Hi everyone, just thought i would keep you all up to date with my new and riveting music career lol. So far I am getting better at my chords and even branching out a little bit with some of the harder bar chords, I don’t quite have them right yet, i think i need to build some strength in my little finger for the high ‘E’ string cost it tends to ‘twang’ a lot when i play but its something i am working on
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I had a good proper go last night with Oasis’ wonderwall chords, it wasn’t great but i think i have the rythm of play about right (down,down,up,up,down) for the strumming, and then attempted Man in the moon by REM but made a right pigs ear of it, more practice is needed I think, I guess it will just take a bit of time to get used to the different rythms and quick finger changes, I’m still fluffing some of them because I get a bit confused when my teach plays his guitar with me, it kind of puts me off cos I am paying more attention to what he is playing than what I am playing, so it is a bit difficult in that respect, but the main thing is i am getting better one step at a time and i am enjoying it.
I have also started to listen to some proper acoustic’y music to get me thinking about the different rythms that different artists use, I have dicoverd a great band called the fleet foxes that are kind of an american folky ish band that also do harmonising like a barbershop band but they are quite good, their music is quite complex the way it is composed but they definatly have a unique sound behind them that seems to get my foot tapping, I would definatley recommend giving them a listen even if your not in to that kind of music as you never know you might like them.
I think thats me up to date with everything in this area so far, but watch this space for more updates on my progress, and I am sure I will be adding more posts about other things as well, I hope you enjoy reading them all. Bye