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Andrew Longhorn
iphone app: RooSatch
Australia
Plays: Guitar (34 years)
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Skippy Girl,
Latest teaching for kids here, not sure if it's worldwide thinking, is to learn lead guitar (or "note" playing) before chords.
It makes sense really, chords require control over every finger to cleanly fret the notes and bridge neatly over others because you're playing more than one string.
I learnt chords first and it's good for simple "koom-by-ya" style songs, but it can be very frustrating (as you've found) with complex chords.
My boy started learning guitar recently and he's 8. He can play the first melody line to "Ten Words" and learnt it in one sitting. If you pick something like that you get enourmous satisfaction from hearing the melody and learning more fingering techniques but only with one or 2 fingers at a time.
If you look at the tab book for "Always" (the first satch song I learnt), and ten words, and many others, there are recognisable melodies that are not difficult to learn fairly rapidly. That is great fun. Then, every time you play them, you improve your feeling, style, method, etc... And can flip through other material spotting easier sections of melodies you like and learning them.
Give that a go, especially Ten Words, let me know how that goes.
Be prepared to hit a brick wall when you get to the "tricky" bits in each song though! :) It will take a while to start learning the method of doing the faster bits with bends and stretches, etc when you hit them.
Roo
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Thu Mar 5 '09 1:55:34 pm
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shredguy
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Hey Joe, I am so excited to get the big bad wah and time machine pedal. Already have a satchurator and love it! Thanks Joe for finally putting out pedals that have awesome tone! Can't wait for the chickenfoot stuff. I still hope you stay solo though.
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Thu Mar 5 '09 2:20:59 pm
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Steve Johnson
Pocahontas, Arkansas
U.S.
Plays: Guitar (47 years)
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Hybes, thanks for the response,. yeah I think Ed is great and Sammy having played with so many of these greats over the years, I was in full agreement with him when he said that about Joe because I had just been thinking that very same thought a couple of weeks before he even said it.
I just really think Ed has gone off the deep end, I mean I saw VH with Sammy 3-4 years back and Ed was just not on at all. I found myself wondering if I was the only one in the arena who thought the same.Needless to say I walked away disappointed. When the latest VH tour came around , I just was not that interested in going. When I heard Mike was out I said no way. I didn't buy the Gary Cherone version album and as much as I love Diamond Dave and what he accomplished with VH, I would NOT buy a new VH record. I feel bed for Ed because I think a lot of things that are going on with him on a personal level has brought something wonderful down to a tragic disappointment. But that's just me.
But CHICKENFOOT is gonna be the greatest!!!
Keep on rockin' everybody.
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Thu Mar 5 '09 2:27:31 pm
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cosmic_ape
Aron Ortega
Plays: Guitar (25 years)
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Nicolás, el único lugar donde podías comprar discos de este calibre en Guayaquil era Tower, pero ya cerraron... ahora no sé... yo los míos siempre los mandé a encargar con amigos... Tal vez por el malecón 2000 donde venden los DVD piratas puedas encontrar algo, a lo mejor no encuentras los discos, pero te topas con alguien que los tenga...
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Thu Mar 5 '09 4:02:49 pm
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michelle
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YAY! My sister is finally out of surgery! The doc said everything went well, and the tumor came out easily. She'll be in recovery for another 2 hours or so until my sister can see her again. She might be able to come home Saturday. She's cut from the top of her head down to above her ear, so that's going to take a while to heal, as well as her skull fusing back together. Ouch! Sorry if that was to much detail...
Thank you all so much for all your prayers and good thoughts.
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Thu Mar 5 '09 4:15:18 pm
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Phil W...
... from South West UK
Pip55 on twitter
Plays: Guitar
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Michelle - just been catching up on a zillion pages. I wanted to send good vibes to you and your Sis and all your family. Sounds like everything has gone really well so here's some more support from this side of the pond for a speedy recovery
Joe - hi, your timing is perfect as always. If you haven't already you really should check out the numerous cool vids of you that Cheese linked to a couple of days ago.... good stuff from the 80's
ChickenPA or ChickenUK/Europe - hmmm, decisions decisions! I'm sure I read a month back that there were going to be UK arena gigs too.... anyway, count me in peeps. Do I need to hire the (fan) tour bus now?
