Why is it that seemingly insurmountable problems have the simplest answers?? I tried this out last night and it works brilliantly at last I have regained control !! Many, Many Thanks, I am sure that this little trick will help me a lot with any future problems. Once again, thanks a lot -
2 2016-04-06 16:40:00
Re: Reading/Playing cut time (5 replies, posted in Music theory)
Hi - thanks for your offer of help, I do know about subdividing but I've never really had to use it before, so I am not really practised at it. I do try to practice with a metronome but the one I have is an speaking one and it only goes down to 40 bpm and I end up getting frustrated and confused, do I need to get one that goes slower?
3 2016-04-06 14:48:47
Topic: Reading/Playing cut time (5 replies, posted in Music theory)
Hi! I am learning to read music at last after many years and I'm getting on quite well, up until now! I am trying to play the melody to The Entertainer, in 2/2 time and quite often a 1/2 note gets one beat and the other beat is broken down into 4 eighth notes the first of which is tied to the 1/2 note. I am desperately trying to get the rhythm right but even when I slow right down I still find it impossible to assign some sort of count to it( eg like 4 beats = 1&2&3&4) If anyone can help me with this I will be eternally grateful - Rick
4 2011-06-10 16:31:24
Topic: TAB HELP (1 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I am still learning to play, but when I did start, I learnt to read sheet music. I am not brilliant or super fast, but I can pick out the tune OK. I am furthering my training with MusicCoach.com and it is excellent, the one fault is the music is shown, only in tab. Yes I can read it but much prefer standard music, so I have been printing out and manually converting it. which is quite time consuming. Is there some form of conversion chart where each tab ref is shown above the relevant music notes or do I need to compile one? I know there is an online converter but I can't work out how to separate into bars and by the time I have typed it in I might as well write it out. Thanks to anyone who can help! Rick
5 2009-05-17 20:59:38
Topic: Playing and singing (20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I've been years learning to play, I'm not brilliant but I can strum a couple of dozen chords and love it! best thing I ever did. However, my ambition has always been to play and sing along to Cash, Dylan, Donovan type songs (I am very old!). I am not being vain, but have been told I have a good voice, very strong, but when I try to sing and play, the music always seems too highly pitched and I feel very uncomfortable trying to sing and my voice drys up. Are there any techniques for practising or if for example I get music from 'chordie' would it help going up or down a semitone or two?
6 2008-05-30 19:46:52
Re: barre chords? (55 replies, posted in Acoustic)
I have also been struggling for a long time now and like a lot of you not all the notes ring out clearly. However I have made a breakthrough? the last couple of weeks. I play acoustic and the action is quite high, so I put a capo on the first fret and hey presto low action and all notes sound clearly (it still takes me time to finger the chord, but its getting quicker!)