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 Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:07 pm
OHMYGOD.
Teo Torriatte.
Such a gorgeous song.
I can't get over the foreign language parts (I'm assuming it's Japanese but I could be wrong).
I keep playing the song over and over and singing with it, it's an amazing song.
Is there some Queen song you just have to play over and over?
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:33 pm
I couldn't stop listening to '39 for a while, and playing it on guitar. razz That finally passed, though. Recently, I've found myself listening to Somebody To Love a lot. There's just something really engaging about the vocals. Although... I keep hearing the line, "Each morning I get up, I die a little," as "Each morning I get out my violin" or "dye-o-lin". xp
And yeah, Teo Torriatte has bits of Japanese in it.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 6:47 pm
Oh god.
I looked up the tabs for '39, and it's ******** hard for me.
The chords are easy, but I am really, really slow at chord changes... Especially G to C, I hate that switch.
Seeing as I had guitar lessons for two summers, and that was it, I'm terrible at guitar.
It doesn't help that I can't play for more than 15-20 minutes without having to quit because my hands, wrists, and left arm hurt so bad. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:19 pm
Well, '39 does have some pretty tricky changes, especially that D to B7 in the second part of the verse... but it's really just something you have to practice. Just a little bit a day switching between G, C, and D will help immensely. At first, I couldn't play worth crap, but my fingers move relatively quickly about the fretboard now (note that I didn't say I played worth crap now).
It takes a while for the hands to warm up to playing, but again, it's just a practice thing. Keep it up and you'll be wishing you could play stuff more complicated than the chords for '39. razz I feel so... boring when I just play chords. crying
I've heard that some people go through certain, easier parts of a song first and memorize those. For example, you might want to try just the first part of the chorus (as I was typing this, I realized how much of an eyesore the second part is). It's just a simple G-C-G-D progression that should help you out on your switching, and when you're trying to improve your chord progression switching, you just need to find a good, easy song that you have fun playing.
You might want to even try some early Bob Dylan songs, particularly Blowin' in the Wind. If you have a capo, you could play it higher, and that might be easier on ye digits.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:15 pm
Soren DeGali Well, '39 does have some pretty tricky changes, especially that D to B7 in the second part of the verse... but it's really just something you have to practice. Just a little bit a day switching between G, C, and D will help immensely. At first, I couldn't play worth crap, but my fingers move relatively quickly about the fretboard now (note that I didn't say I played worth crap now). It takes a while for the hands to warm up to playing, but again, it's just a practice thing. Keep it up and you'll be wishing you could play stuff more complicated than the chords for '39. razz I feel so... boring when I just play chords. crying I've heard that some people go through certain, easier parts of a song first and memorize those. For example, you might want to try just the first part of the chorus (as I was typing this, I realized how much of an eyesore the second part is). It's just a simple G-C-G-D progression that should help you out on your switching, and when you're trying to improve your chord progression switching, you just need to find a good, easy song that you have fun playing. You might want to even try some early Bob Dylan songs, particularly Blowin' in the Wind. If you have a capo, you could play it higher, and that might be easier on ye digits. I need to get a capo...
I'm so off to the music store the second I get my paycheck.
A capo would make things a lot easier.
Plus, I'm thinking of taking Applied Guitar lessons at my college... if I can afford to take it... because it's very annoying not being able to play things I want to play...I wish playing guitar (or piano for that matter) was as easy as singing is to me...
I honestly never, ever practice, and I can still sing things... XP
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:20 pm
Hehe, I have a terrible time getting myself to practice, too. xp But ya know, it's a proven fact that the most creative people are usually the laziest. Ask anyone in music and they'll tell ya so. razz
I wish I could take a guitar class, too, but the college I'm going to is so cram-packed that you don't even have a chance of getting one unless you've auditioned and stuff. Ya just gotta keep tryin' for it, though. razz
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Fairy Feller Fancy Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:23 pm
-hugs my bass- Things are so much easier with you. heart I have to memorize piano music before I can play it. Same with guitar, bass, and violin. My eyes cross whenever I look at music for too long, and when it comes to reading, I'm totally cross eyed. whee Fun stuff!
I love the Millionare Waltz... and I can play it over and over and over for a very long time.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:25 pm
I would love to learn to play bass.
Besides, I like note picking and such better than I like chords anyway.
Maybe I should pawn off my acoustic guitar and use the money towards a bass!
XD
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Fairy Feller Fancy Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:28 pm
I play both guitar and bass... I'd say if you continue with the guitar and become good at it, bass will come extremely easy. I like it better than guitar... Especially slapping it.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:36 pm
Yeah... I'd really like to continue with guitar, and eventually move to bass. I keep listening to songs with great basslines (Another One Bites the Dust, Breakthru, etc), and it makes me really, really want to play bass. Badly.
Really REALLY badly.
Totally not a Spongebob reference.
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Fairy Feller Fancy Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:38 pm
My favorite bassline comes from the Millionare Waltz. Another reason I listen to it a lot (and play it a lot). XD
Bohemian Rhapsody has a bassline that's so boring, I'm surprised John didn't fall asleep playing it.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:38 pm
Well, getting back to the first question... I always seem to play Break Free, Living on My Own, Love of My Life, I Was Born to Love You, and Dancer over and over again. 3nodding And I don't play any sort of guitar. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:47 pm
I love Dancer.
It's so groovy.
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But from Hot Space, my favorite to play the s**t out of is Cool Cat.
I am going to try out for my college's variety show with that in the spring, if I can get some music to it.
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:00 am
I actually don't listen to Queen a lot anymore.
Because I played the every-loving crap out of everything. crying Teo Torriatte is Japanese yeah. The Japanese parts are the only parts I can sing cause I'm nerdy. rofl It's pretty.
I had the fairy song (oh god I can't remember the title I fail so hard) looping on my stereo for like a weekend. Also Great King Rat. :>
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:17 am
I love the Japanese parts, I actually memorized those, but I don't know the words to any of the other parts!
I mean damn! I just bought A Day at the Races about a week ago, and I've been too busy playing the crap out of my other Queen music to notice!
Plus I forgot to put the album into my 2 and a half hour long Queen playlist on Windows Media Player... sweatdrop
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