JohnHurley
Rock and Roll
OK so most of you people know I am not the sharpest knife in the toolbox when it comes to guitar and music ( ok well anything at all really ). Well I am going to prove that now for anyone still in doubt.
For the longest time I have been scared of any and all Santana material I have been in awe of him since Abraxas. The whole album is still heavy in my playing rotation especially when out running.
But I finally decided to get over it partially and I am taking a whack at Oye Como Va. I can play through the whole song on rythm just going back and forth ( well lots of options ) on full bar chords Am7 ( or Am ) and D7 or D9. I can full speed play against it and hit the strums and well it's not too bad at all. God knows I have been listening to it long enough it's just automatic.
So it shouldn't be hard to count against it right? For practice?
But how to count it? I kind of hear it when counting two different ways ...
I started counting it 1 and AH / 2 and AH / 3 and AH ... and well that doesn't sound too bad to me.
But then I started counting it 1 E and AH / 2 E and AH / 3 E and AH ... and I think that is better and correct.
Maybe I should start dancing while I count it?
So please someone help me out ... it's Latin ish so 1 E and AH must be the correct way right?
What time signature would it have also please?
For the longest time I have been scared of any and all Santana material I have been in awe of him since Abraxas. The whole album is still heavy in my playing rotation especially when out running.
But I finally decided to get over it partially and I am taking a whack at Oye Como Va. I can play through the whole song on rythm just going back and forth ( well lots of options ) on full bar chords Am7 ( or Am ) and D7 or D9. I can full speed play against it and hit the strums and well it's not too bad at all. God knows I have been listening to it long enough it's just automatic.
So it shouldn't be hard to count against it right? For practice?
But how to count it? I kind of hear it when counting two different ways ...
I started counting it 1 and AH / 2 and AH / 3 and AH ... and well that doesn't sound too bad to me.
But then I started counting it 1 E and AH / 2 E and AH / 3 E and AH ... and I think that is better and correct.
Maybe I should start dancing while I count it?
So please someone help me out ... it's Latin ish so 1 E and AH must be the correct way right?
What time signature would it have also please?