fourty one

[HCHaikuWarrior]

i've been playing 41 for over a year now and i was playing it fine...and then recently it seems that when i play the verse sometimes i completely miss hitting the A string and sometimes i flub it and sometimes it's fine...i just don't get why it is degressing...

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Verse
E:------------------------
B:---8-----8-----8-----8-- <---4
G:---7-----7-----7-----7-- <---3
D:------------------------
A:------------7-----5-----   <---- is the bitch for me lately.
E:-5----7-----------------
   1    2     2     1 

[Beauford33]

I just mute the low E string with my thumb that way I get the A string for sure.

[HCHaikuWarrior]

I just mute the low E string with my thumb that way I get the A string for sure.

i mute the E for sure but it's weird sometimes i totally miss the A string and just hit air...or sometimes i hit the muted E string...and then sometimes i get it right.

[Beauford33]

I just mute the low E string with my thumb that way I get the A string for sure.

i mute the E for sure but it's weird sometimes i totally miss the A string and just hit air...or sometimes i hit the muted E string...and then sometimes i get it right.

is this sitting down and/or standing up?

[HCHaikuWarrior]

I just mute the low E string with my thumb that way I get the A string for sure.

i mute the E for sure but it's weird sometimes i totally miss the A string and just hit air...or sometimes i hit the muted E string...and then sometimes i get it right.

is this sitting down and/or standing up?

sitting..i suck at playing standing up

[Beauford33]

I just mute the low E string with my thumb that way I get the A string for sure.

i mute the E for sure but it's weird sometimes i totally miss the A string and just hit air...or sometimes i hit the muted E string...and then sometimes i get it right.

is this sitting down and/or standing up?

sitting..i suck at playing standing up

Id just say be sure to strum all the way through the guitar itself. It doesnt sound too bad without accenting the bass notes.

[HCHaikuWarrior]

I just mute the low E string with my thumb that way I get the A string for sure.

i mute the E for sure but it's weird sometimes i totally miss the A string and just hit air...or sometimes i hit the muted E string...and then sometimes i get it right.

is this sitting down and/or standing up?

sitting..i suck at playing standing up

Id just say be sure to strum all the way through the guitar itself. It doesnt sound too bad without accenting the bass notes.

true..but it does sound better while accenting the notes


i guess just keep practicing till it comes back to me.

[Beauford33]

I just mute the low E string with my thumb that way I get the A string for sure.

i mute the E for sure but it's weird sometimes i totally miss the A string and just hit air...or sometimes i hit the muted E string...and then sometimes i get it right.

is this sitting down and/or standing up?

sitting..i suck at playing standing up

Id just say be sure to strum all the way through the guitar itself. It doesnt sound too bad without accenting the bass notes.

true..but it does sound better while accenting the notes


i guess just keep practicing till it comes back to me.

Yea, I was about to say "How would you know"

[HCHaikuWarrior]

I just mute the low E string with my thumb that way I get the A string for sure.

i mute the E for sure but it's weird sometimes i totally miss the A string and just hit air...or sometimes i hit the muted E string...and then sometimes i get it right.

is this sitting down and/or standing up?

sitting..i suck at playing standing up

Id just say be sure to strum all the way through the guitar itself. It doesnt sound too bad without accenting the bass notes.

true..but it does sound better while accenting the notes


i guess just keep practicing till it comes back to me.

Yea, I was about to say "How would you know"

because:

A: i've heard dave play it that way in basically every show he plays it
B: I used to be able to accent those notes

[whatshername]

i thought you were calling me out when i first read the title of the thread

haha

[taylordb]

he was

[SpoonInSpoon]

i play it completely different.


Am7-x02010

Bm7-x24232

Emsus- 07578

D- x5453x


it sounds just fine. its easier too.

[two_stepper10]

I just mute the low E string with my thumb that way I get the A string for sure.

i mute the E for sure but it's weird sometimes i totally miss the A string and just hit air...or sometimes i hit the muted E string...and then sometimes i get it right.

is this sitting down and/or standing up?

sitting..i suck at playing standing up

Id just say be sure to strum all the way through the guitar itself. It doesnt sound too bad without accenting the bass notes.

true..but it does sound better while accenting the notes


i guess just keep practicing till it comes back to me.

Yea, I was about to say "How would you know"

because:

A: i've heard dave play it that way in basically every show he plays it
B: I used to be able to accent those notes

Just practice that part for like 5 or 10 minutes. Just play it over and over and play with your strumming and you'll get into a pattern where you are still strumming but will hit the A string notes super quick. Just develop a "flow" more or less.

[Jer1400]

I'd like to add you should play it slowly and play it right when you practice it. Sometimes we'll forget to practice songs occasionally and gradually begin to play it worse and worse.

[mlb1399]

Another way you can play it:

EADGBe

-0------
x02033
-3------
x20233
--2----
x02033
--0-----
xx0233

It has these chords in the L@LC tab book in the beginning.