Always loved Furry - he sings it ... arrested me for forgery and I can't even sign my name. I don't think Furry ever got his due compared to some others but anyway that is a beautiful rendition.
Could you look at this sometime and tell me if this 1st break is close to resembling what you're playing. You didn't teach it and you play it so fast that even slowed down its difficult to be sure. Obviously it's not close to speed but I've been hoping to get it to a passable musical point. I'll get to the intro but this break is so cool (at least when youre playing it) that I wanted to try and learn it or something close.
Hey Kip, killer job of figuring this out! Since you did such a great job on your own with the rest of this I'll point one little thing out. The timing of the last couple of phrases of the solo was just a bit early (but it still worked!). The reason for this is that there is a note or two missing. After the bluesey lick that happens over the C chord at around 17 seconds, the line goes all the way down to the G note on the 3rd fret of the 6th string. I think if you get all the way down to that G, everything will come out evenly afterward. Good luck!
Ha! Singing is good news for all of us! One issue here: the first note of the intro isn't being played on the downbeat. Rather than starting with strumming try counting 1, 2, 3, 4 out loud and when you get back to the next "1" that's when you play the first note. Try it again with that in mind.
Thanks Chris for doing this. Very cool. I'm kind of disappointed in myself for not being able to figure the intro out on my own but I'm not too good at that sort of thing yet. Maybe someday ... just like improvisation ... maybe some day when the fretboard makes more sense to me.
James I hope I live long enough to be able to play half that good - awesome. Very nice performance and your guitar sounds great. I have no idea if it's right wrong or otherwise - all I know is that is some great pickin'.
I have a huge smile of happiness on my face ... thank you ... I have become such a big Norman Blake fan over the past year or however long I've been on here and this tune really stands out for me. You have opened up a whole new musical world for me and I really appreciate it. I'm looking forward to learning the tune.
Am I on the right track with this lesson? I isolated the part you taught and played it back to back 3 times. I'm having some trouble keeping time with the rest stops through the C chord but I think it will come wih repetition and I become more comfortable doing that. The whole thing seems to be one big timing issue for me. With the eclipse closing in ... I may not have much time to master this. LOL
Hi Kip, most of these sound good! The only sweep on the C chord that doesn't come out right is the first one. I'd just keep practicing it. Also, make sure that when the time comes to play the song that you don't forget the quick 1 - 5 - 1 at the end of the sections.
Over this past week I've been exploring these movable triad chords up and down the neck G - A - D and so on. I've been putting it off for a long time and I'm having a heck of hard time making my fingers quickly do what is necessary. Like everything I do, that is new, it never comes easy. At this point I find it easier to learn cool licks like the one you just taught You make it look easy and other people who demonstrate lessons on these little triad chords combinations make it look easy but it isn't easy. I feel like if or when I become more proficient with these triads the guitar will open up for me. I guess I'm talking plateus again for no apparent reason other than motivational purposes.
Thanks Chris - I've been playing along with you for the last several weeks and kind of figured out along the way what you pointed out regarding the song structue and double B sections. Looking back, I think I was trying to show you that I had learned the way you played it on your intro to the song (very 1st video), as well as the parts you taught later and so ended up throwing it all in one big pot and served it up without giving any regards to the song structure. I do understand. As for added beats ... missing beats ... that's sounds like me : )
I really should have waited until you got back as opposed to sending it when I did. I lost track of your Tour committments. Anway ... I'm I feel like I'mbetter than I was 2 weeks ago but you'll have to trust me because I'm way into "On and On" and trying to nail the break after the 1st verse and chorus. Killer.
I apologize in advance if there ia a lack of video/audio quality .. I can't seem to get the hang of that either. Hopefully you can see and hear this well enough to tell me what needs work and where I'm at. Thanks for looking, oh and I took some of the stuff from your intro and threw it in with the lesson because I liked that thing you were doing but it all sounds a little choppy to me, I need to work on smoothing things out, among other stuff. : ) (glad there is an edit function too)
Hey Kip, great work on learning all of this! There are indeed a few spots where some beats get added/dropped. Other than that it's sounding good! Here are the spots:
0:14 - This sounds to me like it was just a hesitation/mulligan
0:18-20 - Right here, on the low strings, it departs from what I played a bit, which in and of itself is fine, but there is a little time that is getting added too which throws off the structure of the tune.
