Lesson 43 Tuesday 5th November 2013

I went to this lesson with a fanfare of fireworks. Not because I was living now as some rock god but because it was bonfire night. With the fireworks going off it was a welcome change for something else to be scaring the local wild life rather than my playing.

We started off with the Madness Riff from “Our House”.

This still has problems for me with my fingers not getting in the correct place. Things have improved though as I am trying hard to pluck only down and keeping my hand in the correct place. I still need to remember to lift my finger off after I pluck the string though as if I don’t the sound still rings through.

I then went next onto looking at the song by Rod Stuart “Maggie May”. 

 I have practiced this but I don’t seem to get the rhythm correct. After a few goes and listening to the song and the way the teacher played the song I would sort of get the rhythm. I need to change from one chord to the next much quicker. The teacher gave me a guide of fingers so that I would not have all the fingers down for the last strum on the bar so that it would give me a chance to get to the next chord quicker and it makes this a sort of transition strum.

After many goes on the intro we looked at the main rhythm of the song. 

The rhythm is just a little different.

I had a go at this rhythm but kept on getting the intro rhythm instead.