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Location: south east Michigan | There was a time when I would obsess on my inabilites and shortcomings. But times passes and maturity teaches it's lessons. I continue to advance at my own pace with whatever amount of talent I have been blessed with. But when it come down to it, I'm just happy to be here. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Hmmmmm....whose our in house shredder? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I'm lucky to shred paper these days. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I think there are a nice handful of "shredders' here. I have heard a few of them myself. |
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Location: south east Michigan | My face does not contort when I play but sometimes I can make that happen to people I am playing for. :D |
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Location: Flushing, MI | Yup my face involuntarily contorts when I play. It's something that I've been taunted about all my life, and I was even fired from a wedding reception band because of it!
I can't stop it! HELLLLLLP!!! |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Botox injections |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Man, when Jeff is back in town I have to follow him around like a rabid dog to keep him in line.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Fret not Stephen, I will be out of your hair middle of next week.
till then put your running shoes on... |
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Location: East Tennessee | Anybody want to choose "All of the above"? :D |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Does a smile count as a contortion? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Mmmmmm yeah....why not.
As long as you meet the other qualifiers. :D |
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Location: Hicksville, NY | :rolleyes: I'm one awful guitarist ... other than the basic ability to fingerpick and play basic chords here and there, I manage to get by. One thing I'm thankful for, at least, is that I can carry a tune when I sing and be able to play a song in its entirety, so I guess that can compensate for the sub-standard guitar work. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: |
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Location: SoCal | I've got a book called "Three Chord Converstions" that gets me by..... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Paul, if you put a capo on each successive fret, you can use those same three cord positions to get, like six. |
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Location: Evansville,IN | Barr chords are my problem right now. Sometimes they sound good other times they don't. :D
I figure that finger will have to get tougher eventually. :rolleyes:
Been working on "Wonderful Tonight". First time for bending notes. :eek: It isn't working very well at this time. :( |
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Location: Atlanta,Ga. | What are Bar chords? Are those chords you play while your in a bar? can you play them anywhere else?are they allowed. |
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Location: SoCal | Finally.... a technical discussion on a topic of which I've long been curious. |
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Location: Waurika OK | We don't need no "stinkin barre chords here". We can't even spell them the same!
Just roll your thumb over the top, you can at least play the major and minor of everything up the neck.
I'm just plain lazy, I guess. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | I was always told to place your thumb on the back of the neck, not to roll it over the top... guess I don't follow directions very well.
I'm doing OK on basic open chords, except for C.
My wrist just doesn't want to twist in that direction (and fat fingers don't help)!!!
I have noticed that I sound better (to me) on the Adamas and Custom Legend than on my Celebrity CC11. Go figure. |
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Location: Parrish, FL | If you didn't have either the Adamas or the CL would you then sound better on the Celebrity? :p
I'll PM you my address so you can send me either the A or the CL. :D
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Location: south east Michigan | I wish I could get away wrapping my thumb around to make a barr chord. My hand is just not big enough. |
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Location: Waurika OK | Actually, I really don't recommend the thumb method. Like other playing techniques, it is far better to struggle until you learn to do it right. But I have done it wrong for so long it is hard to change. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Okay...I'll take back that wish. |
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Location: Evansville,IN | Originally posted by samova:
What are Bar chords? Are those chords you play while your in a bar? can you play them anywhere else?are they allowed. I'm bad at them right now, so they probably would sound better to people that have been in the bar for a while. :D
Same deal at your home bar. They would sound pretty good if your 3 sheets in the wind. :D |
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Location: Knoxville, TN | I took classical lessons for several years and managed to forget most of what I learned. It did not stop me from acquiring ten guitars, they don't test for ability at the cash register. |
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Location: Studio City, California, USA | First i learned music when i was 8 years old. I understood music at 14 years old. Which made me realise that all that matters is how you make your intstrument sound. Different ways of playing equal different sounds. Size of figer has nothing to do with anything.
To me, once you ve learned music, you can understand it by learning to play your axe the Richie Havens way. Then, you'll need some botox injections on a weekly basis.
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Location: south east Michigan | My current "excersize" is to travis pick "Desperado" just a fast as I can. I'm shooting for "Flight of the BumbleBee" speed. Not that I'll ever play it that way, it's just good for the finger muscles.
