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I'm giving up guitar in favor of "contact juggling". Why? 'Cause chicks dig the contact juggler.
A totally useless skill, but a skill nonetheless. Gets particularly interesting around the 5:30 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9PlWQNO0i0
Who's with me? 
you should transpose it down 7 half steps, not up 5.
You're messing with my head again, aren't you?
You're welcome.
Hello Andrew and welcome to Chordie.
This is my favorite song resource website: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com
Go there and type "someone like you" in the search bar, and under the "Adele" section there are about 14 versions. Open one up and you can transpose it to any key. It will probably come up in the key of G, so use the transpose feature at the top to transpose up 5 half steps, and it should be in C.
Good luck.
Gabe: Welcome to Chordie.
The song is recorded in the key of F. To make playing it a bit easier, put a capo on fret 3 and use D fingering.
Given enough time I could probably lay out all of the chords for you, but can't right now. Here are some to get you started.
The verse goes something like this (remember to capo 3): D Dmaj7 G Gm D Daug D6 D7 G A7 D
(where Daug = xx0332, D6 = xx0432)
The chorus probably uses combinations of these as well. I didn't go through all of it, but again, this should get you started.
Good luck!
again disagree, no offense
I suggest you go to YouTube and search: GUITAR STRUMMING PATTERNS
You'll get several relevant results right on the first page. Happy strumming!
Ok, so after researching this a little more I'm confused. I found the fingering for what BGD said. I'll try it. Don't think I'll like the low E in it tho. But....
[three pictures]
How can all 3 of these be the same chord? They come right off of our Chordie chart.
This is one of those rare occasions where I can actually contribute to a theory thread, so I'm on it.
The first chord (002013) is an INVERSION of Am7, but it's still an Am7. The low E sounds "off" because it's the bass but not the root. Another way to write it would be Am7/E. BGD is right; mute the low E and it will sound better.
The second chord (002213) is an inverted Am7 also.
The third chord (x02213) is not an inversion (just a straight Am7), but is tough to play unless your pinky is mutated, which mine is not.
As BGD said (again), unless you really need that high G to ring out, get your G from the open G string: x02010. Easy: Just an Am with a lifted ring finger.
.... Do not read this post while getting pregnant or causing another to become pregnant.
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OK, so I had to resurrect this thread because last week someone asked me what could be the supidest question I've ever been asked.
Background: Our group at work recently had an evening dinner which was catered, but we of course had to buy the beer (several cases) which the caterers could then turn around and charge us labor for serving to us. That ridiculousness aside, we had several cases of beer left over at the end of the evening.
(Apparently there were more wine drinkers in the crowd than someone had thought, and we were all driving, so that's why.)
Anyway, the next day I got a call from the person in the group who had organized the dinner. They actually said this:
"Hey, we've got a lot of beer left over from last night . . . do you want it?"
It was a LOT of fun. Jeff (topdown), Ken (KAP54) and I ended up staying on for almost five hours. I felt like less than a rank amateur as compared to Ken's elegant fingerstyle and Jeff's absolute command of his instrument, but by the 6th beer it didn't matter.
And to second what others have said, join in next time. There are much worse ways to spend an evening.
One thing I would like to see is some of our veteran players put on some clinics. I think I could learn a lot of good techniques from many of you if you wouldn't mind teaching. I particularly would like to see how Zurf does his fill-ins.
Anyway, again, I enjoyed meeting and playing with all of you, and thanks to Jeff for hosting.
Say 6:00 eastern [Saturday]?
I'm in. I'll check back periodically to see if the time changes. I'm free pretty much all day, so no biggie if it does.
Thanks for hosting, Jeff.
Just wondering.
I think the hardest is the "B" chord. It's getting a little easier in terms of movement, but the sound of the chords is still a little muted.
Yep, that seems to be the consensus. The "double-barre" (aka A-shape barre) is difficult to get a good clean sound out of, especially during faster changes.
A couple of suggestions that worked for me.
1. Don't sweat it if the high e string is muted by your ring finger. Just concentrate on getting a good solid barre from your index which covers the high e. The note on the high e will become clearer as your ring finger joint stretches and you are able to lift the middle section of your ring finger away from the fretboard while keeping your finger pad flat. This takes time. You are training your finger to bend the opposite way it is intended to, so be patient. (Side note: Even if you never get a good clean sound out of the high e, it's OK. You are still making a complete chord, i.e, you still have the major triad covered with strings 2-5. Lots of guitarists never worry about the high e when making this shape.)
