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CPTino3001 · Unread post by **CPTino3001** » Wed Jan 01, 2003 6:03 pm

Is the pattern up/down during The Stones verse thw whole time?

The Man of The Hour · Unread post by **The Man of The Hour** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 4:30 am

As i see on one of Dave's solo live performances, he is indeed strumming throughout the whole song. It's all about string muting. I still can't play it like Dave does.

waffle_house_jam · Unread post by **waffle_house_jam** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 9:48 am

yes, its constant up/down strumming. id actually mute all the strings and practice the strumming without actually worrying about which strings you're hitting. then slowly work in the different notes. dont give up, its actually a very easy song once you get the muting down.

514ce · Unread post by **514ce** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:36 am

Hey im a newbie here and I wanted to give a little insight on this one. I have seen Dave do it with constant strumming and I cant do it cleanly either. The way he mutes the strings is phenomenal. I hit the strings specific when I play it and it sounds pretty good but I dont know if I will ever be able to mute the strings the way that he does though. Take it Easy !

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CPTino3001 · Unread post by **CPTino3001** » Thu Jan 02, 2003 9:57 pm

I can pick it out with no porb, it just doesn't sound right....are you using you third finger to mute in the video?

Unread post by **jkanter** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 12:45 am

CPTino3001 wrote:I can pick it out with no porb, it just doesn't sound right....are you using you third finger to mute in the video?

Yes....Dave usually(I believe) keeps his 3rd finger up like that to mute all strings that aren't being fretted. Any strings that are fretted will be lowered and therefore not muted. I didn't actually play it like that because Dave did, I just kinda did it and realized htat's what Dave did. It's not easy to do that 3rd finger up but it could help if you can....peace

jebro · Unread post by **jebro** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 1:57 am

can anyone give any more specific tips on this song?? im trying to learn it as well. is he just strumming and muting? i just thought he was picking each string individually, just really fast. thanks.

Levi · Unread post by **Levi** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 4:10 am

There have been many posts about how Dave plays this song, and all the other threads said that he was picking..... This one says he's strumming and muting....

Anyways, I find it much easier to pick it.

waffle_house_jam · Unread post by **waffle_house_jam** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 12:13 pm

picking? it sounds totally wrong that way, or at least it does when i try to. i guess what you really do is a blending of the two. you have to have the constant movement of strumming, but a tiny bit more accuracy.

keystone · Unread post by **keystone** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 6:15 pm

I downloaded a video from a radio station off of Kazza and he picks this song on there. He is just amazingly fast with his picking and it will take tons of practice to get this down for me at least. Anyway just thought I'd let you know because I would chose to pick it anyway cause there is no way in hell I could mute those strings like some say he does in LS or on a DVD. I will be practicing this song for a long itme...Later.

Ok I just watched the video after I posted this..He begins by picking for a few minutes and then break out into the strumming for the rest of the song. Damnit i don't know how long it willt ake me to get this. Ha. Later

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Sun Jan 05, 2003 11:50 pm

I can play this song almost perfectly and I can guarantee that when he is playing single notes he is picking, you have to pick up and down on the same string to get it to be as fast and sound right, he only strums the verse when he plays the 31x3xx part and thats it, trust me

CPTino3001 · Unread post by **CPTino3001** » Mon Jan 06, 2003 3:14 pm

I have the same videp, it looks to me like hes sloppily picking/precision strumming....i know...but i think you still need to mute with the ring finger

madtadder · Unread post by **madtadder** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:18 pm

jsgksu wrote:I can play this song almost perfectly and I can guarantee that when he is playing single notes he is picking, you have to pick up and down on the same string to get it to be as fast and sound right, he only strums the verse when he plays the 31x3xx part and thats it, trust me

he is most definitely not picking. if you watch the video from charlie rose, you can see he's doing all down strums, except for the double 5 part when he does a down-up-down-up strum. download the video if you don't believe me.

gravedigger · Unread post by **gravedigger** » Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:39 pm

madtadder wrote: he is most definitely not picking. if you watch the video from charlie rose, you can see he's doing all down strums, except for the double 5 part when he does a down-up-down-up strum. download the video if you don't believe me.

I agree here. He's strumming for sure, he's just strumming single notes :shock:

and muting the rest.

madtadder · Unread post by **madtadder** » Wed Jan 08, 2003 1:43 am

gravedigger wrote:
madtadder wrote: he is most definitely not picking. if you watch the video from charlie rose, you can see he's doing all down strums, except for the double 5 part when he does a down-up-down-up strum. download the video if you don't believe me.
I agree here. He's strumming for sure, he's just strumming single notes and muting the rest.

yep, quite the geetarist that dave matthews is.

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