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Another post that cannot be edited to correct the error. Sheesh. I think you meant EP633 which is Friday’s new lesson, correct? I’m confused as the pdf attached is the one that Brian already included with this weeks lesson on fingerstyle blues???
Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.
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Hi Michael,
I’m sorry if I confused you. That wasn’t my intention. Here’s what I did: I tried to write down the strumming pattern for the accompaniment from ep 632, the lesson from March 20. In that lesson, there’s an audio file of Brian’s accompaniment, but not a PDF document of the accompaniment.
The way I wrote out the accompaniment, the chords are basically correct. However, my accompaniment doesn’t sound nearly as nice as Brian’s audio file. I’m pretty sure Brian used special voicings for the chords in the accompaniment. Writing a good-sounding accompaniment is certainly an art in itself.
I hope I’ve brought some clarity to the confusion and haven’t caused even more of it.
Best regards,
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The confusion is because the file you attached is for EP633. Click on the file and open it up. So if you did indeed create something for EP632, you did not attach the correct file. Hope that makes sense now why I responded that way. One of the issues I have with the forums is the fact that you cannot edit your post when something like this happens. It’s very frustrating.
BTW, that rhythm part for EP632 was really good, so I see why you wanted to recreate that. It would have worked really good for this months challenge too.
Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.
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Hi Michael,
Yes, I completely agree with you on every point. For one thing, it would be great if we could edit posts. Also, thank you very much for pointing out the attachment, which I accidentally uploaded incorrectly. Here is the correct attachment. Please let me know what you think.
Have a nice Sunday,
Georg
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Well adding another post on the chain gets the job done. I just looked it over and I’m guessing he is playing bar chords that are strummed and arpeggiated. You can clearly hear the hand slap in there on beats 2 and 4. I don’t think your tab matches what he played because it shows simple open chords, but this is not hard to figure out if you use your ear. The whole thing comes in on beat 4 while the lead comes in on beat 2 of the next bar. This is a good exercise in using your ear to figure out what he played. I’m surprised how folks find this difficult to work out even after watching him demo a portion of the rhythm in the video using 5th fret bar chords.
During the beginning of the premium member video, he clearly shows the rhythm part for that section as well to be bar chords being strummed with a pretty much alternating strumming pattern that accents beats 2 and 4 with a little slap. Remember, all chords can be played in any of the five neighborhoods. He used the 5th fret area to do the rhythm part IMO. Just experiment with it and use your ear.
Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.
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I agree with Michael, I also wanted to learn the strumming part and definitely, just trying to play it, I found out that the chords are played in second position, with barre – Am and Dm at the 5th fret for example – or E7 in open C7 position at the 5th fret, and so long. As pointed out by Michael, there are also light hand slaps (I use to call them muted strumming: strumming with three fingers and palm muting at the same time ) at the 2nd and 4th beat.
Guido
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Hello Michael, hello Guido, hello Dieter,
Thank you very much for your comments and suggestions. Over the next few days, I’ll try to improve my first draft of the accompaniment, which is still faulty. As soon as I have something presentable, I’ll upload it here as a PDF document. I hope it makes learning the accompaniment easier.
Best regards to all of you,
Georg
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