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Unread post by gravesRR7 » Thu Jul 17, 2003 5:14 pm

this song is so hard. any advice on learning it? can someone post a slow clip or break it down. i can't fingerpick too well and it sounds like it should be. any help?
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Unread post by fatjack » Thu Jul 17, 2003 5:18 pm

gravesRR7 wrote:this song is so hard. any advice on learning it? can someone post a slow clip or break it down. i can't fingerpick too well and it sounds like it should be. any help?
would be kinda hard to explain over the board... he doesn't use a pick and he keeps a constant sixteenth note strum pattern with his right hand and then indivdually picks out the notes while strumming... not too easy indeed...
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Unread post by QuattroDore » Thu Jul 17, 2003 5:41 pm

There's a video of him playing this on the Carson Daly show. You can find it on Kazaa.

I downloaded it so I could learn how to play it. After seeing it, I realized there is no way in hell I'm playing it unless I devote major time to just that song. Way above my level.
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Unread post by gravesRR7 » Thu Jul 17, 2003 8:00 pm

ok, i'll dl it. its so impossible
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Unread post by fatjack » Thu Jul 17, 2003 8:02 pm

gravesRR7 wrote:ok, i'll dl it. its so impossible
i downloaded it today, and i have to say, i wasn't too impressed with the left hand on that one (the right hand was cool though)... i don't play it in drop-C, so the fingering is a little more difficult :(
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Unread post by seanbryantkbq » Thu Jul 17, 2003 8:49 pm

i learned the song yesterday. just give it a little time and it will come.
for the base notes i use my thumb. thats what it said on the tab. just give it a shot. the only real hard part is playing it and singing it at once.
still trying to do that.

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Unread post by fatjack » Thu Jul 17, 2003 10:52 pm

seanbryantkbq wrote:i learned the song yesterday. just give it a little time and it will come.
for the base notes i use my thumb. thats what it said on the tab. just give it a shot. the only real hard part is playing it and singing it at once.
still trying to do that.
its not that hard as a single lick, but playing the whole song through and keeping tempo (and not messing up) is kinds tricky...
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Unread post by firedancer86 » Thu Jul 17, 2003 11:34 pm

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Unread post by firedancer86 » Thu Jul 17, 2003 11:35 pm

all the info/advice I could think of...

http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic ... 60&start=0
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Unread post by MattyTrane » Thu Jul 17, 2003 11:49 pm

can you tab this out? ive seen one tab for this and it didnt sound right at all.

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Unread post by firedancer86 » Thu Jul 17, 2003 11:55 pm

I got my version from here...
http://www3.sympatico.ca/g403z/txt/neon2.txt

I used it as a "legend" on a map...I put my mp3 together by ear...
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Unread post by The Man of The Hour » Fri Jul 18, 2003 1:12 am

Yeah, from the same website, here is the tab John Mayer himself wrote..

http://www3.sympatico.ca/g403z/gif/neontab.gif

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Unread post by Acousjim » Fri Jul 18, 2003 1:14 pm

http://www.mystupidmouth.com
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Unread post by gravesRR7 » Fri Jul 18, 2003 9:29 pm

did Mayer actually write that tab thats out thats hand written. I wasn't following that one, but if he did, i'll learn that one. is that true
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Unread post by Brock » Fri Jul 18, 2003 9:38 pm

gravesRR7 wrote:did Mayer actually write that tab thats out thats hand written. I wasn't following that one, but if he did, i'll learn that one. is that true
He did write it, but the fact is, it's very wrong. I don't know if he was drunk when he wrote it, or if he just plays from memory/improv so he couldn't tab it well but... it's quite wrong.
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