Hey gang! Another session draws to a close as the summer-that-never-got-started starts to wind down too. I'm really looking forward to taking the stage with you all in the final week of class! It's been a remarkably productive summer for all of my classes, and as always, I appreciate your hard work and commitment to your art as we take this musical journey together.
So it comes down to this--
Thursday night's Guitar 4 class will play "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want," which I'm excited about. I tried to find time to do a video over the weekend but it just wasn't possible. A thousand pardons. I have every confidence in you, and if you listen to The Smiths themselves, I think it's fairly evident how the timing of all the fiddly bits works, so play along with the band itself! It's not like you'll make Moz cry. He's already sad for unrelated reasons.
Saturday's Guitar 4 will play...whatever we decide on Saturday! It just didn't seem right to make such a big decision without two of our ranking members. That being said, we narrowed it down to either Man Who Sold the World or Just What I Needed. Here's a video I made for my students last session that may help with The Cars if you're having lasting confusion: http://youtu.be/u6zfUICIcII
We have a full hour together before showtime so we'll run them both and see what sizzles on the spot.
[If you need any clarification the the fingerpicking work we did with the Jim Henson two-fer, lemme know via e-mail. Happy to go over that again but I'm assuming you'll be focused on gig prep this week.]
And Sunday's Guitar 3 has elected to take on Kodachrome. Don't panic in the double-time section! I'll count you into it with a "One, Two, a-one-two-three-four." That new count is your eighth notes. Lock in with me in saying "one-two-three-four," then all you have to play is "one-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight" for each chord, with quick, choppy downstrums. That's perfectly fine! The advanced version with the jangle-jangleds would be more like "one-two-threeAndfourAnd-five-six-sevenAndeightAnd." Either way, it's not as fast as you think. Listen to it lots and it'll click: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLsDxvAErTU [And if you have any questions about power chords or the Ramones tune, same deal as what I said in the brackets at the end of the last paragraph!]
See you soon, stars!
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