[musictlk] Trouble with Chet Atkins guitar chords

[Marion Gwizdala]

Kirk and All,
    The key, as you state, is practice. When I am working on a difficult 
section of music,I play it repetitively. I will sometimes play four to eight 
bars of music over and over for an hour to get the muscle memory. I 
recommend one start out playing it slowly, increasing the tempo as it 
becomes more familiar. I will even work on playing it more quickly than I 
will perform it just to engrain the part by over learning it. As a 
self-accompanying vocalist, I need to learn my instrumental parts well 
enough to not think about them while singing. If I do, I often forget the 
lyrics!
    Two of the most dificult songs I do in this respect are a'Soalin' - an 
Old English Christmas song - and Scarborough Fair. Now that I have written 
that, I realize both are Old English folk songs! I have an mp3 of me 
performing A'Soalin' live-to-tape, if anyone would like to hear it. If so, 
please send a message to my music email address

SwampFox1833 at Verizon.net

Peace!
Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kirk Reiser" <kirk at reisers.ca>
To: "Music Talk Mailing List" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Trouble with Chet Atkins guitar chords


> Learning to alternate your bass while playing chords takes a lot of
> practice.  There are lots of tutorials you can get from either
> Homespun or the Stefan Grossman guitar workshop that cover the topic.
> A lot of these tutorials are available from the NLS so you don't even
> need to purchase them if money is an issue.  Another good resource is
> Fred Sokolow music but you'd probably need to buy those although they
> aren't much money really.
>
> Good luck, learning to play fingerstyle is the most enjoyable way to play 
> guitar there is in my opinion.
>   Kirk
>
> On Thu, 10 May 2012, Joshua Lester wrote:
>
>> When he'd play the melody, he could play it, as well as keeping the
>> rhythm going.
>> I don't know how to do those complicated leads, on the acoustic.
>> Thanks, Joshua
>>
>> On 5/10/12, Michael <bonsai1b at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>> Which chords specifically are you talking about Joshua?  Chet, along 
>>> with
>>> other fingerstylists, play drop two chords a lot of the time.  These 
>>> chord
>>> shapes are different from classic chords taught by most teachers but 
>>> enable
>>>
>>> you to more easily incorporate the melody into the arrangement.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
>>> To: "NFBnet Music Talk Mailing List" <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:39 PM
>>> Subject: [musictlk] Trouble with Chet Atkins guitar chords
>>>
>>>
>>>> Why do I have so much trouble playing those Chet Atkins chords, on my
>>>> acoustic guitar?
>>>> Do any of you guitarists know how to do them?
>>>> Thanks, Joshua
>>>>
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