustration, though as I hear the "clitty clat" of the keys my hope is starting to come back around...: ) I'm a "newbie", yuck @ that term, so basically my timing is rotten and my ears still need a ton of grilling and drilling, but my fingers are seriously callused, my dogs can howl the major and minor pentatonic scales, I've nailed the most common barre chords, I am friends with the fretboard and the location of the notes upon it, BUT I can't seem to play ANY of the songs that I set out to play... It's probably my choice in songs, but they are what I want to play... I have dvd lessons galore and can play their little "Londonderry Air, Do Da", songs, but I don't want to, lol... Tabs, yep, I can read them, well except for the stuff that's not there to read, you know the vital stuff like, strums/beats/rhythm!!!! Finding tabs that are complete and accurate seems to be yet another hurdle... My musical taste tend to bounce, a lot, right now my kick is Ani Difranco... FOLK SINGER, this was going to be a snap, right? Wrong... Alternate tunings, finger-picking and other crazy "who-ha" stuff that only Ani knows... : ( Is anyone here fimilar with her style of music???
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Ani is a great picker ... she's got her own way, that's for sure.
How long have you been playing, NK?
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Hi Kirk,
Your familiar with her music??? It seems odd to me, but very few people seem to be... How long have I been playing? Well, that would greatly depending on your definition of playing, as for my definition, I have yet to play... : ( And what in the world are you doing up at this hour? What is it 5am over there?~Nikki
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Ah, and the one song of Ani's that I am working on right now is "Talk To Me Now", I have the chords/ notes down, but I can't figure out what is making the "boom" sound every 2nd beat, is it a rhythm box, or something? I can send you the audio, if you tell me how.... : ) The song seems as simple as any of her's come, without alternate tunnings...
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Hi again ... no, it was more like 7 am. Queensland doesn't have daylight saving.
I'll try and track down that tune myself as I prefer not to share files through this forum ... keep us out of trouble. I'll try iTunes or MSN Music.
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Hi, to create that percussive sound she is letting her right hand fall on the strings. It's almost like a normal 'down' strum, but it's directed more toward the guitar itself.
It will take a fair bit of practice to get that technique down, so if you're having any trouble with strumming normally, I'd make sure you get that going comfortably first.
Hope that helps,
James 
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January 30th, 2006
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Have a look at the lesson here:
12 bar rhythm riff
I'm doing what Neilsonite describes every second bar.
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Thanks Kirk, I was just thinking I should try to make a video demonstrating that technique!
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GREAT! Thank-you.... So, are you both familiar with her music?
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WAIT!!! That's not working! I have long nails on my right hand, for picking, (so does Ani), there's no way I can do that....: (...>sniff sniff< ~Nikki....
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Re: Ani's nails....She has developed an innovative style to play the acoustic guitar--requiring press-on nails and electrical tape to keep her fingers from bleeding.
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Grrr... I've kind of figured out how to get around that by using my knuckles instead, BUT, I'm realizing that it is not ever second beat... I can't really figure out what beat it is... Can I upload a photo??? Or wait, here, I'll post a link to a screen shot from my Audacity, showing the beat finder...:
http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/901a8...Y8n3DB5Pzc4gRi
Hopefully that will work... : )
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Grr, I double this post and can't figure out how to delete the duplicate... lol...
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Originally Posted by NetKnockout
Grr, I double this post and can't figure out how to delete the duplicate... lol...
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Hi Nikki,
Members can't delete their own posts (only edit them). Only moderators and admins can delete posts and threads.
I don't see a duplicate post here but the first link you posted doesn't work.
Let me know which post you want deleted.
Cheers
Clancy
"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours". Jerome K. Jerome
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