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Well I can play Duelling Banjos.....crowbgood1 wrote:I got a mate in a Bluegrass outfit. He says the two most requested songs are poles apart in difficulty levels. Duelling Banjo's and Wagon Wheel.
Bg wrote:Yeah I tried playing that recently, that is one muthafucka of a bass line. I'd forgotten what a shitter that was.Olderama wrote:this Is slick
I failed miserably, I'm about to attempt again after a bottle of sauv.... can't be any worse eh?
not without my sphincter tightening you cant...Slowy wrote:Well I can play Duelling Banjos.....crowbgood1 wrote:I got a mate in a Bluegrass outfit. He says the two most requested songs are poles apart in difficulty levels. Duelling Banjo's and Wagon Wheel.
Sweet child was one of those songs that was so radio overplayed it made you ill as a guitarist, everyone had to learn it then just the other day I saw clip of slash saying how all his songs/riffs were "tone wise "cleaned up as the became GNR songs I guess so they could keep overdubbing multi partswerdna wrote:The most popular songs we play are Piece of My Heart and Sweet Child O Mine. One easy on the guitar, the other intermediate level on the guitar.
People ask me to play Wagon Wheel. I say "no. Not ever."
Well it is that kind of music! "Damn Boy, you look........" oh never mind.philly wrote:not without my sphincter tightening you cant...Slowy wrote:Well I can play Duelling Banjos.....crowbgood1 wrote:I got a mate in a Bluegrass outfit. He says the two most requested songs are poles apart in difficulty levels. Duelling Banjo's and Wagon Wheel.
Sweet Child is not a typical no frills cover band song. The chord structure starts off D, C and G. The chorus is A, C and D, either a modulation or different key, not sure which. After the third chorus it uses a D sharp passing note to go to E harmonic minor. Then when Slash switches to the bridge pickup and wah, it goes to E natural minor and speeds up, riding that out until the end.kwhelan wrote:Sweet child was one of those songs that was so radio overplayed it made you ill as a guitarist, everyone had to learn it then just the other day I saw clip of slash saying how all his songs/riffs were "tone wise "cleaned up as the became GNR songs I guess so they could keep overdubbing multi partswerdna wrote:The most popular songs we play are Piece of My Heart and Sweet Child O Mine. One easy on the guitar, the other intermediate level on the guitar.
People ask me to play Wagon Wheel. I say "no. Not ever."
anyway it came on the radio on way to work this morning and rather than change channels like usual I actually relistened carefully and it really is an example of great layering, there is an awful lot going on in their songs, including after the 3rd chorus 3min mark the last big solo they fade the rhythm guitars out and crank the bass up under slashs part
so used to listening thru guitarists ears I'd never really noticed how much of this song is actually bass
squeal lil piggy!Slowy wrote:Well it is that kind of music! "Damn Boy, you look........" oh never mind.philly wrote:not without my sphincter tightening you cant...Slowy wrote: Well I can play Duelling Banjos.....
werdna wrote:Sweet Child of Mine is Dbmajkwhelan wrote:Sweet child was one of those songs that was so radio overplayed it made you ill as a guitarist, everyone had to learn it then just the other day I saw clip of slash saying how all his songs/riffs were "tone wise "cleaned up as the became GNR songs I guess so they could keep overdubbing multi partswerdna wrote:The most popular songs we play are Piece of My Heart and Sweet Child O Mine. One easy on the guitar, the other intermediate level on the guitar.
People ask me to play Wagon Wheel. I say "no. Not ever."
anyway it came on the radio on way to work this morning and rather than change channels like usual I actually relistened carefully and it really is an example of great layering, there is an awful lot going on in their songs, including after the 3rd chorus 3min mark the last big solo they fade the rhythm guitars out and crank the bass up under slashs part
so used to listening thru guitarists ears I'd never really noticed how much of this song is actually bass
It uses or borrows a bVII
Which you talked about in another thread
IIRC "Wild Horses"
Sweet Child is not a typical no frills cover band song. The chord structure starts off D, C and G. The chorus is A, C and D, either a modulation or different key, not sure which. After the third chorus it uses a D sharp passing note to go to E harmonic minor. Then when Slash switches to the bridge pickup and wah, it goes to E natural minor and speeds up, riding that out until the end.
Compare to say to NZ's favourite cover band song Mustang Sally which is 1-4-5, then 5-4-1 at the chorus. No key changes, no modulations, no speed changes. if they want the musical equivalent of baked beans and sausages in a tin, you give them it.
I hate dancing and have to be dragged up but I'd sit down in protest at SCOM ,PM or April but I know what your saying about crowds.jimi wrote:We put SCOM right near the end and it's always a floor filler, I guess it's good playing it there as it never fails to get them calling for a few more, but it's also usually a small crowd by then.
That, proud Mary and April Sun always get people dancing.
We don't do any of this tricky Police or Mr Brightside nonsense.
kurt cobain wasn't even happy with people liking his own songsjimi wrote:these days quite happy playing bangers to people who want to drink and dance to something they know.
I refused to play April Sun for years, but if that's the song they'll get up and dance for then that's what we'll play. not going to be precious about it.