Winter Ballad Options

[Gert1973]

Hi Monica,

Yesterday I started studying the first video and I have problems to see what's really going on and how some notes are executed. I have tried to lower the video speed at 50% but even then it goes too fast. So I will write down underneath step by step what I think is going on in the first 2 bars:

1) Downstroke B-string 10th fret and bend up full tone (in the main video he does vibrato 6 oscillations but not in the slow video) and hold.
2) Downstroke B-string with full release (or half release? I can not see it clear) of the B-string and then bend up full tone again and bring it back down.
3) Pull of B-string 10th fret with ring finger and play note on 8th fret B-string (play note with index?)
4) The note from 8th fret to 7th fret on B-string is unclear to me how he does that. He's not picking the string so I'm guessing pull off and I think he also does a slide. But on the TAB there's not slide mentioned. This is the part I really can not see what's going on.
5) Downstrike G-string 7th fret with middle finger and slide to 9th fret + vibrato (4 oscillations)
6) Then he does a slide on G-string from 9th fret to 2nd fret without picking the G-string. But it looks like he touches the G-string with his pick?
7) Downstrike G-string index finger 2nd fret and bend twice half tone up.
8) On second bend hold and pick G-string again, release bend with pull off with index G-string
9) Downstrike D-string middle finger on 4th fret and slide to 5th fret D-string + vibrato 7 oscillations

There's a lot going on in these 2 first bars

I have quickly looked at the other video's 2-6 and it seems more clear how everything needs to be played.


Cheers,
Gert

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