0:32 - One beat is being dropped right here.
0:46 - Everything leading up to this moment is good, but it sounds like you are playing is a second B section because you are heading in for a landing on the G chord, but since structuarally in the tune you are only on the first B section it should be looping around to the second B section, which starts on a C chord. Does that make sense? In other words, the endings to the 1st and second B sections are not interchangable because they are heading to different places, but it sounds like you're playing a second B (which ends on G) in the place of a first B (which ends of C). Also, there is an extra B section that is getting played at the end. Try playing rhythm guitar along with the recording, keeping track of the form and see if you can notice where it comes off the rails.
Aside from these structural issues the guitar playing is always sounding better, which is awesome!
You're right - it helps with the flow, musicality and speed especily when you don't have to think about it. In my particular case here - I was having trouble because I was playing that F- like 3 note cross pick starting with a downstroke ... which essentially made the following hammer on's start with up strokes and it didn't feel right. I have that straightened out The Scruggs deal is way cool but I've only scratched the surface with that.
Pick direction is weird for me somehow on this ... until now it seems to have come fairly natural ... I'm not even talking about the Scruggs roll yet ... I'm talking about the double stop hammer on's prior to it. Maybe its me ... I'm gonna watch again. Thx for being super detailed on this lesson ... its very helpful.
Yeah, I think it matters more on this lesson than some others, although I think that the principle is always important. You really want to cultivate the sense of that machine/mechanism working behind the scenes in your arm, almost like your pick direction is a pendulum keeping time for you.
You're right - it helps with the flow, musicality and speed especily when you don't have to think about it. In my particular case here - I was having trouble because I was playing that F- like 3 note cross pick starting with a downstroke ... which essentially made the following hammer on's start with up strokes and it didn't feel right. I have that straightened out The Scruggs deal is way cool but I've only scratched the surface with that.
That's a really cool tune and the usual eyepoppin' pickin' but ya'll are gonna have to activate the ability to "Loop" and "Slow" down on this lesson or I'm gonna have to stick with the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star intro : )
A challenging lesson for me but fun ... I've kind of made it to the part where the G7 is altered by one less 16th note because it makes it sound different and thus interesting ... not made it in the sense that it sounds musical to me but kind of an informal progress report without the video ... with my track record of missing beats and added beats I could be there awhile LOL ... but nothing ventured nothing gained.
Thanks Chris for the encouragement ... I have to make up for years of strumming and bumbling around but I do work at it when I can and really enjoy your lessons. I can't thank you enough and would really dig another Norman Blake tune some time like maybe a version of Ginseng Sullivan : )
Hi Chris - I've been working on Cherokee Shuffle and wanted to check in with what I have so far so I don't get too far out of line before you get to a point where you may wrap it up. I've modeled parts of it the way you played it in the very first lesson when you introduced the tune. I'm having trouble with what I regard as one of the coolest parts of the tune in the B section and I tell you what I mean in my video. The tune is really fun to play as is most everything you show us. As always ... thank you so much for all of your help and I'm so happy this site exists and you're part of it.
Kip, man, you sound great! Seriously, I love how much of this stuff you've learned and how quick and fluent you've gotten. It's really awesome!
Re: that part in the B section: it is much easier for me to do a big stretch like that if I open up between my index and middle fingers. I have an easier time splitting those two knuckles, vs splitting the ring and pinky fingers. So you might try using, index, middle and pinky for that big stretch/chord.
Thanks Chris for the encouragement ... I have to make up for years of strumming and bumbling around but I do work at it when I can and really enjoy your lessons. I can't thank you enough and would really dig another Norman Blake tune some time like maybe a version of Ginseng Sullivan : )
Jay - cool picking and singing!
Always loved Furry - he sings it ... arrested me for forgery and I can't even sign my name. I don't think Furry ever got his due compared to some others but anyway that is a beautiful rendition.
Yes he was one the greatest ever.
Chris -
Could you look at this sometime and tell me if this 1st break is close to resembling what you're playing. You didn't teach it and you play it so fast that even slowed down its difficult to be sure. Obviously it's not close to speed but I've been hoping to get it to a passable musical point. I'll get to the intro but this break is so cool (at least when youre playing it) that I wanted to try and learn it or something close.
