Lesson Ten 12th March

Having practiced a lot on the two tunes that I had been given I was hoping that somehow I would do better in my lesson tonight. I started off going through the song by Oasis “Half the World Away” to the part I am up to. 

The C and F major seven sounded so flat and Picking out the strings on their own I could tell that the fourth string was the one I was having trouble with. It looked like it was my finger three resting on it making the dull thud sound.

The second part of the tune it took me a while to get the first half's tempo correct and the change from D seven to F major seven was proving to take far too long. After several (sometimes frustrating goes) the teacher thought it better for me to slow the tempo down so I could get used to the rhythm of the tune and get the changes in the correct sequence. 

By slowing it down it did sound better.

I then went through the Green Day Tune which again I had problems with changing from G to D. We went through just changing from G to D and D to G several times. I do think that the practice did help but the cords where not very nice to hear.

The only way to get the cords to sound right is practice the cords and keep in that position for a while. So to help this I have another tune which is “Everybody Hurts” by REM. 

I am only doing the intro but basically it is a cord which you then pick out the strings which will show where you are going wrong. This was good to learn, even though I had more thuds than nice ringing notes. With this exercise it will give me more time to keep my fingers in the right place and get some muscle memory on how the cord feels. Once I can do this part I can then add in the cords of E and A.

I have a bit to practice now and I do feel that the tunes are sounding better.