Guitar Songs

I played the following over and over until I played it with little struggle. http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/eagles/hotel_california_drum_tab.htm H |x-xx--x-x-xx--x-|x-xx--x-x-xx--x-| S |----o-------o---|----o-------o---| B |o-------o-----o-|o-------o-----o-| I started H+S. Then I tried to do H+B but it was too hard to time so I just tried to do all three. I would often do: H |x-xx--x-x-xx--x-| S |----o-------o---| B |o-------o-------| Or: H |x-xx--x-x-xx--x-| S |----o-------o---| B |o-----o-o-----o-| Or basically I would have to do at least the double or single bass in a row before my mind could mentally switch. But at some point I get into the rhythm and just do it. I really just have to trust myself that I'm doing it, otherwise the moment I try to concentrate on it, I lose it. In the end, it was easiest for me to start the pattern as a double tap and then single and then focus on starting over with the double. So instead of: H |x-xx--x-x-xx--x-|x-xx--x-x...

20110306: I've practiced a little of this song before, but today I think I got the rhythm down a little better than I did before. I feel like I might even start to remember the chord progression. Let me try to see if I can remember it: Capo on 3. G B7 C A7 Repeats for a while. Three chords in a row: B7 C Am. Followed by D. Twice. Then to the chorus. C G D G. The chorus was a little tricky at first, but the key for me was to feel the music and sing along with soul instead of trying to focus too hard on how I heard Eric Hutchingson playing it. In any case let I=G B7 C A7 II=Bm Am C D III=C G D G IV: Am F C Intro: I Verse I: I He's been... I Lately... II II Chorus(He): III III III III NaNaNa: III III Verse II: I See her... I Reading... II II Chorus(She): III III III III NaNaNa: III III Bridge: IV IV IV IV II Chorus(They): III III III III NaNaNa: III III... Later, because the fire alarm in the building was triggered, Sinan and I went to the drum room to ...

20110303: The other day (20110301) Sinan and I were in the drum room and he played Let It Be on his guitar. I improvised on the drum, since I didn't know how the actual drum part. Inspired, I've set out to learn the song on guitar. In the key of C we have C G Am F C G F (C/E Dm C) for the verse and Am G F C C G F (C/E Dm C) for the chorus. I like to remember it in terms of chord numbers: I V vi IV I V IV (I ii I) and vi V IV I and the second part of the verse gets repeated. At least that's what I've tried and it sounds decent. One tab had, instead of (C/E, Dm, C), (E note 4th string, D note 4th string, C) I played the notes to the solo as tabbed here: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/b/beatles/let_it_be_solo_ver2_tab.htm It's fun even though my timing is off, because it just moves along the pentatonic scale. It's getting late, so I'll call it a day. But searching for "Let It Be Solo" in YouTube seems promising. Just watchin...

20101222: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/eagle_eye_cherry/save_tonight_ver2_tab.htm The song is simply: Am F C G. What takes a little getting used to is the moments to sing. The key is to start certain sentences before the start of the next strum, not the start of the previous strum. It is perhaps easiest to get accustomed to this by starting with the chorus. Chorus lyrics are easy: Save tonight. Fight the break of dawn. Come tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll be gone. Repeat twice. Come and close the curtains, we have enough light, all we need is candle light. Let's drink wine. I'm going away. So let's drink the wine and delay our misery. Third verse: Fire, desire Fourth verse: Ain't easy to say goodbye. 20110302: I've gotten used to playing the rhythm and singing if I look at the lyrics. Now its a matter of memorizing this simple progression and memorizing the lyrics. I suppose the difficulty for me is that most songs I think about, I want to go fro...