BTW...thanks for the response to this poll. I found if very interesting. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Glad you found interesting...
all I found... is that I'm, at best, a hardly medicore player. |
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Location: closely held secret | "medicore" - is that somewhere between "softcore" and "hardcore"? |
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Location: south east Michigan | Jeff,
Even someone who is regarded as a "damn good" player out in the big wide world can look very average in this crowd.
Broaden your perspective just a tad and you'll find people who wish they could play like you.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Thanks Dad.
Bite Me, Waskel. Dyslexics UNTIE!! |
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Location: closely held secret | Jeff, I met some people at the Tour who talk here about how they play, they're nothing like pros, they just pick for fun, they're not that good, blah, blah, blah.
Then I got to see them sit down at the motel and play. They're all a bunch of liars. |
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Location: GA USA | I sort of fit into 1, 2 and 3... so I put 1. But I love playing some lead from time to time, not that I'm much good at it.
Here's a question - when you pick up a guitar at a store, what chord do you play first? Mine's almost always a cowboy D. |
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Location: Maryland, USA | Here's a question - when you pick up a guitar at a store, what chord do you play first? When using an acoustic, I always gotta play an Aminor. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | For me it is D minor while fingerpicking.
Something about a D minor tells you whether the guitar has got "IT" or not. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | for me it's Am and or D
(SterphenT the Lowden LOVES Dminor and most everything D) |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Well Jeff, since you are heading out on another incredible expedition, maybe you should send it to me and I will continue the break-in process for you.
I promise to give it a dose of D and Dm everyday! :cool: |
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Location: GA USA | Of course you all know of the dislexic agnostic insomniac who stayed awake all night wondering if there really is a dog. |
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Location: NJ | "Here's a question - when you pick up a guitar at a store, what chord do you play first?"
ELP "From The Beginning"
- usually by the time I get to the 5th or 6th guitar, the guy next to me will tell me to shut the f%#k up . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | 2-1-0-0-2-2
That augmented G chord.
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Location: NJ | uh . . Brad??
I think y'mean:
3-2-0-0-3-3
Basic HairMetal/PowerBallad "G" chord . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by cliff:
ELP "From The Beginning" On the Tour I could always tell where Cliff was when I heard the intro. |
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Location: closely held secret | A G aug would be
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Location: south east Michigan | Yeah Cliff...your right.
I should stop trying to do my job and post on the OFC at the same time.
Maybe I'll just quit my job.
And I guess I meant an "augmented" G in the spritual sense...not the literal.
Geeez...tough crowd today. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by cliff:
uh . . Brad??
I think y'mean:
3-2-0-0-3-3 Thank you! I'm not insane.... |
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Location: closely held secret | Um... Jeff, I think we'll need more evidence than that to reach a conclusion. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Fuzzy dice rump fly the coffee table don't stop for the toll. Awww, man gotta mow the cat. |
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Location: NJ | It's a ToughCrowd EVERYday . . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | Or perhaps I was right. Remember....I tune down one step. :rolleyes: :confused: |
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Location: NJ | . . . and???? . . . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | Sorry...It was a feeble attempt at humor. Even as I hit the "post" button I had regrets. I went right back in to delete the embarrasment but it was to late. Captain Cliff was on it like a hobo on a hot dog within 60 seconds of my post. So, if I delete it now it will entirely disrupt the flow of the thread. I guess I'll just have to deal with it. |
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Location: closely held secret | Let's see, Brad... you described this: F#-Bb-D-G-C#-F#
I believe that's a GMaj7+flatted 2nd+flatted 4th. Not illegal - just painful... |
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Location: south east Michigan | Waskel...I'm doing a good job of making a fool of myself all on my own. No need to pile on. |
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Location: NJ | . . . make that a pack of wild dogs on a hot dog . . . |
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Location: closely held secret | Sorry, Brad... it's the unfulfilled Teacher in me.
So what were you trying to describe? A G with the second string at the 3rd fret? |
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Location: closely held secret | I thought it was a hobo on a ham sandwich? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | ...I always use "like my mother in law on my backside." |
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Location: south east Michigan | So what were you trying to describe? A G with the second string at the 3rd fret?
yes....after all the fuss....yes |
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Location: Tampa, FL | The horse is lying there.
