[jorgemac]

As you know I use my thumb a lot for fretting the 6th and 5th strings, especially when making the G 1st position chord I make this with the thumb fretting the 3rd fret of the Bass E string and barely touching/muting the open A string. My index finger is fretting the E and B string 3rd frets. Very easy way to make a G chord.

If you check my posts regarding the 3 and 4 fret stretch to reach that next note on another string you will note that i do stress the thumb Move down behind the 1st fretted string.

Fortunately i have all working fingers and thumbs.

Slide guitar in open tuning will give you a different approach to guitar picking, also.

[jorgemac]

Huh, How come my Jeff Beck Strat doesn’t sound like that…

Beautiful cover of a classic that we don’t hear played enough.

I do love that Strat and haven’t picked it up in over a year, very tempting though.

[jorgemac]

Being a neophyte at this recording stuff. I’ll follow this with great interest. i do use a Shure 57 through my AER 60 but haven’t tried to record myself. I do run the Mic through a ART Tube Mic Preamp and get a great tone through the AER.

[jorgemac]

Thanks Aservire, Just looked up Pearl Jams Version of Lass Kiss and was playing it within 5 minutes. Great cover and was easy to pick up on using hybrid picking. Gonna add this to my practice list.

[jorgemac]

When i think of double stops I’ve always considered power chord either 1/3, 1/4, 1/5 6 or 7or 3/5,Frets G/4 and B/3 which is considered a E7 2 note chord. Those are all over the fret board and are used to fill in 1or 2 beats before moving onto another double stop chord in your progression. Play that lick and then do a A7 double stop on B/2 and d/2.

Play the e double stop and slide up to the C# minor on B/5, G/6 and D/5 to a 5th fret A minor 7 which is the bottom 4 strings, E,B,G,A on the 5th fret. So the 4 fretted notes are A,E,C,G or Am7 chord.

[jorgemac]

I just though of something that I’ve been using more frequently. I use glass bottle neck slide and play the melody with singe note phrases. Ijust practiced tomorrows Guitar lick lesson using the slide on my pinky and index and ring fingers on the 2 positions that needed to be fretted. You could develop your own style and also play more open tuning songs that don’t have to be fretted as much.

[jorgemac]

Lorraine introduced me to the therapeutic squeeze ball and the chinese Steel balls that help loosen everything up. It helped these senior fingers a lot.

[jorgemac]

I have 366 Tac sessions on this merry-go-round.
Playing guitar , no matter how long you have been doing it, still has those “this sucks” days. I’ve finally learn to think about how much effort ., hours and work I’ve put in to reach a nice level of guitar picking.
So, when I have those inevitable down days I go ride my bike, take a midnight walk with the deer and cayotes , work harder in my senior Strength and yoga classes, chat up my neighbors, even the one’s I don’t like… and noodle for a while until I hit some new notes, riffs, chord progressions and climb back on board this lifetime guitar adventure. Don’t give up, just work our way through it until it is fun again. Enjoy the up’s and ride out your down’s because they will turn into up’s before you know it. it’s all part of life’s mystery. Keep on Chugglin ya’ll

[jorgemac]

That is a personal choice only you can make but know that i will have my personal ghosts haunt you every day if you quit…

That is no small thing as they would put a dent in any comfortable frame of mind you might enjoy..

hang in there brother.

[jorgemac]

Be sure to use slides, etc.

slide into 8th fret, pause and then slide back to7th fret and then pick 3rd G note and slide into 5th fret A note to end it.

[jorgemac]

Hey Coach, the easiest is using only the treble E string

using double 8th notes for each pair of notes until the last note which is a quarter note. So

open treble E string to 3rd fret G

5th fret A to 8th fret C

7th fret B to 3rd fret G

then, use a single half note on the 5th fret A.

If you want you can end it using

Open Bass E string to the 3rd fret of the bass E string

• This reply was modified 4 months, 2 weeks ago by  jorgemac. Reason: adjust a note to correct it

[jorgemac]

Hey Pete, when your learn what I’m talking about please clue me in… so I can figure it out too.

Ain’t no sunshine this coming week and I spent a couple of hours going over the lessons. I concentrated on Tuesday’s guitar lick and learned to do it in a ew different areas of the fret board. the notes for the first 2 measures are mostly double 8th note and notes are E and G, A and C, B and G ending on the quarter note A and finishing with quarter Bass notes of E and G.

My favorite start’s on the G string 9the fret E note, then goes to the B string 8th fret/G

the 2nd double 8ths are B/10 A note to Treble E 8th fret/C

Then Treble e 7th Fret/B and back to B string/8th fret G

and ends on the B string 10th fret A note

You can add the G/9E to the 12th fret G note.

[jorgemac]

What a classic version of a classic song. Was that Otis Redding who 1st recorded that? If i remember right he didn’t write that tune and used the Memphis studio master band, can’t remember there name but they had a fantastic Guitarist who made that recording shine. He worked with a bunch of the soul artists, also played with Booker T band, I think.

[jorgemac]

Actually the 5 chord to the root chord is a normal 7th chord and root chord transition in fork, blues and rock music. I use it all of the time. The B7 in 1st position back to the Root chord E is a really cool blues chord transition. Or the E7 back to the root A chord. Especially the A string 7th fret E7 to the 5th fret Barre Chord A, really cool.

[jorgemac]

Sorry, couldn’t get it to download properly yet. I’ll work on it some more.