Hey Kip, killer job of figuring this out! Since you did such a great job on your own with the rest of this I'll point one little thing out. The timing of the last couple of phrases of the solo was just a bit early (but it still worked!). The reason for this is that there is a note or two missing. After the bluesey lick that happens over the C chord at around 17 seconds, the line goes all the way down to the G note on the 3rd fret of the 6th string. I think if you get all the way down to that G, everything will come out evenly afterward. Good luck!
17:53 approximate ... Words to live by. What a relief.
Sweet ... I figured I'd get the timing issue out of the way early on this time ... with the very 1st note to be precise.
Just kidding. I'm on a mission.
Thank you!
While watching football I decided to record this ... probably not there yet but I'll keep working on it.
If I can Iearn a break for this I might be tempted to sing it which is good news for rme and bad news for you : )
Ha! Singing is good news for all of us! One issue here: the first note of the intro isn't being played on the downbeat. Rather than starting with strumming try counting 1, 2, 3, 4 out loud and when you get back to the next "1" that's when you play the first note. Try it again with that in mind.
Sweet ... I figured I'd get the timing issue out of the way early on this time ... with the very 1st note to be precise.
Just kidding. I'm on a mission.
Thank you!
Thanks Chris for doing this. Very cool. I'm kind of disappointed in myself for not being able to figure the intro out on my own but I'm not too good at that sort of thing yet. Maybe someday ... just like improvisation ... maybe some day when the fretboard makes more sense to me.
James I hope I live long enough to be able to play half that good - awesome. Very nice performance and your guitar sounds great. I have no idea if it's right wrong or otherwise - all I know is that is some great pickin'.
I have a huge smile of happiness on my face ... thank you ... I have become such a big Norman Blake fan over the past year or however long I've been on here and this tune really stands out for me. You have opened up a whole new musical world for me and I really appreciate it. I'm looking forward to learning the tune.
Oh yea ... big fan of you and Julian also. : )
I second this 100%
Am I on the right track with this lesson? I isolated the part you taught and played it back to back 3 times. I'm having some trouble keeping time with the rest stops through the C chord but I think it will come wih repetition and I become more comfortable doing that. The whole thing seems to be one big timing issue for me. With the eclipse closing in ... I may not have much time to master this. LOL
Hi Kip, most of these sound good! The only sweep on the C chord that doesn't come out right is the first one. I'd just keep practicing it. Also, make sure that when the time comes to play the song that you don't forget the quick 1 - 5 - 1 at the end of the sections.
Cheers,
C
Over this past week I've been exploring these movable triad chords up and down the neck G - A - D and so on. I've been putting it off for a long time and I'm having a heck of hard time making my fingers quickly do what is necessary. Like everything I do, that is new, it never comes easy. At this point I find it easier to learn cool licks like the one you just taught You make it look easy and other people who demonstrate lessons on these little triad chords combinations make it look easy but it isn't easy. I feel like if or when I become more proficient with these triads the guitar will open up for me. I guess I'm talking plateus again for no apparent reason other than motivational purposes.
Cool rhythm lessons though.
Thanks Chris - I've been playing along with you for the last several weeks and kind of figured out along the way what you pointed out regarding the song structue and double B sections. Looking back, I think I was trying to show you that I had learned the way you played it on your intro to the song (very 1st video), as well as the parts you taught later and so ended up throwing it all in one big pot and served it up without giving any regards to the song structure. I do understand. As for added beats ... missing beats ... that's sounds like me : )
I really should have waited until you got back as opposed to sending it when I did. I lost track of your Tour committments. Anway ... I'm I feel like I'mbetter than I was 2 weeks ago but you'll have to trust me because I'm way into "On and On" and trying to nail the break after the 1st verse and chorus. Killer.
Thanks again!
I apologize in advance if there ia a lack of video/audio quality .. I can't seem to get the hang of that either. Hopefully you can see and hear this well enough to tell me what needs work and where I'm at. Thanks for looking, oh and I took some of the stuff from your intro and threw it in with the lesson because I liked that thing you were doing but it all sounds a little choppy to me, I need to work on smoothing things out, among other stuff. : ) (glad there is an edit function too)
Hey Kip, great work on learning all of this! There are indeed a few spots where some beats get added/dropped. Other than that it's sounding good! Here are the spots:
0:14 - This sounds to me like it was just a hesitation/mulligan
0:18-20 - Right here, on the low strings, it departs from what I played a bit, which in and of itself is fine, but there is a little time that is getting added too which throws off the structure of the tune.
