Picasso's Muse

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Loving the guitar 1 year ago

Tonight I rocked out (in my head) while playing Three Little Birds, Wild Thing and Eleanor Rigby. Well actually I didn’t really rock out with the last song – more like a melancholy sort of sway. I’m really enjoying these lessons. I’m going to miss next week though because I’m going to a concert but I have checked with the tutor and the next note is G. I already know G! But we picked up so many handy little tips like how to play the notes in the start of Three Little Birds so I hope I don’t miss too much. I have dents in my fingers which will ease as they get tougher. Not too big a sacrifice.

Oct 18, 2007, 12:24AM PDT | 7 cheers


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littleruby is smiling :)

nice!

my (old) flatmate is in a band and he used to get really calloused fingers from playing!

that was from years of playing tho!

x

Oct 18, 2007, 02:25AM PDT | Respond to this

energy

guitar

I’m so happy that you went out and started lessons!

Oct 18, 2007, 11:13AM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

Cynonymous

Hey, wow!

When Ira gets back he is gonna be so impressed with you! :)

Oct 20, 2007, 08:57PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Picasso's Muse

I tried

to play She Wore Orange today. But there’s clearly some chords I still need to learn! I wish Ira would hurry up and come back so he can tell me the chords:)

Oct 21, 2007, 02:26AM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

Cynonymous

She Wore Orange

Yeah, you gotta play that! Want me to get the chords for you? I just made him some sweet stuff to send in the mail, so he should be feeling all buttered up soon. :)

Oct 21, 2007, 05:20PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Picasso's Muse

Yes please!

That would be fantastic! I think there’s a C and an A7 in there. How wrong am I??

Oct 22, 2007, 01:30AM PDT | Respond to this

Picasso's Muse

PS

Can you tell Ira to join Facebook so I can poke him, write on his wall and send him a hatching gift. I miss that crazy cat.

Oct 22, 2007, 01:44AM PDT | Respond to this

Cynonymous

Oh, he sent them yesterday so I'd better post them!

Message to PM from Ira:

She wore orange
because to forage
in the forest of love
puts her at risk of being shot by hunters

C E7A7 A7
Ab7 G7
C G7C E7A7 A7
Ab7 G7
C GC GC G
Cadd6/Cadd13

That’s as best as I can make it out! Yeah I know, it’s my own song. :) If I were organised, I’d have it written down. If I were a better musician, I’d be more confident about identifying chords by ear. Anyway, this is what I can make out. Should be if not absolutely accurate, close enough :)

Last chord I think is Cadd6/Cadd13 (not sure what it should be called.) I remember playing it on the 8th fret – I think 8 10 10 9 10 X. It’s not an easy chord to play – at the time I remember struggling with it a bit – probably played it with ring finger played the 4th and 5th string. Which is awkward – but doable :) You can also use the thumb to cover the 6th string. Or play it X35555, but I don’t think it sounds quite the same :)

Take care PM – when I come back we’ll co-write some more! :)

Oct 24, 2007, 07:38PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

Cynonymous

hey PM

I think 43T messed the formatting up a little. I have no idea whether that matters but I’ll send it to your e-mail address, ok? Rock on! Oh, and Ira also said to tell you he wants to hear you play and sing the song! “Our song,” he said. :)

Oct 24, 2007, 07:42PM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

Picasso's Muse

Oh. My. God

Ab7????
Cadd???
I’m feeling suitably overwhelmed!!

Oct 27, 2007, 10:42PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Cynonymous

I'm his personal assistant now :D

He said “some of the 7th chords may not be 7ths – my ears are still not very good with them. The Ab7 is probably just Ab, and in a couple of places the G7 may just be G. Do what sounds right to you. Let me know if you need anything clarified – and sorry about the confusion and constant revision! I’m still learning too :)”

Good luck! And hey, you’ve already made it a hell of a lot farther than I did! That’s me speaking, by the way – Cyn :)

Oct 28, 2007, 09:17PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this 1 cheer

Picasso's Muse

Hmmmm

Hang on, he’s the one who’s meant to be getting a new job not you!!

Taking away the odd number 7 doesn’t help at this stage. I think I might consider it a “one day” goal!!

I want to learn to play Monkey’s Gone to Heaven by the Pixies too. And Smells Like Teen Spirit. Maybe as part of your PA duties you could go and work those chords out for me. If your boss lets you:)

Oct 29, 2007, 12:35AM PDT | Respond to this 1 cheer

Cynonymous

p.s.

Message from Ira this morning:

Cadd6/Cadd13? I obviously hadn’t had enough sleep or something – It’s a simple C6 :) I was thinking of 13 because I was thinking of adding other notes. Anyway, it’s just a C6 :)

Oct 25, 2007, 04:15AM PDT | Respond to this


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