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Make sure as you transition between those two chords, you hit a messy X000XX (or a X0000X, whatever you end up bashing is fine).
Hope this helps!
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I did a dep players guide to the parts
And Brightside
The problem has been getting the drummer to come in correctly on it - and ... he just can't. Very frustrating - cos it's a great song.
Brightside - I capo on the 4th fret - the intro just doesn't sound "right" - but .. close enough for rock and roll. To get "that" riff right you have to play it around 16th fret (and a semi tone down tuned guitar if you are playing along to the record).
I did play it initially the "correct" way together with that 5 fret stretch in the verse - but figured the tendonitis just wasn't worth the aggro.
Johnny B. Goode - that intro took a bit of practice - the double stop duh duh da's are repeated 3 times... once I figured that out it was easy.. and the drummer knew where to hit the snare on it... I still don't play the Chuck solo in it note for note... It's impro in Bb blues pentatonic / major third time on that one for me....
Last train to Clarksville is my fave Monkees track and I'm torn between finger picking and flat picking ... my guitar is fab but sadly my capability isn't.
Could be the upbeat tempo as I'm a crusty but if anyone has any tips to help me nail it then I'd be very happy.
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Is it the main riff or the high bit that comes in around 1:38?
I think it's as much clumsiness and lack of concentration with me and that main riff ... if I flat pick I struggle to control attack and if I finger pick I dumb the crispness of the notes with my skin damping the strings a little, although I can actually control the pace and accuracy better.
I haven't yet tried hybrid picking which I can do for some other stuff but generally I'm just a novice at most things so I guess it'll come down to putting in the practice ... like it always does.
I do feel better about the fact that it is tougher than I previously understood it to be ... maybe other folks have found it tougher too.
Any tips?
Classic cross-picking problem:
- every note on a different string
- alternate pick strokes
- three string arps mean that, every time you meet a different string, you've changed direction
The only thing that might help, as obvious as it sounds, is observing the way your pick moves: you always need to escape the plane of the strings so it actually moves in a small arc...a 'double-escape' motion.Not really my style but the technique reminded me of RHCP's Can't Stop, another one that sounds easy to play but far from it, lots of left hand muting and keeping your strumming hand relaxed and consistent.