This first one by Marty Schwartz is a nice bluesy DDUUDU that works well, I've tried with "I Have a dream"...
http://www.guitarjamz.com/blgs_lessons/lesson4.php
In this pattern: you alternate between 2 patterns: where the first down stroke is just lowest base note
D D D U D U
D D U U D U .... start practice at 6:16
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Samba Pa Ti by Carlos Santana
I started to learn to play this last week ... well let's put it this way... I'm learning to play a sort of version of it within my own beginner limitations ... using Marty Schwartz's of guitarjamz.com lessons shown below. As of today, I'm able to play most of the first lesson, at speed. I'm now trying to weave in the rest of lesson 1 and then onto lesson 2. After I've gotten both lessons learned, I'll do a recording of my progress... to mark the beginner's level to look back on in 18 years (ha ha). Won't it be fun, when I'm an accomplished player to look back on these early fits and starts.
Marty Schwartz .... Lesson 1
Lesson 2
I found this backing track... but it's not very sync'd with what I'm playing, ends on the wrong chords... not sure what's going on wrong... so I'll set it aside till I learn more what I'm doing.
Darling Pretty by Mark Knopfler
Another favorite song: Darling Pretty by Mark Knopfler
I'm trying to figure out why so youtube I can embed and others don't show up as selectable.... a cover by Matija Cizmar... I'm confused about what he's using for his back track.... the original? If so, how does he differentiate his playing from Mark's?
Golden Heart by Mark Knopfler
One of my fav songs... "Golden Heart" by Mark Knopfler. This first video includes a lovely intro of "Father and Son", then Mark looks around to signal to the other musicians and that's it's time to launch into "Golden Heart". Lovely.
...and the album rendition...
then a selection of covers. This first one is by arpeggio, a lovely accoustic instrumental
..and this effort by a guitarist with a lovely voice...
...a guitarist named Matija Cizmar
... a short snippet by Chris0872
... by 1wiesehoefer1.. nice fingerpicking on electric
... I notice the way he plays the original track in the background and plays along with it... good idea.
... another rendition
Putting all these effort together shows the myriad ways this lovely melody can be interpreted.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Poncho and Lefty Strumming Pattern
Bill requests that I learn this song. He claims (today) that it is the absolute best song cowboy song every written. (He claims he'll do the vocals if I learn to play it, we'll see about that). (He sure likes to sing it LOUD and with plenty of enthusiasm) ... Here's Willy Nelson and Bob Dylan
PANCHO AND LEFTY (written by Townes Van Zandt)
sung by EmmyLou Harris, Capo=5th fret
and EmmyLou Harris
I've got the chords figured out and can strum, but would like to learn to replicate this teacher's fingerpicking. He uses his thumb and fingers 1 and 2, but the quick pattern that goes too fast for me to see what he's doing, but looks like a standard pattern worth learning.
PANCHO AND LEFTY (written by Townes Van Zandt)
sung by EmmyLou Harris, Capo=5th fret
G D
Living on the road my friend, is gonna keep you free and clean
C
Now you wear your skin like iron,
G D
Your breath as hard as kerosene.
C G C
You weren't your mama's only boy, but her favorite one it seems
G C G D
She began to cry when you said goodbye,
C Em Em D G
And sank into your dreams.
G D
Pancho was a bandit boys, his horse was fast as polished steel
C
He wore his gun outside his pants
G D
For all the honest world to feel.
C G C
Pancho met his match you know on the deserts down in Mexico
G C G D C Em Em D C
Nobody heard his dying words, ah but that's the way it goes.
Chorus
C G C
All the Federales say they could have had him any day
G C G D C Em
They only let him slip away out of kindness, I suppose.
Em D G
G D
Lefty, he can't sing the blues all night long like he used to.
C G D
The dust that Pancho bit down south ended up in Lefty's mouth
C G C
The day they laid poor Pancho low, Lefty split for Ohio
G C G D C Em
Where he got the bread to go, there ain't nobody knows
Em D C
Chorus
G D
Poets tell how Pancho fell, and Lefty's living in a cheap hotel
C
The desert's quiet and Cleveland's cold,
G D
And so the story ends we're told
C G C
Pancho needs your prayers it's true, but save a few for Lefty too
G C G D C Em
He only did what he had to do, and now he's growing old
Em D C
Chorus
Em D C
Alternate Chorus
C G C
A few gray Federales say they could have had him any day
G C G D C Em
They only let him go so long, out of of kindness, I suppose.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Three Songs Today from: Bob Marley, Abba and Taylor Swift
Yup... Learned 3 songs today from all over the world of genre's and geography ...
all super easy chords and slow enough to keep up with the video.
Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
Chords A, D, E
Strum pattern ... down strum on the off beat.... or whatever sounds fun...
I Have a Dream by Abba
A,E,A .... and a splash of D... easy!
Tears on My Guitar by Taylor Swift
Chords: G, D, Em, C or funkyer with G Dsus4, Em7, Cadd9
capo on 3rd fret
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Is Pinellas County dog friendly
Hey Jack.... You asked if Pinellas County is dog friendly....