0:32 - One beat is being dropped right here.
0:46 - Everything leading up to this moment is good, but it sounds like you are playing is a second B section because you are heading in for a landing on the G chord, but since structuarally in the tune you are only on the first B section it should be looping around to the second B section, which starts on a C chord. Does that make sense? In other words, the endings to the 1st and second B sections are not interchangable because they are heading to different places, but it sounds like you're playing a second B (which ends on G) in the place of a first B (which ends of C). Also, there is an extra B section that is getting played at the end. Try playing rhythm guitar along with the recording, keeping track of the form and see if you can notice where it comes off the rails.
Aside from these structural issues the guitar playing is always sounding better, which is awesome!
Cheers,
Chris
You're right - it helps with the flow, musicality and speed especily when you don't have to think about it. In my particular case here - I was having trouble because I was playing that F- like 3 note cross pick starting with a downstroke ... which essentially made the following hammer on's start with up strokes and it didn't feel right. I have that straightened out The Scruggs deal is way cool but I've only scratched the surface with that.
Pick direction is weird for me somehow on this ... until now it seems to have come fairly natural ... I'm not even talking about the Scruggs roll yet ... I'm talking about the double stop hammer on's prior to it. Maybe its me ... I'm gonna watch again. Thx for being super detailed on this lesson ... its very helpful.
Yeah, I think it matters more on this lesson than some others, although I think that the principle is always important. You really want to cultivate the sense of that machine/mechanism working behind the scenes in your arm, almost like your pick direction is a pendulum keeping time for you.
You're right - it helps with the flow, musicality and speed especily when you don't have to think about it. In my particular case here - I was having trouble because I was playing that F- like 3 note cross pick starting with a downstroke ... which essentially made the following hammer on's start with up strokes and it didn't feel right. I have that straightened out The Scruggs deal is way cool but I've only scratched the surface with that.
That's a really cool tune and the usual eyepoppin' pickin' but ya'll are gonna have to activate the ability to "Loop" and "Slow" down on this lesson or I'm gonna have to stick with the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star intro : )
A challenging lesson for me but fun ... I've kind of made it to the part where the G7 is altered by one less 16th note because it makes it sound different and thus interesting ... not made it in the sense that it sounds musical to me but kind of an informal progress report without the video ... with my track record of missing beats and added beats I could be there awhile LOL ... but nothing ventured nothing gained.
Haha! You'll get it, I have no doubts!
Thanks Chris for the encouragement ... I have to make up for years of strumming and bumbling around but I do work at it when I can and really enjoy your lessons. I can't thank you enough and would really dig another Norman Blake tune some time like maybe a version of Ginseng Sullivan : )
Hi Chris - I've been working on Cherokee Shuffle and wanted to check in with what I have so far so I don't get too far out of line before you get to a point where you may wrap it up. I've modeled parts of it the way you played it in the very first lesson when you introduced the tune. I'm having trouble with what I regard as one of the coolest parts of the tune in the B section and I tell you what I mean in my video. The tune is really fun to play as is most everything you show us. As always ... thank you so much for all of your help and I'm so happy this site exists and you're part of it.
Kip
Kip, man, you sound great! Seriously, I love how much of this stuff you've learned and how quick and fluent you've gotten. It's really awesome!
Re: that part in the B section: it is much easier for me to do a big stretch like that if I open up between my index and middle fingers. I have an easier time splitting those two knuckles, vs splitting the ring and pinky fingers. So you might try using, index, middle and pinky for that big stretch/chord.
Cheers!
Chris
Thanks Chris for the encouragement ... I have to make up for years of strumming and bumbling around but I do work at it when I can and really enjoy your lessons. I can't thank you enough and would really dig another Norman Blake tune some time like maybe a version of Ginseng Sullivan : )
Ginseng Sullivan - noted!
:-)
Cool lesson
FYI - a super spread in Fretboard Journal on Chris and Julian Lage.
Thanks Kip!