LIOG recappin

[Appfro]

i say go to another song for now and come back in 6 months. i had to do that 2 or 3 times w/ tears in heaven when i first started. had to do it a time or two w/ tripping billies. sometimes it just doesn't make sense. but if you move on instead of obsessing about one song and then come back to it, it'll give you a better perspective and you'll be more skilled when you attempt it again

[onid41]

here's a little audio that i did...i tried my best and i do all down strokes on those single notes

http://www.sendspace.com/file/wb0x7d

[dmfollower]

here's a little audio that i did...i tried my best and i do all down strokes on those single notes

http://www.sendspace.com/file/wb0x7d

Good job for sure. Sounds perfect except for this part :

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E:-2-------------------------------------
B:-3------------------1-------------------
G:-2--------2---------2--0h2--0-----------
D:-0--2--4-----4--0---2----------4--2--4--
A:----------------------------------------
E:----------------------------------------
      1  4  1  4         (1)     4  1  4

Its that 0h2--0, it sounds like your missing the hammer on. Anywho, i'm drunk and don't mean any harm. The key is practice.

[SPOTLIGHT5584]

im good with the song except for hitting those 0s....other than that i have the song down. i play that and i concentrate on about 4 other songs. thanks for the help ill look at ur video afta work

[onid41]

yeah i skip the hammer on, so what

[Hydro120]

and when we talk about angles here do u mean like angle the pick so its kinda sideways so ur not strokeing strings with the tip but more like part of the side? if that made any sense

Yes and no. It's not what they meant, but it's a good idea to angle the pick that way. It's alot easier that way because of all the muting done with your fretting hand.

What they meant is the angle of your downstroke. So you don't hit unintended strings.

[SPOTLIGHT5584]

i gotcha......i was looking up some older posts on LIOG and sum people are playing it differnetly.....hydro when u hit the 0s during the song do u mute the strings below it?

[Hydro120]

i gotcha......i was looking up some older posts on LIOG and sum people are playing it differnetly.....hydro when u hit the 0s during the song do u mute the strings below it?

During the main part of the riff:

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E: 2--2xx----------------
B: 3--3xx----------------
G: 2--2xx--------0--2--4
D: 0------4--2-----------
A: ----------------------
E: ----------------------

it's not muted. It's just the way you strum I guess. It's sort of a downward chopping motion, like if you really exagerated picking the notes. I suppose the same thing goes for the pull-off part too.

[SPOTLIGHT5584]

im not sure if u knew what i was asking....im talking about in the chorus on the 0h2 0 part.....would u hit 0 letting it ring and muting the bottom strings below it or am i just confused cuz im tryin to play the song how its tabbed on the site and every time i do the chorus it just sounds like strings i ringing too much.....and no1 really got into this but the fast jam part i would like someones insite how they do the strumming pattern?

[Hydro120]

im not sure if u knew what i was asking....im talking about in the chorus on the 0h2 0 part.....would u hit 0 letting it ring and muting the bottom strings below it or am i just confused cuz im tryin to play the song how its tabbed on the site and every time i do the chorus it just sounds like strings i ringing too much

It's pretty much the same strumming/picking pattern, except with a hammer-on in between the picks.

[Kukini]

I'm bored as fuck here on my Thanksgiving break and decided to throw something together. It's not tight by any means but it might help?

http://download.yousendit.com/0E3B006C02183B05

[charliemike]

lol i play it for atleast 2 hours outa every day lol ive only been playing guitar a year i still suck

Dude, I've been playing for 15 years and playing Dave daily for three and I still don't sound like him and never will.

He's got talent I can't even comprehend.

Here's how to save you some sanity:

Don't be like Dave. I can't stress this enough. Learn the song, figure out how YOU like it to sound and then make it your own.

You think Dave would want to go listen to someone play his songs JUST like he does? Hell no. I wouldn't. I'd want someone to take one of my songs and do something unique with it ... Which is why when Dave does covers (like All Along the Watchtower) it doesn't sound like anyone else's version.

Same can be said for Cortez, The Killer ... have you heard Neil Young's version? It's completely different.

Be true to yourself and use Dave's music as the map to your destination but figure out how you want to get there yourself.

G/L!

[charliemike]

Another tip, mute like a motherf$

Muting is your friend. It covers mistakes and is a way to add your own personality to the song.

[squish]

have you tried playing it slow? one note/chord at a time and try to get the picking and strumming down that way first then speed up? classic maneuver there man..
for the muting and hitting more strings at once you have to get your fretting hand the way dave has it, have you ever seen how he plays his favorite 2-fret apart chords? his pinky and index fret and the palm/middle/ring mute all strings not hit because they are straight up and down..his index and pinky look like upsidedown L's .. thats really the only advice i can give you on that, once i practiced getting my hand like that - took like 2-3 months to get it to be comfortable - songs like LIOG, Recently, that cool fill in Diggin A Ditch .. all come much much easier and you can hit more than one string and the mute adds a cool sound to it...
dont know if that helps im a musical novice who is decent at playin a shitload of dave songs so...i dunno...dont take any of that as rude, im tryin to help!
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[i-am-me]

lol i play it for atleast 2 hours outa every day lol ive only been playing guitar a year i still suck

Dude, I've been playing for 15 years and playing Dave daily for three and I still don't sound like him and never will.

He's got talent I can't even comprehend.

Here's how to save you some sanity:

Don't be like Dave. I can't stress this enough. Learn the song, figure out how YOU like it to sound and then make it your own.

You think Dave would want to go listen to someone play his songs JUST like he does? Hell no. I wouldn't. I'd want someone to take one of my songs and do something unique with it ... Which is why when Dave does covers (like All Along the Watchtower) it doesn't sound like anyone else's version.

Same can be said for Cortez, The Killer ... have you heard Neil Young's version? It's completely different.

Be true to yourself and use Dave's music as the map to your destination but figure out how you want to get there yourself.

G/L!

he's trying to learn how to play. if you want to become technically better and be able to progress skillwise, it's not a bad idea to learn a song the way it is. if you can play liog the way it was written, THEN you can make it your own. but don't cheat yourself out of learning a good song just because it's too hard.