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gitaardocphil wrote:TOP, thanks. It is silly to see how busy I was, creating a topic like this, included a topic about every member in a band. I doubt if I am the first with lists like this, but at least it keeps me busy for hours and this is what I still am able to do. It's not so difficult, you find more than enough lists on internet. The problem is NOT to copy and paste a list, but it means that I checked every single name too, on some I gave comment, on others not. YEP it takes a lot of time, but this gives me a feeling that I'm not useless, it's already MORE than difficult to accept myself again. WHO has the same feeling? I don't think I am alone, working years, 75 hours a week and suddenly: FINISHED.
One good thing is: very high insured. Imagine, you earn a lot and in a split-second GAME OVER.
So chordie was and is the best SOLUTION to start again and crawl out the deep dark place to a new bright light.
I have seen many, many gigs being 15 years backstage doc on one of the biggest rock festivals and other concerts. I can't help it, but one of the greatest fun-anectode was me "doing pipi" and Lou Reed who entered the toilet too, you know how it goes, you start with a bended head, and suddenly you are looking to eachother, we Reed and me couldn't stop laughing. One of the GREATEST GIGS EVER = SANTANA in Barcelona, 100.000 people, first act: PACO DE LUCIA, flamenco, UNBELIEVABLE, 1 hour, followed by Carlos who played 2 hous and ending with PACO playing flamenco again, darkness, a second guitar CARLOS!!, 8 songs, and every song an extra player, 8 FLAMENCO GUITAR PLAYERS. UNBELIEVABLE
Once played pinball with Lou (Gottlieb Eightball - get your mind out of the gutter) at a bar in the village. He is a very funny person and he had us laughing for hours.
Would have loved to see Paco, just to contrast him with Dimeola.
Tron Truncheon wrote:I would of loved to see
The Clash, The sexpistols, and The Ramones
Maybe in some other form of life
Cheers
-Tron
Nice historical choices. Personally interesting to me.
Saw the Clash in NYC at a big ballroom (maybe Roseland) around 78-79? Didn't get them until I went to see them and it was one great show!
Saw The Ramones many, many times in NYC area, once even at CBGB's in mid '70's.
2 hours, 40 songs no breaks... and [expletive deleted] loud!
The rockdoc "End of the Century" was pretty good, but kind of sad.
Never saw the pistols, but did see Lydon in PIL at Brooklyn Academy of Music. They opened with an instrumental version of Kashmir. Very cool.
nicely done colabaration. some cool stuff going in this site.
little wing - Jimi expands on R&B greats like Bobby Womack and Steve Cropper for the backing track.
Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan. Great Larry Carlton solo. Another still in progress.
DFNCheney wrote:New to this forum but I've been playing for over 40 years. Follow my advice and you'll be a much happier person:
1) Avoid all songs with F. No great song was ever written with an F chord.
2) Change to another key
3) For the duration of the F chord pause playing but continue vocals. Pick up the instrumental again after the chord change.
4) Pause during the F chord and allow the bass to take a solo.
In 40 years I've never had to play an F and I'm proud of it.
LOL
I love #4!
btw: How are you with Bb?
johncross21 wrote:Muting in the middle of a chords is quite hard
and the Fma7 is not the standard fingering ( so check your notation and try alternatives)
there are various techniques but it will depend on the chord and the style of the piece
you might try a partial barre with the first finger firmly on the 6th string and resting lightly on the fifth
That is the way to mute the 5th string and play that chord. it is a little easier to move it to the 3rd or 5th fret to practice
I know this is an old thread, but I thought I might provide a little additional information about the maj7 chord from the original question.
That fingering is actually a pretty common jazz voicing. I use it a lot with the G6 at the 3rd fret.
G6 3x243x
Gmaj7 3x443x
Gmaj7 G6
VV VV
And the form is easily movable up and down the fretboard where the 6th string is the root. Good practice riff to learn to mute strings, but not so easy.
btw: xx3210 is an open alternative at the 1st fret someone else may have already mentioned.
I started playing sax when I was 9 and guitar at 14. I just can't even imagine not playing at least a little bit. Sometimes it is hard to get to with family, work, etc... I have fun and get great satisfaction from learning new songs, scales, techniques and from entertaining myself and my friends. It's really great to collaborate with other musicians and the bond formed with many former band mates has lasted a lifetime.
Playing guitar has added an aspect to my life that many people never experience, both good and bad. I have too many friends lost to drugs and booze, but so many great realtionships as well.
and, of course the girls...
I think you need both skill and feeling. And scales...
But, Chuck Berry had one basic lick (that he copied from his piano player Jimmie Johnson) and a duck walk.
dguyton wrote:Not hard for who? 
It took me a week to get that 9th chord to sound at the 4th string without muffling with the index finger. If I'm not paying attention, I still muffle it.
so worth it tho...
over the hills and far away
Nela, long a as you described, is an Amaj7. A really pretty sound.
Cytania et al,
A really good 7th form for blues and jazz is the C7 form.
E x
B 1
G 3
D 2
A 3
E x
Move up 2 frets and root the 5th fret for D7. The basic blues riff then is G (barre at 3rd fret) C7 D7
Move it all up 2 frets to play in A.
then try this C7. it is also movable.
E 3
B x
G 3
D 2
A 3
E x
try a C9 for a really good blues sound. Ii is also movable.
E 3
B 3
G 3
D 2
A 3
E x
Not hard to finger and really professional sounding.
acoustic: Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore
electric: House of the Rising Sun.
I'm old...
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