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Hi again @speckpgh
I went back to your original question post and also took a listen to the song on YouTube… I believe you are having problems with singing and playing only when you try to play the sus chords? These are usually ornamental and quite pretty, and frequently occur as hammer-ons or pull offs which can be on the “off beat”. I’ve tried playing the sus ornaments as actual separate notes while I am learning the timing- that might help?
And again, write down every beat of the song on paper- not just the one two threes & fours (quarter notes), but also write down every “and” (eighth notes) and even the “e,&,a’s” (16th notes) and of course all of the rests. Then at a very slow tempo, count out the song out loud. Play it on YouTube at 0.25 speed and just count out loud as you listen to them do the song. When you know your rhythm on your paper notes is correct, then write every syllable of lyric below the exact beat where it occurs. Once you have that, then try singing/playing together, but at a very very slow tempo. It just has to click in a few times to “get it” then you can start increasing the speed. You might just have to do this (every beat thing) for the sections of the song where all the sus ornaments occur, but it might help?
I also found a section of the music/strumming pattern for the chorus that might help. (Attached)
Good luck with the song, and I hope you will post a video of you playing it on the forums!!! C
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