hi Lynne, thanx for that song.... it looks really hard, but i'll have a go anyway. i've been a big fan of JA for many years.. saw her in concert in '70s she was awesome. that girl can sure play a geeetar! i think she was the forerunner for Ani DiFranco and has influenced many ppls' styles. cheers Sammi
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You are welcome, Sammi. Have fun!
Lynne
Apr 16, 2008 Rating
D tuning by: Sammi
thanx heaps Lynne, just worked out that if i save in my favourites list i can view it, but for some reason as a pdf file it went all code-y and jumbled on me. i have adobe reader so not sure what that was about. lookin fwd to joan! cheers, have a great nite Sammi
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Ok Sammi--here ya go!
I did not do the last part where all the jamming is--thought you could develop it the way you want. Have Fun!
hi Lynne, i seem to have lost the first reply you sent me in this thread... which was an answer to my original question about the 'right way' to play the Ben Lee song. it contained instructions for full D tuning and the tabs for the song. could you please send it again? i can only seem to remember how to do the partial D tuning. i really must stop msging so late at nite, i lose things. cheers
thanks, i thought the tuning wasn't standard! by: Sammi
thanx Lynne, ah, so i was partially right about the tuning! cool i thought i was goin nuts. it's so confusing when all the versions of the song you're looking for out there are set out/transposed into standard tunings, but my ears (and eyes) are telling me different. ok, but it's a full D tuning not just a dropped D. ok now if i can just figure out how to read tablature. I never learned it. I've been playing by ear for 34 yrs and i teach guitar by ear. i don't know any real theory... but i learned some tuning changes. thanx so much for your help. cheers Sammi
hi Lynne, ah ok, well aren't i just having a lucky day?!! coz i swear it felt so weird reading that. i know i have some difficulties with formalised learning but that just made my head hurt! hahah thanx for clearing it up. i'll give it another go. another song? oh cool... ok well how about Joan Armitrading: Show Some Emotion? i know it's got a lot of guitar runs in it, which are very slick and fasssst.. but it's such a lush song, it'd be worth tryn to get some of it right and maybe coming up with my own rendition... just the chords would do!:) cheers Sammi
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Ok Sammi--
I will start working on it tonight and will let you know when you can pick it up. Have a good day!
Lynne
Apr 16, 2008 Rating
Learning Tabs by: Sammi
Hi Lynne, thanks for the link for learning how to read tablature. i read that page about 6 times and tried to do what it suggests, but i still don't get it. it says tabs are played from Right to Left.. but it doesn't read like that. it reads like they've split the neck down the centre and if you follow their explanation/instruction further you must read/play the tab numbers from L-R on the top strings(G,B,E).. but from R-L on the bottom strings(E,A,D). i think i'm going to have to get a friend to explain it to me in person, as it doesn't seem logical to me (yet). i live in hope. haha cheers Sammi
RESPONSE Sammi--
OH MY! THANK YOU!
It seems that I made a typo! It should read "from left to right" then the example makes sense. I sincerely apologize for the confusion I have caused you. The page has been fixed now.
To show my appreciation, I will help with another song if you wish.
