Federico Zuccari
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Crash Test Dummies
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And since the song is well known, let's listen to the parody (which I'm sad to say, I've never heard before).
Le Dejeuner Sur l'Herbe
Happy March 8th, Ladies
In keeping with a very old tradition, here it is: Chippendales in South Africa. Ladies, you're welcome. Gentlemen, take notes.
Landing Ship, Tank
Landing Ship, Tank
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Playing the Guitar: Three Months Recap (XII)
Q: So. What do I do, next?
A: Whatever you want, basically.
Q: Ha, ha, very funny!
A: I thought so. Well, OK. I'd say you should keep doing what you're doing: rehearse the strumming patterns (using the oldies progression chords, both G-Em-C-D AND C-Am-F-G), rehearse the oldies songs that you know, and keep practicing the open chords you already know, including the 7 Chords. And check out new songs and maybe try them on.
Q: Do you have any favorite ones?
A: Sure. Love is in the air, Just a gigolo, Jingle Bells, Cuando calienta il sol. And from the oldies, my favorites are Poor little fool, by Ricky Nelson, and Stay, by Maurice and The Zodiacs.
Q: Nice. What about you? What are you gonna do?
A: Me? I'm gonna start working on those pesky barre chords. Even if I know they're a bit more than I can handle, right now, I'll work on them, anyway.
Q: And?
A: And... I'm gonna start more technical stuff.
Q: Like what?
A: Like moving from chords to individual notes.
Q: Right. I almost forgot about those.
A: Me too. Me too.
Playing the Guitar: Three Months Recap (XI)
Q: So I've been playing the guitar for two months now.
A: Good for you.
Q: Thanks. So. What do I do next?
A: Well, it depends, I guess.
Q: Depends on what?
A: It depends on what you've learned, in these two months.
Q: I've learned the open chords, the strumming patterns you've shown me, and the oldies progression songs you told me about.
A: Excellent. And? Had any problems?
Q: Well, yeah, I had a few.
A: Like what?
Q: I had problems figuring out the rhythm for some of the songs. And the strumming, too...
A: Yeah, that could be a problem.
Q: ... and there are these chords you said nothing about.
A: Huh? What chords?
Q: The 7 chords.
A: Ah, those chords. So you stumbled upon them.
Q: Yes.
A: And? What do you think?
Q: They're weird!
A: Well, yeah, ha ha, you could say that, I guess.
Q: And there is a whole bunch of them!
A: Yeah, that too.
Q: I don't think I can learn them all at once.
A: But that's the beauty of it. You don't have to!
Q: Huh?
A: Yeah. You just learn them as you discover them. You just learn them as you go along.
Q: What do you mean?
A: Well, I don't know if you've noticed, but most oldies songs have only one 7 chord in them. A G7, an E7, a B7, whatever. So it is easy to learn them one at the time, as you try new songs.
- "Tears on my pillow", for example, has only a G7 in it.
- "Stay", by Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs, has only a B7 in it. And so on. See? You just learn them as you go!
Q: Aha, I see.
A: Peace of cake. Wink. There are also songs that have a whole bunch of 7 chords in them, but, well, if you leave those songs for a little later, maybe you'll be used to them by then.
Q: What songs?
A: Songs like "Jingle Bells". Or "Just a Gigolo".
Have You Seen Her
King George's War
Ma Iubeste Femeile
Let's try something different today. It is a 3/4 rhythm, a waltz rhythm. 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3 and so on. The strumming can be anything, as long as it makes sense and it keeps the pace: Down-Up-Up, Down-Down-Up, first Down on the big fat E and then the other two Downs on the thinner strings, whatever.
If you don't speak Romanian, I'm sure there are other great waltz rhythm songs out there, even thought they probably are not as brilliant as this one.
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Ah, the memories, the memories... The endless hours of crawling through tunnels. The endless hours of throwing ninja stars, kicks and punches. Those where the days.
Dancing in the Dark
One more song for when we graduate to those barre chords (and for when our voice gets higher, but that's another story).
This is how Bruce Springsteen does it.
And this is how to do it.
Time Machines
Time Machines is a landmark drone music album. It consists of four tracks which are composed of a single tone, called a drone, each tone representing a certain hallucinogenic chemical .
WARNING: This music may have hallucinogenic effects.
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