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Unread post by Swede » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:05 pm

i have always loved Let you down but i never had time to learn it, but today i sat down and played it, so i got the strumming at the timing perfect (it was a bitch at first)
but i just cant sing it when i play it, help please..
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Unread post by jellyfish » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:06 pm

I cant sing it either. Hell, I haven't played that song in 5 years!! It was tough at first as I recall.

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Unread post by Swede » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:09 pm

it was harder than i thought at first.. the timing was weird,, but i just cant get the singing.
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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:32 pm

just practice get used to the song, youll get it eventually.

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Unread post by Swede » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:41 pm

yeah i know, but in a way. the singing and they playing are nothing alike..or?
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Unread post by jellyfish » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:44 pm

I wonder where Dave gets his Shirts?

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Unread post by Swede » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:46 pm

i wounder what kinda pick he use.
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Unread post by jeffro » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:13 pm

Listen to the song and try to figure out exactly where it starts. Slow down and try it. Or just get as close as you can and recover by cutting something short/extending it.

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Unread post by Swede » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:20 pm

good ideé.
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Unread post by lyrics101 » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:28 pm

It's in a count of Five. Just do that and boom, you're done.
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Unread post by Swede » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:31 pm

how do you mean?
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Unread post by jaroben » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:48 am

jeffro wrote:Listen to the song and try to figure out exactly where it starts. Slow down and try it. Or just get as close as you can and recover by cutting something short/extending it.
good method.. slow waayyy down. once you get it down when playing it slow, gradually build the speed. this pretty much works with anything you're trying to learn on guitar.
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Unread post by Kukini » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:57 am

I never slowed down to learn a song, I try to learn to play it by singing it. I associate the parts I'm singing with the guitar riff played there.

Try that, just start singing and chime in w/the guitar.
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Unread post by lyrics101 » Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:17 pm

Swede wrote:how do you mean?
1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5

You're probably trying to enter in on the fourth count every time, and that's why you're off.

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Unread post by Davy28 » Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:16 pm

The problem with let you down is that it the main part is in 3/4, but timmy's guitar plays lots of little fills that seem to throw the timing off. You have to be able to key into daves guitar so that you can stick with the timing and anticipate when he switches to 6/8 timing for the "I have no lid upon my head..." part.
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