Reggae Tips? Please?
Jeff W.
Posted 2008-02-04 10:11 PM (#56589)
Subject: Reggae Tips? Please?


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Any technical or stylistic advice for playing Reggae?

(combustibles assumed.)
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FlicKreno aka Solid Top
Posted 2008-02-04 10:14 PM (#56590 - in reply to #56589)
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Jeff W.
Posted 2008-02-04 10:15 PM (#56591 - in reply to #56589)
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Well... that's out.
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an4340
Posted 2008-02-04 10:36 PM (#56592 - in reply to #56589)
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Basically, Bar Chords in 4/4, sparse and clipped. Tone, sharp then mute, sharp then mute with fretting hand. Here's one strum:
4/4 time

1/4rest, down/upmute, 1/4 rest, down/upmute repeat.

Probably didn't explain that well. But the key is being able to mute with the left hand.

Use the bridge pup only and crank the treble.
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alpep
Posted 2008-02-04 11:27 PM (#56593 - in reply to #56589)
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syncopation


thnk

1 2+ 3 4

emphasis on the 2nd beat of the measure
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willard
Posted 2008-02-05 6:08 AM (#56594 - in reply to #56589)
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Ganga might helps some mon.
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schroeder
Posted 2008-02-05 6:10 AM (#56595 - in reply to #56589)
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A vacation in Jamaica would seem to be in order old bean. Need company?
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willard
Posted 2008-02-05 6:28 AM (#56596 - in reply to #56589)
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I'll be in Negril the first week of March if you want to join us.
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mattsmith
Posted 2008-02-05 9:29 AM (#56597 - in reply to #56589)
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1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
/ / / /

this is reggae rythym
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mattsmith
Posted 2008-02-05 9:31 AM (#56598 - in reply to #56589)
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oops that didnt print right ...swing feel, mute on one and, press on two and mute on three and, press on four and... repeat!!!
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cliff
Posted 2008-02-05 9:34 AM (#56599 - in reply to #56589)
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Face it, Jeffrey . . . yer just TOO . . . "white" . . .
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ProfessorBB
Posted 2008-02-05 9:39 AM (#56600 - in reply to #56589)
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I clip the strums, synchopate on the muted up strokes, and avoid sevenths. Think of the quarter notes as triplets and play the 1st and 3rd notes of the triplets. Not sure if this is technically accurate, but I play what I hear and this is what I hear.
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Waskel
Posted 2008-02-05 10:41 AM (#56601 - in reply to #56589)
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Originally posted by HumblePie aka Solid Top:
Braided Hair....many braids , with colorful beads..
Originally posted by Jeff W.:
Well... that's out.
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maxdaddy7271
Posted 2008-02-05 11:28 AM (#56602 - in reply to #56589)
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I think I need some ganja now just because I had to see that...
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fillhixx
Posted 2008-02-05 12:26 PM (#56603 - in reply to #56589)
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Stress is on the 2 & 4 beat instead of 1 & 3 as in a rock backbeat.

I got one of these

with rasta hair extensions in Mexico last year.
That and bloodshot eyes makes it real mon.
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ProfessorBB
Posted 2008-02-05 2:43 PM (#56604 - in reply to #56589)
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I knew I said that wrong. Think 4/4 time with many of the beats represented by a dotted eighth tied to a sixteenth with the sixteenth being the muted upward strum. I need a chalkboard! No, better yet, I don't know anything about this.
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an4340
Posted 2008-02-05 2:56 PM (#56605 - in reply to #56589)
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There are a couple of strums they use in reggae. The one I use I tried to describe ... let me try again, think 4/4 time, every 1/4 gets a down up stroke, only touch the strings on the second 1/4 and mute the upstroke.
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fillhixx
Posted 2008-02-05 3:00 PM (#56606 - in reply to #56589)
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Here\'s good good close-up of some reggae strumming. I think this guy knows how it works.....
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Phil Wong
Posted 2008-02-05 3:08 PM (#56607 - in reply to #56589)
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Wabbit, are there any other pictures of mine that you need? :rolleyes: :p . Any request for the future? ;)
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an4340
Posted 2008-02-05 4:19 PM (#56608 - in reply to #56589)
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Fill!
That's what I was trying to describe!
Excellent.
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FlicKreno aka Solid Top
Posted 2008-02-05 4:21 PM (#56609 - in reply to #56589)
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..was wondering when WABB would get into this.. :D

Vic
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Waskel
Posted 2008-02-05 4:33 PM (#56610 - in reply to #56589)
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Originally posted by Phil Wong:
Wabbit, are there any other pictures of mine that you need? :rolleyes: :p . Any request for the future? ;)
No thanks, Phil. I can usually find exactly what I need!

Thanks for making them available!
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stephent28
Posted 2008-02-05 4:39 PM (#56611 - in reply to #56589)
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Wabbit has been stealing photos from everyone's gallery for a long time now. Glad someone finally had the conjones to call him on it.

I find it reprehensible and something I personally would NEVER DO! That's why I WON this award! :D

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Waskel
Posted 2008-02-05 4:43 PM (#56612 - in reply to #56589)
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Golly, Stephen, I didn't know you were Asian.

So this must be Phil...
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stephent28
Posted 2008-02-05 4:52 PM (#56613 - in reply to #56589)
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The lucite distorts the image. With my blue checkered shirt, there would be no doubt! (no Confucius)
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Jeff W.
Posted 2008-02-05 7:58 PM (#56614 - in reply to #56589)
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I think that look works for me Wabbit...

Thanks fer da tips y'all
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Waskel
Posted 2008-02-05 8:42 PM (#56615 - in reply to #56589)
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I thought so... you've got that laid-back in-the-groove look on your face. Might as well have the dreads to match it.
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Jeff W.
Posted 2008-02-05 8:50 PM (#56616 - in reply to #56589)
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should say..."Tang-ya fuh dee teeps mon"
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Weaser P
Posted 2008-02-05 9:56 PM (#56617 - in reply to #56589)
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..."Tang-ya fuh dee teeps mon"

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cliff
Posted 2008-02-06 9:57 AM (#56618 - in reply to #56589)
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Jeff W.
Posted 2008-02-06 10:04 AM (#56619 - in reply to #56589)
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I was kicking Dudley Moore off my leg the entire day...
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Phil Wong
Posted 2008-02-06 10:23 AM (#56620 - in reply to #56589)
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Originally posted by stephent28:
Wabbit has been stealing photos from everyone's gallery for a long time now. Glad someone finally had the conjones to call him on it.

I find it reprehensible and something I personally would NEVER DO! That's why I WON this award! :D

Stephen I never realized how handsome you are!! :D
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Jeff W.
Posted 2008-02-06 10:28 AM (#56621 - in reply to #56589)
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Handsome or not... he should lose the Rug.
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Phil Wong
Posted 2008-02-06 10:29 AM (#56622 - in reply to #56589)
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:)
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