So Much To Say?

So you're amazed as to how Dave's rhythm guitar slaps and strums so "perfectly"...but you can't. Ask all things about Dave and his guitars here.

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Unread post by Grandpagotgame » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:00 pm

Do you have trouble with the stretch? Moving up and down the fretboard? The strumming? What is it?

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Unread post by gvntofly » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:03 pm

it more the timing really. that is, the timing between my right hand and left hand. since i do have about a year and a half of playing time under my belt the stretching isnt to tough. would you guys that can play alot of his stuff say that learning Dave's riffs have helped make you more well rounded at playing guitar?

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Unread post by Grandpagotgame » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:55 pm

Yeah they make your fingers a bunch stronger. I've heard someone say to work on songs like satellite and #34 every day to help with playing a bunch of Dave stuff and I couldn't agree more. My advice to you is to maybe take a day or two off of So Much to Say work on some other songs, especially satellite if you can play it. And if you don't think you can just give it a try I bet you can make it sound similar, its a lot like so much to say as far as the time goes. I'd say Dave's songs help in a lot of areas, especially creativity and muting. And they help get your right hand a lot more coordinated since so much of his stuff isn't just strumming open chords.

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Unread post by DmbFanJason » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:31 am

this was a very tough one for me. Every time I thought I had it down, there was always something that just didn't sound right. It literally will just take practice and playing along with Dave. If you really want to learn it, you will, don't give up!

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Unread post by mlb1399 » Fri Mar 04, 2005 2:02 pm

Great screen name. Given to Fly is one of my favorite PJ songs.

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Unread post by gvntofly » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:18 pm

ahhh!! are you a fan? I would have to say PJ is the band that really inspired me to pick up playing guitar. I'm a huge fan.

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Unread post by mlb1399 » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:18 pm

gvntofly wrote:ahhh!! are you a fan? I would have to say PJ is the band that really inspired me to pick up playing guitar. I'm a huge fan.
Yeah, they are 2nd to DMB. But I love them both.

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Unread post by little ants734 » Wed Mar 09, 2005 7:34 pm

on so much to say in central park.. dave plays it like this a few times in the intro..

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and all the little ants are marching..

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Unread post by Flakes » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:59 pm

When I first began to play this song I would always just play the notes as if it were a riff. But after watching some videos, I realized that Dave almost plays chords and strums as he is hitting these notes. I tried this and it helped alot
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Unread post by max » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:47 pm

Bauer wrote:When I first began to play this song I would always just play the notes as if it were a riff. But after watching some videos, I realized that Dave almost plays chords and strums as he is hitting these notes. I tried this and it helped alot
Yeah, I found that helped a lot too. Also, I think it's good to remember that Dave is obsessed with rythmic guitar playing so his right hand is always moving.

So when you play something like SMTS, don't think of it as just hitting the notes that are tabbed. Those are just the ones that you happen to hit as your hand wildly flails around.

I've been playing SMTS for a while and every time I think I own it, I listen to a live version of Dave playing and cry.

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Unread post by czech » Sat Mar 12, 2005 2:22 pm

max wrote:
Bauer wrote:When I first began to play this song I would always just play the notes as if it were a riff. But after watching some videos, I realized that Dave almost plays chords and strums as he is hitting these notes. I tried this and it helped alot
Yeah, I found that helped a lot too. Also, I think it's good to remember that Dave is obsessed with rythmic guitar playing so his right hand is always moving.

So when you play something like SMTS, don't think of it as just hitting the notes that are tabbed. Those are just the ones that you happen to hit as your hand wildly flails around.

I've been playing SMTS for a while and every time I think I own it, I listen to a live version of Dave playing and cry.
that's every song for me :lol: :cry:

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Unread post by DrFartbrain » Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:04 pm

Play it really slow, like everybody else recommends, and work your way up in tempo.

That's how you should learn everything.
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