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Topic: Elton Johns "Daniel"

I would like to know the picking pattern on the video attached to this song in Chordie, can anybody help me on this? Sure would appreciate it! Thank You.

  • dino48
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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

Welcome to the forum pickin6 I do not know but someone else here may be able too help you.

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3 Reply by Classical Guitar (edited by Classical Guitar 2016-10-22 22:40:02)

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

It depends on how detailed you want to be. If you want simple than a slow Travis pick will work. If  you normally finger than this video is good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwHvx6lV4FA

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

Here is one more version showing finger picking a little different and still very good:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRxW4ydCi5Y

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

Here is another version that is also good although different. His picking pattern shows very clearly.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRxW4ydCi5Y

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

Hey classical guitar, just wanted to thank you for the links. I believe one of these will help,  I need to try that slow travis pick as well! Thanks again.

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

Hello dino48, let me Thank you for the welcome aboard and I hope to be onboard for a while.

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

pickina6 wrote:

Hey classical guitar, just wanted to thank you for the links. I believe one of these will help,  I need to try that slow travis pick as well! Thanks again.

Glad I could help. After you have after watching the videos and you practice some, please let us know how your are doing with it.

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

Hey pickina6 and welcome to the "crew". smile As I always tell our new members. "Teach us somethin'!"

Good to see you here!

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

I'll let you know my progress and Hopefully Strummerboy Bill I can teach y"all something. I'm still far from teaching much of anything, I have a bad habit of getting bored with a song and moving on to another one; therefore I end up learning pieces of songs, NOT GOOD! I exclusively finger pick, I feel it has a more mellow and natural sound, my idol so to speak would be James Taylor, absolutely love the guy! Talk to you folks again, be cool.

11 Reply by Strummerboy Bill (edited by Strummerboy Bill 2016-10-29 03:07:35)

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

Just thought of a song for you, pickina6....... Maybe you'll remember (being from Tennessee and all) or maybe it'll be new to you, but here goes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulVQsQBenvs

Sorry about the quality, but turn it up a bit and relive some of "The Summer Of Love".

All the best

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

And once I get hold of a song I like, I don't only want to share it, I also wanna share other versions of it: smile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC8_YpYy80k

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

pickina6 wrote:

I exclusively finger pick, I feel it has a more mellow and natural sound, my idol so to speak would be James Taylor, absolutely love the guy! Talk to you folks again, be cool.

Here's a little finger picking from a fellow the showed up at a small gathering I hosted at the beginning of the month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waMisY5d0uQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlQrBNymKZs

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

Strummerboy Bill, appreciate that "Summer of Love" clip from lovin spoonful. There are a lot of good links there, a lot of music I remember hearing for the first time when I was a little guy. Unclejoesband I enjoyed watching the pickers and players just hanging out and in some cases I guess taking turns on guitar. That first fella doing the styx tune had a nice picking pattern, gonna have to watch it some more to try to figure it out! Thanks fellas. Be cool!

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

pickina6 wrote:

Unclejoesband I enjoyed watching the pickers and players just hanging out and in some cases I guess taking turns on guitar. That first fella doing the styx tune had a nice picking pattern, gonna have to watch it some more to try to figure it out! Thanks fellas. Be cool!

That's one of several get togethers that were born from this forum. And yes, it's basically a circle jam. Everyone takes turns playing. If you know the song, you jump in. If not you join when you do or wait for it to come around to you again. Always a lot of fun. 

The first one, I believe, was Chordiestock. It's held every year in March in Florida and hosted by topdown. Here is a link to next years event. http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=30226.

Zurf had a couple one day get togethers in Virginia in June. If I recall correctly he had a few too many other irons in the fire this past summer and skipped this year.

Mekidsmom has started an upstate New York gathering in August that appears to have become an annual event. Here is 2016. http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=29491

And I started one in the Fall in Central Pa. in 2015 which you've seen.

There was talk of one in the West. I'm not sure if it came together or not.

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Re: Elton Johns "Daniel"

Those get togethers sound like they'd be a blast. I would definitely feel like I was all thumbs if I was to make it to one of them right now, need a lot more practice! Maybe someday I can have myself good enough to participate!