2. In addition, you are strengthening your gripping muscles. You can use your middle finger to overlap and help force down your index, and if necessary, use your pinky to help force down your ring. (Sort of like partially crossing your fingers.) I see a lot of pro guitarists do this.
Anyway, keep at it. You'll eventually be a B-chord mutant.
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Thanks for the updated address. I just emailed it to you.
Thanks Zurf. I have a version of the song that I messed around with for a while a couple of years ago. I put it down because at the time it was well beyond my skill level. Now I think I might be ready to tackle it again.
I'm going to see if I can email you a copy of it. Let me know what you think about it.
Thanks again.
Thanks, guys. Great fun as usual. It would be nice if somehow we could make this a regularly scheduled thing, but I understand that sometimes life gets in the way. Until then we'll wing it.
I talked to Zurf. He said he would probably be available around 7 pm eastern (6 pm "Texas" time). I'll join in if I can.
I assert that Kafka's Gregor is not, in fact, a metaphor for absurdity in life or a warning against over sympathetic reactions to even revolting circumstance, but instead is a reminder that traveling salesmen are annoying.
Of course that's your contention. You're a first-year grad student; you just got finished reading some Marxian historian, Pete Garrison probably. You're gonna be convinced of that 'till next month when you get to James Lemon. Then you're going to be talking about how the economies of Virginia and Pennsylvania were entrepreneurial and capitalist way back in 1740. That's gonna last until next year; you're gonna be in here regurgitating Gordon Wood, talkin' about, you know, the pre-revolutionary utopia and the capital-forming effects of military mobilization.
Personally, I preferred the stamp with fat Elvis.
This is the site that I use from time to time, but I didn't find anything called "Glasgarten" or "Meine Welt" on it.
http://www.musicnotes.com/
You might find other "modern" songs on it.
I found a few of them on YouTube, and have to admit that I had no idea that he sang. Not bad. His voice kinda reminds me of Bob Welch.
There are 3 versions of this song on Chordie...
I noticed that too, Roger. The problem is the title is wrong on all of them. That may be why the original poster was struggling to find it.
Since we're on the subject, here's a question I've been wanting to ask for a while.
For those of you who are really adept at playing scales, you're probably to the point where you don't have to think about it, but the question is, while you were learning, what were you thinking about?
Here's what I mean: Did you (for example) picture the entire (say) major scale pattern starting at a specific fret, such that you "saw" a series of little targets across the fretboard?
Or did you do something similar to what I do, which is memorize the pattern needed on each string. Across four frets (with fret 2 being the scale you want to play), here's what I think about:
string 6 = frets 2, 4
5 = 1, 2, 4
4 = 1, 3, 4
3 = 1, 3, 4
2 = 2, 4
1 = 1, 2
This works, but I feel like I'm pidgeonholing myself and I struggle to find my bearings when I don't start on string 6 or when I want to skip strings. I'm thinking there should be a better way.
Thoughts?
It's called: "I'm the Only One". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDpJRI7CocU
Make sure you spell her name right when you google it and you'll probably find it easier.
Email sent.
I'm looking for songs that have a lot of chord changes requiring barre chords
After a couple of YEARS of steady practice, I'm finally starting to nail my barre chords pretty well. Here are a few songs that I practice with:
> Creep / The Air that Breathe: G B C Cm G (all barres)
> I'm Not in Love: A Am Abm Ab7 C#m C#m7 (x2), then A, F#m, B then an open E
> That Thing You Do (lots of barres in this one)
> Sister Golden Hair
As BGD said, take any song and play your open chords as barres. You can even go so far as to play your open E with fingers 2-4 and your open A as a 3rd finger barre. Lay your index finger across the strings between the nut and the tuning pegs so that it feels like a barre.
Above all, keep at it. It will take some time (years in my case), but it will eventually feel natural.
...I leave the previous chord a little early to give me time to make the barre. .... Is this ok? Do other people do this?
Yes and yes. Topdown's rule #1: If it sounds good, it IS good.
Here's another question-- ... I'll do an alternate fingering so I don't have to do the chord. Do other people do this? Or do you always make yourself do a full barre?
Oh yeah. When I'm playing, I still occasionally fake a Bm with xx4432, a Bb as xx3331 or play a "small F" (xx3211). (Those forms work all the way up the neck, by the way, just like barres do.)
When I'm practicing, I usually force myself to do the full barre. Speed comes with practice.
Now that I'm taking driver's ed., I've discovered that one of my pet peeve is the way my Mom drives. . . . , my pet peeve with Dad's driving is . . ."
16. Rookie drivers who feel like they are qualified to critique the way experienced drivers drive.
HAHA! Just kidding. i saw an opening and had to take it.
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