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Don’t This Road Look Rough & Rocky // Section 1
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I don’t know if anyone else has asked, Tony, but what capo are you using? It looks like it would not get in the way. I like my Kyser quick change capo, but I feel like I need to work around it, and it is very noticeable to me when I play.
Thanks,
Michael
Michael,
Thank you for asking, the capo I am using there is the Mckinney/Elliott Stainless Steel capo. It is a pricey capo but very solid and as you mentioned pretty unobtrusive. There is a lesser expensive version that is modeled after this capo called the Paige capo, which is equally unobtrusive. Thanks for the question!!!
Cheers,
Tony
Tony, I ended up purchasing the Page capo, and I like it much more than the Kyser capo. Thanks for the recommendation. It seems fairly well made, and I feel like I don’t have to work around it like I did the handle for the quick change capo.
Michael,
Nice!!! I am glad you dig the capo, I too like the fact that it is not in the way like the kyser 🙂
Cheers,
Tony
Dig this tune…absolutely awesome. In the newer lessons, the speed, slow, medium, and fast, are separate videos, which made it very easy to loop the speed I needed. Any chance of going back to the older lessons and having separate sections for each speed? It was amazingly helpful with Shady Grove.
Michael,
Glad you dig it!!! The different videos definitely help with the looping, all of the lessons from here on out will have the speeds on different videos. As far as the older lessons, if we reshot them we could certainly add the looping eventually we will get that feature on the older videos it will just take some time.
Cheers,
Tony
Cheers,
Tony
Tony, tell Joel I said thank you very much for working his way through the videos to give us the slow, med, and fast section separately. He did three total so far, and I am very appreciative of his efforts. If there is a TAC tech wizard of the month, I hereby nominate Joel 🙂 thanks for all the work you folks put into helping us get better. I keep telling my friends and family, that you and the crew are awesome.
Michael,
Thank you so much for writing in, I just let Joel know of his award 🙂 He is laughing as I write this. I am glad the separate sections are helping!!!
Cheers,
Tony
Yes,please include the fingering. This is a major deficiency in these lessons…..why make it more difficult then it has to be?
Hey all, just catching up on some of the comments and first wanted to apologize about the lack of right hand fingering indicators. I have not found a way to add this on the program that I use, rather let me rephrase, I have found a way, but it makes the tab look very cluttered and even more confusing. I am hoping for an update that will allow me to add the proper right hand fingering so I have a way to relay that in the tab. Thank you all for writing in, I am hoping to have the right hand fingering notation in future lessons.
Cheers,
Tony
Looking forward to the change when it happens.
Why do you use the capo at the second fret in this song??
Lynne,
Thanks for the question, The capo is placed on the 2nd fret here to place this song in the key of D. I do this because when i sing it, generally the key of D fits my voice. I hope that helps!!!
Cheers,
Tony
It’s a Travis pick. I generally use my thumb for strings 4,5,6; my index (pointer) finger for string 3; and my middle finger for strings 1 and 2. Some use fingers as follows: index (1), middle (2) and ring (3). There are times because of positioning i use that as well. Just have to try the song to see what works best for you. Dust in the Wind is a classic Travis picking song.
Yeah, I’m struggling with that too!
Hey Tony, Can you break down the picking sequence. Which fingers hit which strings?