tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post6869064520577006952..comments2024-03-17T06:33:48.874+08:00Comments on Jawmunji - Fingerstyle Guitar Resources: What's happening January 2010JAWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12568512025089300220noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-89594226334803074262010-01-19T05:46:20.000+08:002010-01-19T05:46:20.000+08:00I'd go for the second, gives the sound of two ...I'd go for the second, gives the sound of two guitars playing sort of slightly off. Though it does look 'folksy' on tab atleast ;)Qhttp://dotstuff.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-55996273085260571482010-01-19T19:44:46.000+08:002010-01-19T19:44:46.000+08:00You are very very very lucky, Jaw. Thanks to the m...You are very very very lucky, Jaw. Thanks to the magic of the internet, I was able to do the test with my 'missus'. It was easy enough to play both version from the tabs in no time (I don't know the original song), and here is the result, I will quote the exact words:<br>- Missus:I prefer the first one<br>- Roman Age: Why?<br>- Missus: The second one sounds like it's 'to much'<br>- Roman Age: anything more? <br>- Missus: it's like it's 'added', it sounds like it's 'forced'<br><br>So there you go. As for myself, the more folky it sounds the more I normally like it. However, this particular song doesn't sound like pop/rock (which can easily be turned into acoustic folk), it's more dark and definitely has a 'metal' feel, which may be doesn't suit going folkyRoman Agehttp://romanage.over-blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-28918646623926404202010-01-20T00:53:55.000+08:002010-01-20T00:53:55.000+08:00Ha, you're a good man Rom! You are right, the...Ha, you're a good man Rom! You are right, the song is more on the metal end of the rock scale...according to wikipedia they are new wave British heavy metal, circa 80's. This particular song is a quieter one for them.<br><br>As for the style test, perhaps it is a guitarist vs listener thing - a guitarist likes #2 whereas a listener likes #1. Or maybe it's purely a girl vs bloke thing!<br><br>I think what I'll have to do is play it #1 style to start with, and somewhere in the middle switch to #2 "as I'm gettin' into it" - best of both worlds :)<br><br>Thanks for doing the missus test for me!<br>JAWjawmunjihttp://jaw.ii.net/stuff/tab.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-5426734249983948372010-01-20T22:58:18.000+08:002010-01-20T22:58:18.000+08:00What do the x's mean? o_0' ?after playing ...What do the x's mean? o_0' ?<br>after playing X X 0 4 5 X mute the three strings?<br>P.S. found your videos on youtube today you play great =) started learning loosing my religion.<br>P.P.S on that loosing my religion tab there are x's too that I don't understand how to play either so i just dont play them, could you please explain me how?<br>P.P.P.S. just in case I'm not new to guitar I play acoustic for 2 years now and usually the x's mean to mute the strings but it doesnt make sense to me here, or maybe I was playing them wrong for some years))rkam88noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-57716664385901700102010-01-21T16:14:39.000+08:002010-01-21T16:14:39.000+08:00JAW, thanks for touching on your right hand techni...JAW, thanks for touching on your right hand technique on this entry.<br>As I get deeper into your tabs, it seems (to me) that your right hand is really making all the difference.<br><br>The left hand fingerings are really pretty straightforward, but the right hand strums and "flicks" really bring it to life. <br><br>It's unfortunate that you make it look so easy and fluid! I'm working the tabs, trying to pick the notes cleanly, and now trying to work on letting my hand and wrist relax and "strum" as you do.<br><br>Perhaps a "right hand" blog discussion is in the future?<br><br>JAW, you make it look easy!<br>Best wishes,<br>Richrichlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-78095579034932894792010-01-22T00:31:45.000+08:002010-01-22T00:31:45.000+08:00A right hand technique blog is a great idea; you a...A right hand technique blog is a great idea; you are correct, fingerstyle is mostly about the right hand. Unfortunately I'm not a very good guide, my technique is heading in the right direction but it is a bit awkward and a bit difficult to play cleanly. <br><br>In fact you'd be able to trace my progress through the youtube videos; at first the stuff was solely plucked normal classical style, then it went through a really awkward percussive mode, now it is a more fluid semi-strum with plucking style.<br><br>Naudo is the guide, I've watched his right hand technique and it covers everything you need. It has "the sound" you get from the non-standard fingerpicking, but is "more conservative", "more consistent" in execution. That's what you want, something that once you have mastered it is easily repeatable. Make no mistake however, Naudo's right hand work is extremely complex - otherwise I'd already be doing it :)<br><br>Yep, I will put a note in my blog admin stuff to discuss right hand techniques. Everytime I think I've said everything I need to say up pops something else! <br><br>Thanks Rich,<br>JAWjawmunjihttp://jaw.ii.net/stuff/tab.