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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | I've started a new group on the sister site. I'm hoping the more talented members can help us less gifted hangers-on to learn the songs on our 'next' list.
The idea is to start a 'discussion' with the title/artist(s) of the song you want to learn and hopefully, someone will post a link, a tab, or best of all, a video tutorial.
Slipkid gave me the idea with his 'Overkill' thread. (BTW, how IS that one going Brad?) |
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Location: south east Michigan | Fine, thank you...
I got it figured out. Simplified the finger positions a bit but it still sounds right.
I just have to play it enough to commit it to memory.
I'll be joining your group shortly.
Thought for the day....
An amateur will practice until he gets it right... A professional will practice until he can't get it wrong. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Thought for the day....
An amateur will practice until he gets it right... A professional will practice until he can't get it wrong. I had heard that some time ago and forgotten it.
That is a GREAT mantra that we should never forget! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | What? |
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| You know, that thing stephen says. Something about a mantra or one of them other fishes. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | All ya need is one finger and one #!@hole.......... |
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| I'm interested, but what is the "sister site" ? |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by wolf_papa:
I'm interested, but what is the "sister site" ? Wolf, at the top of the page here, directly underneath the "Ovation Fan Club Get Plugged In" heading it says "The Ovation Fan Club Social Network" Click on that and it will take you there. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | The new group's not getting much traffic... other than a few sociable Aussies.
Oh, well. I thought it was a good idea at the time.
Here's the link anyway... \'Teach me a song\' group. We need more 'teachers'. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Hey... I'm in there!! |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Yeah, Brad, you've been noticed. But you need to spread the word.
How's Overkill? I've got really accurate chords for it, but I can't play it mistake-free yet. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Okay... in the spirit of the group I'm gonna try to get across to you the way I play it. I think it is much easier than the "correct" way and sounds just fine to me.
When I go home tonight I'll work up some number type tabs and see if I can get the idea across.
I know I should post it on the Ning site but I'll post it here to help generate interest.
It would be soooo much easier if you could come over to the house this weekend for a jam & some pizza but I know how busy you are down there.
I really need to figure out how to video tape a short clip and download it on the web. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | "I really need to figure out how to video tape a short clip and download it on the web."
Think we found hurdle #1. You UPload to the web and DOWNload from the web. I found that on the Google. |
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Location: south east Michigan | I thought that since I'm "up" here in Michigan and I wanted to sent it to someone south of me (aka: Down).... I should be DOWN-loading it.
If I were sending something to fillix I would UP-load it.
Seems to me the only logical thing to do. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Under what circumstances would you need to use a frontloader? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | To get to the couch after Thanksgiving dinner. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Okay... lets see if I can communicate this.
This is how I play the verse part of Overkill
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Bar....
Hold on... I've seen all kinds of different spellings "bar". I don't really care what the right one is. It rhymes with JAR... okay??
Bar at the fifth fret and play a A shape. This gives you a D chord.
Only hit the A,D & G strings three times.
That is... X577XX
Then change to X576XX... hit three times.
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Then go down the fretboard two steps and repeat the pattern.
X355XX three times
X354XX three times
That is the basic, mechanical pattern.
Once you got that, relax and put some mojo into it. Do some chunka-chunka stuff on the muted strings and dress up the pattern a bit.
I like the starkness of this pattern during the verse in contrast to the more standard strumming in the chorus.
Or, as Cliff likes to say... "Makes it less strummy-strummy / singy singy".
I hope this made sense and the technical terms like "chunka-chunka" didn't throw you off.
Good luck... with me trying to teach something, you'll need it. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Post a picture of you in the hula skirt and then define "chunka-chunka" for us. A picture is worth a thousand words--and almost as many sleepless nights. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Be careful what you wish for.... |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Weaser P:
"I really need to figure out how to video tape a short clip and download it on the web."
Think we found hurdle #1. You UPload to the web and DOWNload from the web. I found that on the Google. the Google? <snicker, snicker>
BOW before the mighty GOOGLE!!!  |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Tough crowd tonight Brad! :D |
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New group on 'Ning' site. Helping each other learn new songs.
