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Comment by Marty on October 21, 2012 at 11:39am

Hi Terry. The only thing I want to shred is the work week. I play only acoustic and very much like mellow (-:

Comment by Terry Angelli on October 19, 2012 at 2:28pm

M2,
Okay, Bell Bottom Blues it is! I might be able to do it this weekend. Please keep in mind that you are seeking to ultimately be a lead guitarist and I am NOT a lead player. Oh I can scratch out a small lead here and there and can show you a few things but I can't "shred" as they say. I've never had the time to take some lessons to learn scales better which allows one to wander across the fretboard with ease.

Comment by Marty on October 19, 2012 at 9:05am

Terry, Bell bottom blues would be great, my goal would be to play songle note lines either to a vocalist or anothe guitar. Hope this helps, Thanks!!

Comment by Marty on October 19, 2012 at 9:03am

M1, my playing does not justify the years I've been playing..lol..Focusing is not one of my strong points.

Comment by Mark Thomas Wolf on October 18, 2012 at 7:35pm

Thanks Marty!  I'll check out the site you mentioned :)

Comment by Marty on October 18, 2012 at 6:28pm

Geesh..M2 sorry I thought you were a newbie too, don't worry I will try to catch up to you guys with a little more practice..lol....M1 here saying I will talk to T and M2 later, and oh by the way...Welcome!!!

Comment by Terry Angelli on October 18, 2012 at 1:53pm

Mmmm that is a good question! To clarify, you said "accompany someone" and by that I take it another guitar or other instrument? Or are you referring to a vocalist? If it is another instrument you would need to know the melody line of the song and then you would weave lead lines in between the lyric. But that is lead guitar playing and I'm don't know if your ready to go there just yet.

An example of weaving is in a typical blues song. Take B.B. King for example who basically does a call and response. That is he sings a line and plays a lead line. Of course B.B. has stated he does it that way because he cannot sing and play at the same time but it is a classic maneuver.

If you mean to accompany a vocalist it would be more that you would play a rhythm behind the vocals with possible touches of lead here and there.

Now as for a song suggestion nothing really jumps to mind that is a melody with single notes. However you can play some songs in chord shapes but only plucking one note of the chord at a time.

Are you familiar with Derek & The Dominoes (Eric Clapton) "Bell Bottom Blues"? That song can be done that way. In fact when I play it I don't strum until the chorus.

How about you clarify for me your aim and if need be I can do a video showing you how I play Bell Bottom Blues?

Just let me know!

Comment by Marty on October 18, 2012 at 1:18pm

lol, M2 sounds good. What would you recomend for learning melody, single notes? my goal would be to accompany someone.

Comment by Terry Angelli on October 18, 2012 at 9:11am

M2 (I just love calling you guys that!),

So your not an out and out newbie, good for you! Picking out notes or chords by ear is difficult. What I do when I want to learn a song is to try and pick out the root notes as the song is playing. The root can then lead you to discover if the chord is major or minor. I also do the same thing with my voice. That is i'll hum the note and work my way up the "E" string until I hear that both are the same and work out the rest from there.

Fortunately most songs are three chord ditties and relatively easy to figure out. Gotta tell you it was work to figure out JT's Sweet Baby James! Not only is it more than three chords but it also has a very unusual structure. IE: chords don't change at the top of the beat. It is that type of song that I admire most because it goes against convention yet it is easy to listen to.

Comment by Marty on October 18, 2012 at 8:43am

oops, I meant 2 or 3 years (-:

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