sattelite (sp?) strumming question

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sattelite (sp?) strumming question

Unread post by thejoe » Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:55 pm

the main riff is played with kind of a strumming motion kinda like the stone on Listener supported right?
it sounds that way on luther college... i can hear a lot of muted strings being played
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Unread post by The Man of The Hour » Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:37 am

It's all equal timed downstrokes, and just muting the strings not being played

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Unread post by Jay » Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:57 am

he mutes on satellite? arrrggggg i thought he just pics notes..... :cry:
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Unread post by Mich1584 » Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:03 am

im pretty sure its actually alternate picking

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Unread post by Corona5k1635 » Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:14 am

No its not..watch Farm Aid 2001 .he plays satellite and is "strumming" hitting the notes on "equally timed downstrokes"


he could play it really well though and just hit the notes..but he still does it with the downstrokes

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Unread post by The Man of The Hour » Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:24 am

Of course, by muting I meant with the left hand, not the strumming hand :)

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Unread post by DMBFan63 » Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:58 am

I just watched satillite, farm aid, and I see picking motions.. cause he moves his hand down and up, like he'd picking each string..

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Unread post by thejoe » Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:03 pm

The Man of The Hour wrote:It's all equal timed downstrokes, and just muting the strings not being played
thats exactly what i was thinking...i was playing it the other day and i tought it to my cousin and realized how much easier it is to just sort of strum wildly and just mute... though it takes A LOT of practice
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Unread post by The Man of The Hour » Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:14 pm

Though, of the video's I have seen (Storytellers), Dave is just doing downstrokes, I still do picking just because it is so much easier, and once you get the hang of it, faster.

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Unread post by firedancer86 » Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:17 pm

I don't care what strokes Dave plays...I go

d d u d u d u d u d u d-->repeat...works fine for me on SATELLITE
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Unread post by fatjack » Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:42 pm

crash_in_to_me wrote:
The Man of The Hour wrote:It's all equal timed downstrokes, and just muting the strings not being played
thats exactly what i was thinking...i was playing it the other day and i tought it to my cousin and realized how much easier it is to just sort of strum wildly and just mute... though it takes A LOT of practice
finally... somebody's got the idea. this, people, is how to play the stone as well.
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Unread post by thejoe » Fri Jun 27, 2003 8:24 pm

fatjack wrote:
crash_in_to_me wrote:
The Man of The Hour wrote:It's all equal timed downstrokes, and just muting the strings not being played
thats exactly what i was thinking...i was playing it the other day and i tought it to my cousin and realized how much easier it is to just sort of strum wildly and just mute... though it takes A LOT of practice
finally... somebody's got the idea. this, people, is how to play the stone as well.
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Unread post by thejoe » Fri Jun 27, 2003 10:37 pm

yeah.. the stone sounds sooooo much better when ya just strum the thing
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Unread post by mattm » Sat Jun 28, 2003 7:07 am

anyone care to tab out exactly how (which fingers) dave mutes with when strum-picking Stone, Satellite, Warehouse or other relevent song? i have the general concept, but how in the hell do you make it sound so smooth. i can pick the stone just fine using alternate picks, but the strum/mute thing sounds really hard, particularly when muting strings above the played string (like muting the E and A strings on Stone. how?

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Unread post by fatjack » Sat Jun 28, 2003 9:16 am

thats just too much trouble man. a lot of people have been asking questions around here about muting specific strings and what not, thats just not worth it. if you learn every song by trying to mute exactly the right strings at a specific time, then the song would be impossible to play because you'd be in the mindset of "i have to play it this way". i've seen so many beginner guitarist with sheets of tabbed songs that have upstroaks, downstroaks and muting written out. when they play these songs, they have no feeling or rythme to it. you have to just try it. no one can show you exactly how to do it (especially over the internet). just try many different things and practice, practice, practice!
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