I Believe
- Thread starter vashondan
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daddymac11
Blues Newbie
I've been working on it for two weeks. It's really helping me learn to count properly. A lot of the song repeats with slight variations so although it's long it goes faster as you work through it. I recommend you start on the "Section" parts of the song that are broken out (Page 18) after the entire song is shown.
vashondan
Blues Doobie
I've gotten through that first solo so am pretty far along the first pass. You're right, a lot of repetition and, as Griff points out in the video, no one could remember where each and every up or down stroke appears in the song. I'm having fun learning it for sure. Looking forward to finishing the first run and then getting in memory to play.
I too have enjoyed the counting and the way that Griff has broken it down into section to master(?) and then move on.
vashondan
Blues Doobie
Just for benchmark purposes, how much time are you devoting to the song? I've been taking it in small doses, mostly because I'm working on other things, and am at the end of the solo but am still working out a few kinks in the timing. Not quite ready to play it straight through.
@ Tony, yes, I'm lovin it! I plan on using the Intro on another song I play in E at about the same tempo. It's a Great intro.
@ Vashondan, Examples, any 12 bar medium tempo in E (IE, Pride and Joy, Sweet Home Chicago are a couple off the top of my head) I have one that I'm already using this intro on and it works great!
I usually try to spend 30 minutes a day on my practice. Usually early in the morning, When I get off after work, I sit down with the guitar and see if I can remember what I was was doing that morning. If not, I re-watch the video and again in the evening for a refresher. My stuff in the evening isn't structured practice like my morning session, it's me sitting in the recliner with my guitar working through the fingering again while watching news or something. More relaxation than anything else.
Rockybottom
Senior Bluesman
Its a great piece and useful for lots of other messing around stuff. I did the first few pages and then put it down to do some exam stuff elsewhere. Funny thing is, I started using it as a warm up and after a few weeks I suddenly found that it was much simpler than i originally thought and all the little bits that griff refers to as "I think that's what I play" suddenly fell into place. I will be getting back into it when I finish me grade exam pieces, hope you all enjoy it.
Rockybottom
Senior Bluesman
And don't forget you can download the lyrics from the forum as well..
Steve_Sawyer
Blues Newbie
I'm working on it now, but I've only gotten through the intro and have been working on getting that real "clean".
I find that as my muscle memory is getting better, I rely less on the step-by-step walk-throughs, and more on the full-speed demo and the tab. I have used a couple of video tools to slow things down to about 80%, get the timing and fingering down, then bring the speed up to 100% and just keep looping it until I'm satisfied.
The 12-bar intro took me about a good hour to get down. Not perfect, but good enough to be able to keep up at 80%. When I came back to it the next day, I had to do a few run-throughs to get it back under my fingers since it was still new, but was able to crank it back to 100% and start looping it. It also tends to get stuck in my head so for anything I'm working on, I'm kinda doing it mentally a lot which helps.
I can handle the intro now at full speed, with maybe 95% accuracy (still a little ragged in spots) but I hope to get back to it this week, and pick up with the rhythm & fills for the first verse.
This seems to be my typical modus operandi now - It takes me about an hour to learn a 12-bar verse, then I probably spend double that practicing, and practicing and practicing it until it's good enough to move on to the next lesson. I haven't done the math, but if I can put the time in, I should have this whole song down in a few weeks.
If the LOML gets me the 6-string bass on my Christmas list, all bets are off as I'm going to get a bit distracted with that!!