Eblues (AKA - Herm)
Herm
Hasn't been a post in this section for some time, so I'll add something...
Fired up Section One of 52RF (no guitar in hand). "Man, this stuff is *really* basic", I thought. Way below the level I should be starting at. Still, I figured it couldn't hurt to have a little tune up on the basics, so I continued to just watch the first 16 examples, without bothering to touch a guitar. "Finally", we get to Example 17, where Griff strings a variety of those basics techniques together through a full verse. I grab my guitar here, just to make sure I can follow along easily before skipping on to section 2.... and low and behold, I have trouble duplicating what Griff plays!
Oh, I'll work it out in short order, cause it is very basic. But the fact that I can't readily mirror these simple examples on a first or second pass is a bit of an eye opener (me, a guy who some time ago managed a decent rendition of the solo for Skynard's "The Breeze"). This experience demonstrates something important about fundamental skills training... ya shouldn't skip it!
Fired up Section One of 52RF (no guitar in hand). "Man, this stuff is *really* basic", I thought. Way below the level I should be starting at. Still, I figured it couldn't hurt to have a little tune up on the basics, so I continued to just watch the first 16 examples, without bothering to touch a guitar. "Finally", we get to Example 17, where Griff strings a variety of those basics techniques together through a full verse. I grab my guitar here, just to make sure I can follow along easily before skipping on to section 2.... and low and behold, I have trouble duplicating what Griff plays!
Oh, I'll work it out in short order, cause it is very basic. But the fact that I can't readily mirror these simple examples on a first or second pass is a bit of an eye opener (me, a guy who some time ago managed a decent rendition of the solo for Skynard's "The Breeze"). This experience demonstrates something important about fundamental skills training... ya shouldn't skip it!