Old Daingerfield in A is good. I bet Terry's on board with that one. Perhaps an E or G or D or C or F tune next...
Terry, glad you didn't skin your sidearm on me for not maintaining proper speed. Lucky I just got off with a warning... On Oct 2, 12:01 am, [email protected] wrote: > I like John's suggestion of a list. I'd like to nominate Old Daingerfield as > the first one. Is that o.k.? > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 20:33:43 > To: Taterbugmando<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: My first video post > > I have huge problems finding folks I can sit in with cause they all > play so fast, tunes I don't know, mainly old time tunes, the list is > so big I don't know where to start, and their take is not how I hear > it sometimes too. I am finding playing along with Monroe a great > boon. Agree too about learning a few tunes in each key and learning > the licks and playing from chord positions is a great way to go. > There are some speed freaks out there who think its only good at top > speed, while I tend to think the right speed for the tune is the goal > (local observation). > > I have been working on Old Ebenezer Scrooge for about a year, and > finally am close to something worth recording, also Arkansas Traveler, > but have not heard a Monroe version of that. Just about have Lonesome > Moonlight Waltz and would love to work on a list as suggested, for a > year to see what can be achieved. > > Thank you Nelson for starting this thread and sharing and thanks also > to everyone contributing, good insights for developing players, who > need to build enough to feel good enough to sit in with others. Its > no good to just sit there completely overwhelmed and lost. The > comments are all so supportive and positive. So good to see. Seems > video production could help with performance issues like turning into > wood when someone is watching, etc. The best thing I have done for > myself there is to just play, anyway, and wear it, warts and all, get > over it and move on. Waiting here for the day I can say....been > there, done that...and am totally over it!!!! > Linda > > On Oct 2, 12:14 pm, Terry Bullin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good job Nelson! > > > I agree with Don, just do it! The best way to learn is to play with > > people. If you mess up, so what? Everybody does. Hell, I mess up more > > than I get right. That's just part of the learning process. > > > I also agree with John. Try playing along with Monroe or Mike on a > > recording. It will help you with your timing. That cd isn't going to stop > > if you goof, so you'll learn to keep up. You can slow it down if you need > > to in order to learn the tune, but after you do, practice at full speed. > > > Also, try learning several tunes in each key. G, C. D, A, ect. By > > learning that many tunes you will remember licks from each key. Then if > > you are jamming and they play a tune in G that you really don't know, you > > might can use some of the licks you remember from the ones you do know. A > > lot of the stuff you did in Bluegrass Special, you will find in other > > Monroe tunes if you listen. > > > And for John. I will no longer remark about the speed of tunes. I am no > > longer a speed cop..........I'm retired!..................lol > > > Just my .02 for what its worth. > > > Terry > > --- On Fri, 10/1/10, taurodont <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: taurodont <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: My first video post > > To: "Taterbugmando" <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, October 1, 2010, 9:03 PM > > > Looks like you held out on us at Monroe camp Nelson. I don't think > > that will happen again. This sounds good for the most part. Has the > > bounce. The tremolo needs loosened up some, which is very hard at > > that speed. I don't think I could do it quite like I'd like to hear > > it myself. The timing is great buts gets a little waggly during that > > part. Try playing with a Monroe recording and doing some double-stop > > tremolo over the whole thing and inject the Monroe pulse in the > > tremolo, to keep that groove going. Does Mike sanction this pick > > grip? Good job Nelson. If I ever get a chance to record some I'll > > expect similiar treatment. > > > Got an idea for a Nelson jam skewering next year: Pick about 8-10 > > songs you will be comfortable playing by next year. They don't have > > to be full speed, unless Terry is watching. Some Monroe wrote, some > > trad. tunes he did, etc. Let us know so we can work 'em up too. > > We'll do them all in one sitting and in between each one we will throw > > in one you don't know. Equal parts familiarity and unfamiliarity. > > Life is too damn short not to jam. Just have to embrace that feeling > > of falling flat on your ass for a while. It even happens to the very > > best although much less often. John > > > On Oct 1, 1:10 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Thank you, Don. > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Don <[email protected]> > > > > Sender: [email protected] > > > Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:48:10 > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: My first video post > > > > Nelson, > > > > If you can play that difficult a tune that well, you can jam too. > > > Nothing to be shy about. You'll learn more by taking chances, getting > > > lost, making flubs, and recovering in a jam than you do by playing > > > perfectly. If anyone looks down their nose at you, it's their problem > > > not yours IMHO. > > > > I've been participating some in the Song A Week group on the mando > > > cafe (more like one a month for me), and I've learned a lot by > > > recording videos of my playing. I think you have a good plan, Nelson. > > > > Don > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Taterbugmando" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.-Hidequoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Taterbugmando" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. 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