1 Topic by Allisloth

(1 replies, posted in Acoustic)

Hey all! So, I found the chords on ultimate guitar for this song but i can't exactly tell if they match up with the video of James Mercer playing an acoustic  version of Simple Song.

The video is here and simple song starts at about 4:27:
http://www.91x.com/pages/landing?blockID=585730

The chords are here:
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/s/shins … ng_crd.htm

I'm awful at telling what chords are being played just by looking, so if anybody can help me figure out the chords from the video, I'd appreciate it very much!

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2 Reply by Allisloth

(8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Awesome, thank you smile

If the strings don't change anything, would you recommend taking it to a music shop and getting it looked at to see what can be tweaked to make the play a bit better?

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3 Topic by Allisloth

(8 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

I hope everybody is having a good holiday weekend!

So, I've been playing an old, hand-me-down guitar for quite some time now (off and on, I have a lot to learn and I'm not superb at playing or anything) and this Christmas I finally got a new one to call my own. The price range was minimum, considering I'm somewhat of a beginner and really can't dish out a lot on a really good guitar.

So anyway, I got an Epiphone Hummingbird Artist LTD. It's a beautiful guitar, about $250, etc. I'm noticing the E and A strings (6 and 5), mostly E though, are sounding a bit.. I don't know, echo-y? The E string especially makes a kind of tapping noise on the fretboard, so when i have to let go of that string it sounds a little weird and makes some unwanted noise. It's really hard to explain in words.

The point of my rambling is to ask the question if changing the strings to something better other than the strings it came with would fix this small problem. The action on the guitar is decent. If I could make the strings a bit closer to the frets that would be awesome but I don't think that's possible, so I can deal with that.

Any advice would be much appreciated. I'd like to make this guitar sound as good as I can for the price I payed.

Allison

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4 Reply by Allisloth

(6 replies, posted in Acoustic)

Hey Artless,

I'm glad you enjoy her! big_smile She has the most beautiful voice, it's crazy. I'd recommend a few songs of hers to listen to, but I can't pick a favorite! Her cover of Creep by Radiohead and Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash are great. And her songs Again Today, Dying Day, The Story, Looking Out.. Ah, ok, I'd keep listing her songs until I covered them all.. So just check her out, in general. smile

And thank you Doug_Smith! I'll try that out

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5 Reply by Allisloth

(6 replies, posted in Acoustic)

Yeah, I found those chords before. Maybe I'm just playing it wrong, but in the video, it doesn't look like it's a g chord she's opening with, as it says in the written chords. And me being me, I can't really tell what chord she's using.

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6 Topic by Allisloth

(6 replies, posted in Acoustic)

So here I am again, looking like a fool who can't tab songs on her own! But I would really love to learn this song, and as I've said before, I'm just not good enough to figure it out by watching.. I'd love the chords/tabs to help me out a bit. If anybody thinks they can do it, and has the free time and would like to.. I would appreciate it greatly big_smile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xwj8QN0 … embedded#!

It's Brandi Carlile, Love Songs.
This is a pretty good video of her playing it on guitar (it's normally piano, but I love it this way)
smile

Please and thank you.

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7 Reply by Allisloth

(43 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Gregory Alan Isakov

^ He's a singer/songwriter that isn't very well known. His songs involve pretty simple chords, but they're paired with wonderful lyrics. I love his voice. It kind of reminds me of Greg Laswell's voice, but not as deep..

Two great songs to check out are "Virginia May" and "Big Black Car'.

His Leonard Cohen cover of "One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong" is good too!

:-)

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8 Reply by Allisloth

(3 replies, posted in Acoustic)

I'm away for the weekend and, sadly, don't have my guitar with me! I'll try it out as soon as I get home. Thank you both!

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9 Reply by Allisloth

(34 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Being a senior in high school, I have to deal with people who listen to my ipod and say "What the hell is this? Who are these people?"

It's hard to find others who like what I like, and the artists aren't even that obscure! (well, some are.)

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10 Topic by Allisloth

(3 replies, posted in Acoustic)

Of course, by Brandi Carlile.

I can play the song but can't figure out the little intro for some reason.. Capo 4, but I can't really tell by watching videos what chords she is playing when doing the intro.. Can any of you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZDpB5Jc34g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK1Q8uvxTa8

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11 Reply by Allisloth

(6 replies, posted in Song requests)

Hm, yes, the fingerpicking would be a problem for me, haha. I can play "The Story" by Brandi Carlile, it's a fairly easy song. I'm moving onto "Closer To You" next. I'm stubborn and I try to learn the songs I love, no matter how hard they are wink

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12 Reply by Allisloth

(6 replies, posted in Song requests)

Ok, someone told me this..

Her guitar player is using a capo on the 4th fret and an open G tuning. The key is B so *if* you choose to use a capo on the 4th fret with a standard tuning, you'd be using G-C-Cm chord shapes. I would actually play it without a capo...but let's assume you are going to use one. While using a finger picking pattern to hold the rhythm, you would play a melody on the first couple of strings like this. The numbers are relative to the capo while you're fingerpicking a G shaped chord:

E--3-0------------
B-------3-0-0-1-3
G
D
A
E-3----3----3----3


It's similar when you change to the C, except you're just using the second string 1st fret and open while finger-picking a C chord.

Sorry, I don't have the patience to try to tab out the *exact* finger-pick pattern..it's standard and easier to do than explain. The Cm comes in when she repeats "Won't you [C] save some of your [Cm] self for [G] me?"





Can anyone clarify this a bit for me? I get the part that he tabbed, but I won't be playing with a capo, and he confused me a little bit when talking about the chords.

I can read chords, but I'm still pretty much a musical illiterate so just reading this description kind of boggles my mind a little. Sorry for being so ignorant sad But hey, I'm learning!

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13 Topic by Allisloth

(6 replies, posted in Song requests)

Hello all. I'm new here, but I've got a huge favor to ask somebody (anybody) who is capable of figuring out tabs/chords to a song just by listening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwojyB5KyYw

This is the best video of the song, and it is not available for download or anything. Brandi played it at a show I was at and said it was a new song they're working on. I loved it. I'm dying to learn it, but I'm still new to playing guitar and certainly don't have a knack for figuring such things out.

I can read tabs and chords, I just need someone to help me figure it out for this song smile

Please and thank you! I hope someone can help!

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