Topic: lap it up
Hello all, just recently started top play my acoustic on my lap.
Anyone else try this way of playing?? I find it's easy now that I know where most of the chords on the fretboard.
....Badeye.
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Re: lap it up
Do you mean like Jeff Healey, that blind Blues/Pop Artist? In that case I've tried but failed miserably. I found it very weird.
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Re: lap it up
geoaguiar wrote:
Do you mean like Jeff Healey, that blind Blues/Pop Artist? In that case I've tried but failed miserably. I found it very weird.
hello geoaguiar.
Just some simple 3 and 4 chords songs at the nut, takes a bit to figure out but easy when it happens. Jeff Healy was an amazing guitar player and one of my favorites. Got a chance to see him live some years ago and was amazed by his style. As the story goes one night at a gig he was standing up wailing on the guitar and he walked right of the stage and crashed to the floor, the band picked him up, got him back on stage, and he kept on playing as if nothing happened. Chech him and his band out in the movie "Roadhouse" which did wonders for his career.
...Badeye.
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Re: lap it up
Did it take long to get used to playing like that? Does it mess you up when you back to playing traditionallly or are the 2 ways totally different? When I tried, in theory it seemed like it should be easier almost a more natural way of doing it. But in reality everything was almost reversed with respect to finger positions on open chords. Part of me thinks I should have started that way. I can't imagine bar chords would be much fun either. I thought it would be an cool trick to play a couple songs that way. I say keep lapping it up Badeye. The world needs another Healey he passed fairly recently.
I used to be disgusted; now I try to be amused.
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Re: lap it up
Yes it took a bit of time to get four chords to sound right,
then to apply them to a couple tunes. I got the idea when I watched some jeff healy videos and gave it a shot. It'll take
a very long time to even be close to healy's style of play, for
me its just a bit of fun. As for barre chords that way it's very hard and I just play open chords at the nut. Anyone else try this way of playing??No problem going back to traditional
way of playing.
Have a good day...Badeye.
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