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Post by Onechordtrick on Jan 9, 2018 9:02:41 GMT
I've never played with others before* but am hoping to pluck up the courage to go to one of the pub groups this year. For example I can play the melody below: and manage the chords but don't know what rhythm I should play. *We'll draw a veil (and preferably a couple of feet of soil) over the "incident" at school where some of us borrowed some instruments jammed. Although to be strictly accurate it was closer to the pulp that is thrown away in jam making rather than the conserve itself. I'm not sure we ever played in the same key at the same time let alone the same song. I'm pretty sure that I was playing Freebird, not sure what the others were doing
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Post by ocarolan on Jan 9, 2018 10:08:45 GMT
This nice lady might give you some clues as a start on which to build -
and some more thoughts from an omnipresent multi-instrumentalist -
Best thing is to just do it - feel what seems right, let the tune tell you what to play, and don't feel you have to stick to the same all the way through - a "build" from sparse to "busy" rhythm and/or changes of pulse/extra/missed beats can be v effective, as can a contrast between what you do in the the A part and the B part. Some experimentation with the chords could be good too - esp with fewer.
A lot depends on any other instruments playing though.
Have fun - it's a simple tune but can be great fun to play as I'm sure you've found already!
Keith
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Post by Onechordtrick on Jan 9, 2018 11:13:33 GMT
This nice lady might give you some clues as a start on which to build - and some more thoughts from an omnipresent multi-instrumentalist - Best thing is to just do it - feel what seems right, let the tune tell you what to play, and don't feel you have to stick to the same all the way through - a "build" from sparse to "busy" rhythm and/or changes of pulse/extra/missed beats can be v effective, as can a contrast between what you do in the the A part and the B part. Some experimentation with the chords could be good too - esp with fewer. A lot depends on any other instruments playing though. Have fun - it's a simple tune but can be great fun to play as I'm sure you've found already! Keith Thanks! I'll take a look when I'm not in the office. "simple tune", that's easy for you to say, it's taken me months to master
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Post by ocarolan on Jan 10, 2018 12:45:04 GMT
........... "simple tune", that's easy for you to say, it's taken me months to master Yes, I did say the tune is a simple one, but that is a very different thing from being easy to play! Keith
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Post by delb0y on Jan 11, 2018 12:56:22 GMT
Nice straight rock'n'roll rhythm...That should do it :-)
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Post by creamburmese on Feb 4, 2018 22:04:05 GMT
That sounds like a bom bada bom bom rhythm to me Good luck !
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