Mayer's "Why Georgia?" (help)

[czech]

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

The tab there is better, as are the tabs for the rest of his songs.

im starting to appreciate kanters dedication to having 100% accurate tabs a lot more now.

[czech]

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

The tab there is better, as are the tabs for the rest of his songs.

wow, that tab is a lot better, and i like how they numbered the parts and just entered the # at the point in the lyrics they are played.
now if only they had dmb tabs......

[conradwoo]

...i shall make this...my first post..lol

This is a great song..!

I don't have that second part down as the tab says it..but the way I learned it was

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--3-3----3-----3-----3----
--2-2p0--2p0---2p0---2h4--  [x2]
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-3-----3-----3-----3------
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I hope this shows up correctly....its played in the pretty much the same rhythm. It a little easier...but again, not the way the tab is written out and not the purist form of it.

As for the slapping...I pretty much mastered the slapping in this song in 1 afternoon. I just sat with my guitar...and started playing, while tapping my foot to really get a feel for it. Then I started playing and tried as HARD as possible..to slap on the 2 and 4 no matter what. Even if I screwed up my playing, I'd just play the riff over and over again. After maybe like 1 hr...I had it down where I could slap in time as well as play the riff.

Hope this helps.

[czech]

so what the hell is getting slapped?

[littlefriend]

...i shall make this...my first post..lol

This is a great song..!

I don't have that second part down as the tab says it..but the way I learned it was

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--3-3----3-----3-----3----
--2-2p0--2p0---2p0---2h4--  [x2]
--------------------------
-3-----3-----3-----3------
--------------------------

I hope this shows up correctly....its played in the pretty much the same rhythm. It a little easier...but again, not the way the tab is written out and not the purist form of it.

As for the slapping...I pretty much mastered the slapping in this song in 1 afternoon. I just sat with my guitar...and started playing, while tapping my foot to really get a feel for it. Then I started playing and tried as HARD as possible..to slap on the 2 and 4 no matter what. Even if I screwed up my playing, I'd just play the riff over and over again. After maybe like 1 hr...I had it down where I could slap in time as well as play the riff.

Hope this helps.

dmbtabs, welcome to it!

[seth_southerland]

hey dont worry, because i can't even reach the five to hammer onto it, and you think you have problems, haha...
i can barely play the 3557xx chord, much less hammer onto anything way the heck over there

[czech]

so can someone explain what he is slapping when doing those hammer ons? I have no exoperience with slapping, so i am pretty damn lost, but that 3 second part just sounds impossible.

[conradwoo]

He's basically just slapping all the strings with his thumb to mute everything and to get that percussive sound on the 2nd and 4th beat of every measure.

From Any Given Thursday, on the second part, he only slaps the strings on the 4th beat. So something like this:

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-------------------x------- 
--3-3----3-----3---x--3----
--2-2p0--2p0---2p0-x--2h4--  [x2]
-------------------x-------
-3-----3-----3-----x------
-------------------x-------

[czech]

im sorry, i am a moron, is there a good vid of this somewhere?
I think i kinda understand, but im at work and no guitar in hand.. guess i'll experiment when i get hime

[daylight_2004]

So here's the deal with this part:

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e-------------------------------------------------
b-----3------3--------3--------3-----3------------
g-----4------2--------2--------2-----2h4----------
d-----2------2h5p2----2-5p2----2--2--2-----(x2)---
a---3----3---------3---------3--------------------
e-------------------------------------------------

If you want to play it like John you have to finger it like so:

Thumb is on the a string 3rd fret
Index is barring the d and g at 2nd fret
Middle is on the b string at 3rd fret
Ring is on g string at 4th fret
Pinky is taking care of the hammer ons at the 5th fret

Now, for the majority of people this shape is a bitch to play cleanly every time. Just getting your thumb up and over the low E and fretting the a while trying to maintain your reach with the pinky is extremely tough.

For those who want an alternative I recommend this. Use the above tab but omit the b string.

Middle is on the a string
Index is barring d and g at the 2nd fret
Ring is on g string at 4th fret
Pinky is taking care of the hammer ons at the 5th fret

Here's a video that might help some of you:

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1RZM ... JGP032S5LN




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[jsgksu]

So here's the deal with this part:

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e-------------------------------------------------
b-----3------3--------3--------3-----3------------
g-----4------2--------2--------2-----2h4----------
d-----2------2h5p2----2-5p2----2--2--2-----(x2)---
a---3----3---------3---------3--------------------
e-------------------------------------------------

If you want to play it like John you have to finger it like so:

Thumb is on the a string 3rd fret
Index is barring the d and g at 2nd fret
Middle is on the b string at 3rd fret
Ring is on g string at 4th fret
Pinky is taking care of the hammer ons at the 5th fret

Now, for the majority of people this shape is a bitch to play cleanly every time. Just getting your thumb up and over the low E and fretting the a while trying to maintain your reach with the pinky is extremely tough.

For those who want an alternative I recommend this. Use the above tab but omit the b string.

Middle is on the a string
Index is barring d and g at the 2nd fret
Ring is on g string at 4th fret
Pinky is taking care of the hammer ons at the 5th fret

Here's a video that might help some of you:

http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2245 ... OYKJGFKB21



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are you even playing the 3 on the b-string?

EDIT: nm, I didnt even read your post, just watched the video and looked at the tab

[czech]

thanks for the vid man, much appreciated.

[jsgksu]

I cant play the second part perfect, but I can play it pretty damn good & close to regular speed. I dont know how, but it just clicked. Thanks everyone.

[jared]

http://claypigeons.net/jukebox/mayerjohn_wg.html

check that vid out - its the sessions @ aol. shows his hands perfectly

sorry if this has already been posted

-jared

[Pizzle]

http://claypigeons.net/jukebox/mayerjohn_wg.html

check that vid out - its the sessions @ aol. shows his hands perfectly

sorry if this has already been posted

-jared

Anyone else have a hard time clay pigeons besides me? Maybe it's because of Firefox.....


EDIT...yep, firefox....
EDIT...Real player plug in