MLT Club Member Bill Burch
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I don’t know if this is true or not. The time and dates are right and we know how clever the Twins are. They don’t seem like the type to be complicit and say nothing like we have around here… Just in case this is more than just coincidence, let me add this, Way to Go Lisa!!
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I think the Twins are a little superstitious. They were worried more about that 27 thing than they will admit, hmm… That’s all over now, 28 is looking good! I hope today they’re having a great day!! … and taking PICTURES!!
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Blackbird has simple repetitive chords with minor changes. It’s the finger picking with no set pattern that makes the song. A good example of playing not only with your fingers but also with your ears, you know what the song should sound like. Don’t make it complicated.
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Sorry Bill, I just found your reply. Open tuning won’t help with your F chord it’s completely different fingering. I like some open tuning. Tune your guitar to open G and you can almost play Honkytonk Woman by accident. Playing any chord takes practice, not long and you won’t have to think about it.
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Years ago I had a friend who lived in a up stairs apartment. I’d take my guitar up there for some good jams. There was a young couple who lived below who had a new baby. The guy knocks on the door and said he liked the music but the banging on the ceiling was keeping the baby awake. As hard as we tried we couldn’t get that same groove back without the foot. I tell my kids if they want to get their rhythm down use your foot. Of course no one is better at it than Mona with her Stomp Box.
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One of the first things I noticed about the Twins guitar playing. They use all four fingers when playing bar chords. To go from G to C, A to D etc. I just bar three strings with my third finger. They had a good teacher who taught them the right way.
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OK, Let’s bar a C chord from the third fret, sounds simple enough. We place our index finger over the six strings on the third fret. We place our third finger over the 3rd, 4th and 5th strings of the fifth fret. Viola! a C chord, wonderful… Not Mona. Remember the A chord you learned on the second fret? Index on the 3rd string middle on the 4th and third finger on the 5th which is hard in it self having three fingers all scrunched together. Young Mona takes that entire mess up the neck? Really long fingers I know but that’s like us guys trying to do the splits. I’ve watched her bar the 5th and six strings with her thumb. They are incredible guitar players. Practice makes perfect.