Rapunzel help

[TSilk]

On the part where it goes:

"I'll think the world of you..."

E:----------------
B:----------------
G:-7----7-----7---
D:-x---------(5)--
A:-5----x-----x---
E:------6----/8---

(3)

I can not for the life of me figure out the strumming pattern or when to change chords and I feel like a tard because I'm sure it's very easy, I have the rest of the song down except for this part. I even tried listening to the D&T Rapunzel but I still can't hear the changes. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[dmbguitar718]

1 2 3 change 2 3 change 2 3

It's in 3/4

[taparoo]

You're probably making it way harder than it really is. It's very simple. You can hear Carter accent where you need to change most of the time. That part is in 6/8, so just count 6 beats (eighth notes) per chord.

1 2 3 4 5 6 (change), 1 2 3 4 5 6 (change), etc.

You can hear the 1 and 4 accented by Carter.

[dmbguitar718]

i have always sucked at distinguishing meters. i can recognize the beats and accents etc, but distinguishing it from 3/4 and 6/8 just doesn't seem to work for me remind me again (for like the 20th time in my life) what i'm missing?

love,
pat

[jsgksu]

Try fretting the frowny face with your middle finger, might make it a little easier.

[taparoo]

i have always sucked at distinguishing meters. i can recognize the beats and accents etc, but distinguishing it from 3/4 and 6/8 just doesn't seem to work for me remind me again (for like the 20th time in my life) what i'm missing?

love,
pat

You could count it in 3/4, but you can hear how 6/8 just fits better. It just feels better. In 6/8 you're counting 1 2 3 4 5 6, emphasizing the 1 and 4 in this case (1 2 3 4 5 6, might help you to think of it like that). You can think of the counting as being in 2/4 with each downbeat being an eighth note triplet (1 uh let 2 uh let), that'll give you the same feel as 6/8. Does your brain hurt yet?

[dmbguitar718]

that actually works. thanks taparoo. what's your real name by the way?

[taparoo]

that actually works. thanks taparoo. what's your real name by the way?

no problem. My name's Travis.

[taparoo]

Here's some audio of me playing the chorus, first exaggerating the counting (1 2 3 4 5 6 etc.), then the way Dave would play it. Hope this helps. (just click on lo or hifi to play it, you don't have to dl the mp3)

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemus ... dID=583699

[dmbguitar718]

that actually works. thanks taparoo. what's your real name by the way?

no problem. My name's Travis.

Cool. I always feel weird addressing people online by their screennames.

[TSilk]

thanks for all of the pointers guys, I was making a mountain out of a mole hill

[Evan]

Taparoo I just listened to your soundclick page, that little solo over Bartender is pretty cool. Its nice and simple and just really works, I really liked it.

Under your LIOG recording it says recorded with logitech mic and Audacity. Is Audacity a program cuz I've been looking for a decent program to just record some songs with and mess around a bit and I have no clue which ones are good. Can you help me out?

Thanks.

[MakoMako]

Taparoo I just listened to your soundclick page, that little solo over Bartender is pretty cool. Its nice and simple and just really works, I really liked it.

Under your LIOG recording it says recorded with logitech mic and Audacity. Is Audacity a program cuz I've been looking for a decent program to just record some songs with and mess around a bit and I have no clue which ones are good. Can you help me out?

Thanks.

This is about the only thing in this topic I could actually help with.

Audacity is a recording software. Its completely free and its fairly decent considering. Some bigger name ones are Cakewalk SONAR and Cool Edit Pro (Adobe Audition now if I recall). But you've got to normally shell out some money for those.

[Evan]

thanks man, appreciate it.