Have a good day everyone, time for some shut eye for me
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Thu Mar 5 '09 4:52:01 pm
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Alan McKenna
Dublin
Ireland
Plays: Guitar (23 years)
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yeah phill who knows where the next tour is goin on, gota admist i lvoed the west coast, bloody amazing once off trip, loved it
+ i updated xbox live today, ill be back on now n again wen i get to it.... and the vids there first cause no one else plays it! its a weird one, i like doing the weird ones even though f all peple watch em, everyone watches the same old famous songs over n over unfortunatly, ah well, im off to bed!
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Thu Mar 5 '09 5:09:18 pm
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Willie Burns
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I must take that journey and go to LA, I have nothing, and love to play guitar. And I will travel on foot with my guitar and hope that evryones prayers are with me... I just whant to be a great guitar player and be Happy.....And make everone happy with my music....
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Thu Mar 5 '09 5:44:34 pm
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Skippygirl
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Michelle - great news!
Roo - you must be psychic! Driving into work today I listened to Super Colossal and got to Ten Words and I thought "I might have a go at that, bit gnarly in the middle but otherwise might be doable"!!! I must have channeled you.
I also thought about my strategy for the goal ( 1 Satch Song in 1 Year) and thought maybe I should just go to trying to learn one and keep building up.
I enjoy the chords (was reading about sus chords last night, they look cool) and want to strum cool songs but I didn't think I had to wait to learn that before I tried picking something out.
I am so sad I can't join the group of T2Jers who will see Chickenfoot in the UK or Europe, maybe I could call one of you at one of the gigs to hear the show over the phone if you have a skype phone? Other than that I need a miracle.
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Thu Mar 5 '09 6:08:13 pm
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GoldenGirl2
Millicent Moritz
Santa Clara, California
USA
Plays: Guitar (15 years)
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Hi Joe,
Dweezel Zappa gave you and Yngwie a tribute by inserting your names in the song Billy the Mountain or was it A Mountain Named Billy? Anyway, it was a super concert last night at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz. It warmed my heart to see/hear my Steve laughing so hard he almost fell out of his seat! Man, the vibe in the place was so warm--great music with 8 other musicians on stage with Dweezel! The highlight was the Billy the Mountain song--30 minutes long and so humorously done!
GoldenGirl2
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Thu Mar 5 '09 6:36:48 pm
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Randell Mulligan
Dublin, CA
USA
Plays: Guitar (50 years)
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Mark Laloo: Steven is doing good despite having the flu for a few weeks. He's maintaining very well. JOE: Chickenfoot! Yea baby! DCK : Hey Bud, let us know how many more "Entries" you need to make the T2J3 album. More than 6? Can people who have an entry already in send a "Cover" in as well? Thanks.
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Thu Mar 5 '09 8:02:39 pm
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craig
North Lambton/Newcastle, NSW
Australia
Plays: Guitar (54 years)
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Michelle:- Excellent news about your sister.Love and good vibes still being sent to you and yours from this end. C'MON AUSSIE!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thu Mar 5 '09 11:22:47 pm
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loren rosenberg
glenview, Illinois
U.S.A.
Plays: Guitar (38 years)
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hey everyone just popped in to say hi. just moved again! no...im still in the states thank god. renting a house for 6 months. then i sure as hell hope i have a job by then or i am screwed. \
JOE- Can't wait to see you over the summer
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Thu Mar 5 '09 11:47:04 pm
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....hey lorine, i seen you well,i caught you checking me out yesterday hmmmm.their,s wolf2 just let me watch him oh what i would like him to do to me! this guy is so cool yeah you number 1 rebel in the world you crazy nut! believe it or not i do have schizophrenia except im fit,within goverment tolaerances i ha the best assessment of almost the last 10,000 people sent 6 yeatrs ago and i have a 15% dillusion disorder but it,s like their,s absolutely nothing wrong with you hunney thats right thats what fit is! like a passessed asessment i am disabled hey like thats what i get dissabilty for and i do have a micro chip in my sclap that assist me with movemnet from the schizophrenia i dont take no medicne for the dillusion thing and plus schizophrenia has dillusion,s of it,s own hey babe but yeah i do alright it doesnot effect me now made myself healtheir and above the schizophrenia that only took 5 year`s more coffee and vitamin later wolf2 8 ,o clock am 7 milligrams risperdal 5 o,clock pm another 4 milligrams risperdal yep your,s later wolf2.
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