It hasn't moved in forever.
Certainly not since the last time we beat it.
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But is it really dead?
So Brad,
Tell us, what contributed most to feelings of inadequacy in this instance? The initial misguided interpretations of your F#+addb9add12 chord offering or the helpful, willing suggestions from your supportive, understanding companions in the sand box.
At this point I will point out that I really don't expect the horse to move. But you never know. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Brad,
Now Moody can add GMaj7+b2nd+b4th to his cord repertoire.
Good work! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | (Don't fall for it, Moody - E, E and E can get you pretty much everywhere you need to go) |
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Location: south east Michigan | As Charlie Brown says... "***sigh***" |
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Location: closely held secret | I think that was Linus... Charlie Brown said "aaaauuuggghh". |
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Location: Cicero, NY | C'mon kick the football, Brad! We won't pull it away...promise...! |
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Location: Vermont USA | Hang in there Brad they have to go home and eat some time, :eek: is that my wife calling. YES DEAR :(
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Location: Evansville,IN | These guys are tough. :D They are on poor ol' Brad like a duck on a June bug. :D
I usually play a G first, so I get to hear all the strings, followed by an E, then an A minor, then C, then D. Just my routine. Works good on electrics too. :) |
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Location: Cicero, NY | I'll usually play open chords up the neck a little so I can hear the loudness, tone, sustain, etc. Two tunes I usually start with are Melissa or We Just Disagree.
With an electric I usually just get an A or D in before they pull the plug on me. |
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Location: Tampa, FL | Originally posted by GrilledCheese:
I usually play a G first, so I get to hear all the strings, followed by an E, then an A minor, then C, then D. Just my routine. Works good on electrics too. :) Then again, GC, if you were Brad these would be GMaj#9/F# followed by an Em7b5add5, then an EMajb11sus4, then EmMaj7 then finished off with E13b11b9sus4. |
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Location: south east Michigan | *** sigh***
And there I was....wishing for a fresh start.
Now look here...my guitar is right under my desk and I'm not afraid to use it!!! Just keep it up and I'll crack open the case and play that chord!!! Then you'll be sorry!!! You'll see!!!! You'll rue the day you messed with me!!!! |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Ok, Brad, we're all friends here...please slowly put the guitar down and back away...nobody needs to get hurt...think of the kids... :D |
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Location: Upper Left USA | We need one of the Up, Up With People members to lead us in a song of peace and brotherhood.
Any takers? (Elginacres, where are you?) |
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Location: Tampa, FL | Brad,
It wasn't me see.
I didn't want to do it.
GrilledCheese lofted a cream puff and I couldn't pass it by.
Don't get me wrong, some of my best friends play those kind of chords. Nothing wrong with anybody playin' em. I'm a very liberal minded kind of guy when it comes to those kinds of chords. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | "...I'd like to teach the World to sing..." |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | ....NOOOOBODY could sing in perfect harmony to THOSE chords... |
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Location: south east Michigan | "Distortion becomes somehow pure in it's wildness....The note that began all, can also destroy!!!" ... P. Townshend
Just look at them all running for cover!!!
Or even better...trying to appease me!!!!
Bwaaaa ha ha ha ha!!!! |
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Location: closely held secret | Brad, I played that chord, exactly as you wrote it. Alone, in a locked room.
I... I can't... It, it changed me, man. It sounded like a pure sweet G. On a Taylor.
After an Ofan had gone through the high-end room "tuning" them. |
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Location: SE Michigan | Hey Brad, is that chord a Metric chord? Maybe thats why it sounds so odd, cause I play a English guitar. |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Nah, I think it's a Venusian power chord.....
I hadn't even looked at this thread for several days....geez....Brad shares a cool chord with everyone, doesn't get the name quite right and LOOK WHAT HAPPENS......
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Yeah, I'm even startin' to feel bad for him....
Maybe, I'll pen a little song to cheer him up.
....how'd that chord go again? |
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Location: San Bernardino, California | 4-0-4-0-0-6 as poorly as I can make it sound. |
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What kind of player are you?