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-32574583151940889282010-01-22T00:34:03.000+08:002010-01-22T00:34:03.000+08:00X in tabs basically means a heavy muting/percussiv...X in tabs basically means a heavy muting/percussive stroke. It's hard to notate the specific sound I'm thinking in tab. Generally X on a tab string line means pluck that string totally muted so it makes a sound but you don't get a pitch - right hand palm muting or left hand finger lightly touching any fret muting - hence X doesn't need to show a fret. What I want however is a fretted percussive stroke; there is no tab notation to cover that inflection.<br><br>But, like I said, treat the X's as a fretted note and just sort of downstroke flick/strum/chop, not quite a full strum, but not a proper note pluck because it is the back of your nails. It plays the note but not in a clean manner, it is done percussively. I was previously tabbing that sort of thing out with V's and U's above the note to indicate upstroke/downstroke, but I think that was even less obvious.<br><br>Good Luck!<br>JAWjawmunjihttp://jaw.ii.net/stuff/tab.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-89107428293907619462010-01-22T02:05:23.000+08:002010-01-22T02:05:23.000+08:00@Jaw: You're welcome, my pleasure!I think it&#...@Jaw: You're welcome, my pleasure!<br><br>I think it's great to share technics and ideas about fingerstyle guitar. Although you've said somewhere that you've tried different forums and it didn't quite work out as expected, I still think a forum is the best place for that. I have never created any forum, I'm sure I'd have the skill for that, but I have to admit I'm not ready to invest some time doing that, although I would absolutely enjoy participating actively as a user if there was one of this kind. <br><br>For instance, although the music I have recorded and put on my blog is mostly just folk songs, not trying to take fingerstyle guitar in any new direction (I can't help it, I love folk music, I'm also very receptive to the words, especially when they are like poetry), I am very interested in instrumental arrangements and have also been developing that, and I would like eventually someday to start posting videos on Youtube. I've learned a lot from Youtube, and I can see that some technics that I came up with, without pretending that they are absolutely unique, I haven't really seen them used by other guitarists. I'm just talking about little tricks here and there, no big pretention, I think almost every guitarist has got his own bag of trick, all the more interesting when they are personal. And I'd like to share them, well now I have to be honest, I want to give it a try first, record something, see how it goes, see how people are receptive, then I will be happy to share if it is of any interest.<br>I think that's what you've been doing Jaw, first trying, then with more confidence and appreciation from people, sharing.Roman Agehttp://romanage.over-blog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-86335697347031837442010-02-26T01:54:42.000+08:002010-02-26T01:54:42.000+08:00I like number #1 - simply because I can't bloo...I like number #1 - simply because I can't bloody play #2! I'm still working on getting a good sound playing classical pieces - getting obsessed with playing with a nice tone! Is it possible to play the flicking/strumming stuff and also get the tone of a great classical guitar player?Olivernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-14891868408690284402010-03-03T05:52:18.000+08:002010-03-03T05:52:18.000+08:00Ha, good one Oliver! I don't think you can ge...Ha, good one Oliver! I don't think you can get that classical sound with a flick/strum. Classical is very definate; each note and accent is carefully played out; this sort of playing I'm doing these days is hackier, sloppier, but "more complex" in sound. Good to hear you are obsessing with a nice tone, I have also been obsessing with it. It doesn't exist, but you can get close. The main finding I have discovered is what you thing is a great tone others won't, and vicky versa. I still can't believe the number of people who think the tone of me on my old steel string sounds fantastic - I think it sounds awful! <br><br>Sitting with a guitar on your knee with it playing forward is not going to help either, you'll never really know if it sounds "great". I've packaged my obsession now into simply getting a good recording via a pickup. I play like I play, I'm a bit set in my ways to change at the moment. If I'm happy enough with how the pickup recorded, then that will do. (I should really be playing with the recorded sound being fed back into my ears as I play, so that I know what I am sounding like, and can adjust my playing real-time. Really, what we need, is to forget about the sound and let someone else deal with it, and just play! ) <br><br>Good to hear from you Oliver. JAW <br><br>On Fri Feb 26 1:54 , 'comment-reply@wordpress.com' sent:jawmunjihttp://jaw.ii.net/stuff/tab.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140232930378188483.post-3099259212786578332010-03-15T03:14:32.000+08:002010-03-15T03:14:32.000+08:00Well that's half the trouble - you can't l...Well that's half the trouble - you can't let someone else deal with the sound, because it's all mixed in there with technique. So you have to find a nice way to play which sounds good as well as being "easy" - seems to be a mix of hand position, nails and how you hold the guitar. <br><br>I'm still experimenting, but seem to have found something which is "passable".Olivernoreply@blogger.com