dave's fingerings on grey st, billies...

StickyMU · Unread post by **StickyMU** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 2:58 pm

i would definitely recomend learning the dave way for tripping billies cause it puts your fingers in better position for the verse. as for grey street, i am just now learning that and can't seem to get it down. i am really having trouble with muting to just two strings on that one....maybe because it doesn't progress the same way billies does?

Jay · Unread post by **Jay** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 3:35 pm

ok i relearned grey street but i am having rouble muting the D string with the new fingering...more practice....sigh....

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 3:48 pm

i agree, i thought a lot of people did it "the dave way." I've actually never thought about playing it with just the index finger and one of the other two, it doesnt seem easy to me. Isn't that a lot more work? Before i heard about this site i did it dave way. I didnt think about it much. i just did it. You should do billies intro like that one guy said. its much more efficient from my perspective.

why does dave use those chords so much? like A LOT.

manjingo · Unread post by **manjingo** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:11 pm

Roastbeef wrote:
Code: Select all
e:--
B:--
G:-6 <--Middle
D:-0
A:-x
E:-5 <--Pinky

This would be very hard to play.

Jay · Unread post by **Jay** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:12 pm

manjingo wrote:
Roastbeef wrote:
Code: Select all
e:--
B:--
G:-6 <--Middle
D:-0
A:-x
E:-5 <--Pinky
This would be very hard to play.

i was thinking that too lol

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:14 pm

it doesn't hurt to learn the way he plays those chords in the billies beginning (not nature intro---the Grey St. chords...) changing from "indexand middle", to "ring and pinky"...it puts you in position for many more chord possibilities...the more ways to play something you know, the more original and cool you can get another song to sound

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:18 pm

do the tabs on this site tell you to mute the d-string? why? both the songs are in D, just let the d string ring out

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 5:58 pm

slightly off topic, but does anyone know the little licks that timmy does in the pauses between chords. i think a lot of you know what im taking about...

Roastbeef · Unread post by **Roastbeef** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 6:02 pm

manjingo wrote:
Roastbeef wrote:
Code: Select all
e:--
B:--
G:-6 <--Middle
D:-0
A:-x
E:-5 <--Pinky
This would be very hard to play.

Ha! You're right. Sorry I meant this:

Code: Select all

e:--
B:--
G:-6 <--Pinky
D:-0
A:-x
E:-5 <--Middle

Jay · Unread post by **Jay** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:02 pm

this new grey street hurts if you play the whole song....ow....

Roastbeef · Unread post by **Roastbeef** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:25 pm

Practice, my friend. Practice. It gets easier. I can run through this song for hours and it doesn't hurt. It almost becomes intuitive and it's a really fluid change once you get it down. It looks cool too. 8)

Did you listen to my MP3?

transamten94 · Unread post by **transamten94** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:50 pm

god my left hand for fingering is pretty damn good considering that I've only been trying to teach myself for like 6 months I think I got the fingering down but I am so damn rythemless It drives me nuts anyone have any suggestions for me to get my right hand going other than just the boring up and down stuming that I cant get away from. I just need some more soul in my playing style and I dont know if that can be learned or if it is just talent :oops:

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 3:02 pm

just trap the string with your left hand, and play some withthe right...nothing will teach you but practice...I have found that my hand is alway going with the beats...I just pick and choose when I want the guitar to make a noise or not ny trapping, muting, palm mutine, stuttered chops...just keep your hand moving...i.e. John Mayer on Neon...he keep the same motion, but just picks out what he wants you to hear...tapping your foot might help...do whatever it take, because you can know all the chords and be the most talented in the left hand, but without rythm, you will be lost without a drummer... 8)

peace,
fire

i-am-me · Unread post by **i-am-me** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 10:18 pm

Jay wrote:this new grey street hurts if you play the whole song....ow....

Jay no worries. It gets really easy. I picked it up very quickly, and it sounds really good too. Just practice a crap load and it'll get htere.

Jay · Unread post by **Jay** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 10:45 pm

i'm close now...it's frustrating cause i wanna go back to the "old" away because it sounds so much better....but i think this way will be better in the long run, it's more punchy and the rhythm is a lot stronger...and i can tell it's building my pinky strength cause it hurts!! :shock:

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