You could say Yes, if you find it friendly to keep your dog on a 6 foot leash. In the map below, the A indicates where we live in Dunedin (the second map is a more detailed version).
Pinellas Trail: Just to the west of the "A" you see "Bayshore Blvd" a yellow line. The Pinellas trail runs along that road, so it's 7 short blocks from our house and is indeed a lovely l . o . n . g. stretch of blacktop. Great for biking, rollerblading & walking. And yes, the leash law is in effect.
Honeymoon Island (reached heading west over the Curlew Road Causeway just north of our house) has a dog beach, but also has the ridiculous leash law. How a dog can possibly enjoy bouncing and playing in the water on a leash is impossible. Actual fact: MANY people let their dogs OFF leash out there and do just fine. You hear of the occasional clampdown where people are getting tickets when a ranger sees, so I almost never go there. Altho, this year, I plan to get a Honeymoon Island pass and start taking Daisy there on a several times a week basis. I can keep her on a 25 foot rope and let her swim, and tighten up on the rope when a ranger drives by in his cart... or even let her loose once I learn the lay of the land, i.e. how to keep my eye out.
Hammock: Because of those unfriendly difficulties, we go every day to the Hammock Park (all that green marked just south of Michigan Blvd on the detailed map below). It also "technically" has a leash law, but we let Daisy loose and have no problem.
A mile away is a dog park with fences and no leashes needed. A small dog and big dog park are divided, so small dogs aren't intimidated I guess.
Also in Pinellas, at the southern tip in St.Pete's Fort Desoto Park is a dog beach with no leash!!! LOVELY. But too far away for my interest....
Friday, September 9, 2011
Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole "Iz"
... one of the first that I learned... capo 5th fret
Here is Israel himself singing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZqPLxCDLs4&feature=fvsr
Lesson by Marty Schwartz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrpUi0r548s
Here is Israel himself singing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZqPLxCDLs4&feature=fvsr
Lesson by Marty Schwartz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrpUi0r548s
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Got my new electric guitar today
A Cort Strat with VintageVibe PS-90 pickups. The middle one is reverse wound. The bridge is regular. Neck is loose wound. Thus begins my journal of a journey finally learning guitar. Even tho I've supposedly played for a zillion years, I have never gotten past that beginner level where I can't do barre chords and the F chord is rough. Let's see the progress...
Monday, August 15, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Wineries Map and Phone List
We plan to visit Wineries on Sunday August 14th... here's nearby ones...
Cathedral Ridge Winery
(Daily - 11 - 5)
4200 Post Canyon Drive
800-516-8710 or 541-386-2882
Cerulean Wine
(Thurs & Fri, 4-7 pm; Sat & Sun, 12-7 pm)
304 Oak Street
541-490-4905 or 503-333-9725
The Gorge White House & Winery
(Columbia Gorge wines and beers tasting;
Open Daily 10 am - 7 pm)
2265 Highway 35
(4 miles south of Hood River)
541-386-2828
Hood River Vineyards
(Daily - 11 - 5)
4693 Westwood Drive
541-386-3772
Marchesi Vineyards
(Weekends, Fri, Sat, & Sun
11 am - 6 pm)
3955 Belmont Drive
541-386-1800
Mt Hood Winery
(Daily Mar - Nov: 11 am - 5 pm)
2882 Van Horn Drive
(4 miles south of Hood River)
541-386-8333
Naked Winery
(Sunday-Thursday 12noon-6pm,
102 2nd Street
1-800-666-9303
Pheasant Valley Vineyard & Winery
(Daily - 11 - 6)
7890 Acree Drive
541-386-2803
Phelps Creek Tasting Room
(May to October: Thurs - Mon, 11 to 5 pm;
1850 Country Club Road
(at Hood River Golf Course)
541-386-2607
The Pines 1852 Tasting Room & Gallery
Sun, 12 - 5 pm)
202 State Street
541-993-8300
Quenett Cellars Tasting Room
(Daily 12 - 6)
111 Oak Street (Downtown)
541-386-2229
Springhouse Cellar
(Thurs - Sun, 12pm - 6pm)
13 Railroad Avenue
541-308-0700
Stoltz Vineyards
(Open Thurs - Sun: 2 - 8 pm)
514 State Street
541-386-8726
Wy'East Vineyards
(Mid Apr - Oct, Daily 11-5;
3189 Hwy 35
541-386-1277
Underwood Area
AniChe Cellars
(May 7th - Dec 31st, Thurs-Sun: Noon to 6 pm)
71 Little Buck Creek Road
Underwood, WA 98651
360-624-6531
Ziegler Vineyards
(Thurs - Sun, 12-6)
31 Memory Lane
Underwood, WA
541-399-6044
Husum Area
Wind River Cellars
(Daily 10am - 6pm)
196 Spring Creek Road
Husum, WA 98623
509-493-2324
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