Random Dave questions

Swede · Post by **Swede** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:05 pm

i have always loved Let you down but i never had time to learn it, but today i sat down and played it, so i got the strumming at the timing perfect (it was a bitch at first)
but i just cant sing it when i play it, help please..

jellyfish · Post by **jellyfish** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:06 pm

I cant sing it either. Hell, I haven't played that song in 5 years!! It was tough at first as I recall.

Swede · Post by **Swede** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:09 pm

it was harder than i thought at first.. the timing was weird,, but i just cant get the singing.

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:32 pm

just practice get used to the song, youll get it eventually.

Swede · Post by **Swede** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:41 pm

yeah i know, but in a way. the singing and they playing are nothing alike..or?

jellyfish · Post by **jellyfish** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:44 pm

I wonder where Dave gets his Shirts?

Swede · Post by **Swede** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:46 pm

i wounder what kinda pick he use.

jeffro · Post by **jeffro** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:13 pm

Listen to the song and try to figure out exactly where it starts. Slow down and try it. Or just get as close as you can and recover by cutting something short/extending it.

Swede · Post by **Swede** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:20 pm

good ideé.

lyrics101 · Post by **lyrics101** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:28 pm

It's in a count of Five. Just do that and boom, you're done.

Swede · Post by **Swede** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:31 pm

how do you mean?

jaroben · Post by **jaroben** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:48 am

jeffro wrote:Listen to the song and try to figure out exactly where it starts. Slow down and try it. Or just get as close as you can and recover by cutting something short/extending it.

good method.. slow waayyy down. once you get it down when playing it slow, gradually build the speed. this pretty much works with anything you're trying to learn on guitar.

Kukini · Post by **Kukini** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:57 am

I never slowed down to learn a song, I try to learn to play it by singing it. I associate the parts I'm singing with the guitar riff played there.

Try that, just start singing and chime in w/the guitar.

lyrics101 · Post by **lyrics101** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 1:17 pm

Swede wrote:how do you mean?

1-2-3-4-5-1-2-3-4-5

You're probably trying to enter in on the fourth count every time, and that's why you're off.

If I had my guitar here, I could write it out for you, but alas, I'm at work.

Davy28 · Post by **Davy28** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 3:16 pm

The problem with let you down is that it the main part is in 3/4, but timmy's guitar plays lots of little fills that seem to throw the timing off. You have to be able to key into daves guitar so that you can stick with the timing and anticipate when he switches to 6/8 timing for the "I have no lid upon my head..." part.