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Originally Posted by fuddy
Yeah, good assessment from Dababy. I'll just add that, while you have a very cool motif going on, think of a song as having a beginning, middle, and end. So definitely keep your cool motif run, but at other times, I suggest that you add some other stuff for variety, like maybe Hendrix-type chords/fills or double stops, instead of single notes all the time. And maybe toward the end, build the dynamic/intensity. Also, it might sound better with the neck pickup, but that's just my opinion. Overall though, I enjoyed it!
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Oh lordy...he said it....Hendrix...
That guy is a plague on my life...lol. (Him and john mayer) I can't figure out how to get those kind of mellowy sounding doublestop chords like he does. Well, I can do them sometimes but it's like 1 out of 20 tries....
I know that once I can play more like Hendrix I will sound 800 times better, but his technique is soooo hard!! I'm just now able to get that monkey-grip on the neck and pull off my min7 chords with just my thumb and pointer finger!
But all of those Jimi Hendrix inversions and such still elude me. I've watched all the youtube lessons but i think it's something I will have to learn firsthand from a teacher.
I understand the part about the songs having a beginning middle and end but with my church I never know when the end is because songs are improvised all the time. For instance, the song that you all heard ended 2 minutes earlier last week when it was sung. The extended ending wasn't in there last week.
I think that as the song progresses I am going to play higher up on the neck. I think that will go along with the intensity of the song building up towards the end. I know I can do that because I can play most of my scales/runs in 3 places on the neck.
Thank you for the info and analysis. You're helping me become a better player!
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