help w/ stone

proudmonkey721 · Post by **proudmonkey721** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 11:03 pm

ok ive been working on it for awhile and i can pretty much play it fine with picking but im jsut not happy with how it sounds like that and whenever i try to play it with the muting like dave plays it - i mess up
so im jsut wondering how long it took for some of you others to get it down and if you had any tips

thanks
peace

gravesRR7 · Post by **gravesRR7** » Thu Dec 12, 2002 11:52 pm

i have the same problem. the best advice i can give you is to watch him play it acoustic solo so you can really see what dave is doing. if you have Kaza, search for video only and type "the stone(the charlie rose show) and watch how dave plays it. Also, when you mute, to make it a bit easier, only mute the strings below where you are playing and leave the strings above alone. yeah i know its cheap, but it helps a little bit. Good luck with that, it is a frustrating song to get right

MattyTrane · Post by **MattyTrane** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 12:13 am

i find when i play the stone i hold the pick a little bit differentle, between thumb and middle finger, it helps with that double 5 that seems to throw most people up.

mboz12 · Post by **mboz12** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 12:29 am

i thought i was the only one who did that lol...good to know im not that different

proudmonkey721 · Post by **proudmonkey721** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 1:22 am

thanks for the advice guys i apreciate it!
but i think the main thing im having trouble with is muting the strings cuz i can strum it just fine

again, thanks

MattyTrane · Post by **MattyTrane** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 6:15 pm

yea np

lpittman · Post by **lpittman** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 8:39 pm

what is the muting? Which strings does Dave mute in the verse? Is that way he has is nr3 finger stretched up all the time?

proudmonkey721 · Post by **proudmonkey721** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 8:49 pm

he mutes the bottom strings with the 1 finger and somehow mutes the top E and A with his 3rd - doing the latter is whats giving me trouble right now

peace

lpittman · Post by **lpittman** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 8:53 pm

gravedigger · Post by **gravedigger** » Fri Dec 13, 2002 9:07 pm

lpittman wrote:jupp

on the chorus, I mute the high e and b strings with my 4 finger, and the low E and A strings with my 2nd and or 3rd finger

cmcdmb · Post by **cmcdmb** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 4:41 am

i think the best thing to do is practice hitting the notes, and playing in time...you can add the soul and mutting and all the extras after you have the basics down.

bong · Post by **bong** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 6:42 pm

Yeah, i suggest downloading the videos from kazaa. There are two acoustic videos- the charlie rose showand a radio station performance. You can see how dave does it there. I've learned to play it quite easily since i can already play warehouse but i play it with full muting. I play the stone by just strumming the strings as exact as i can and i just mute the lower strings. I don't know if dave fully strums it but it seems like he doesn't on the videos and I can play it sounding exactlty the same as dave.