G7 B7 Barre Advice Please |
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Feb 25 2019, 08:53 PM
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Yeah thanks Rich,
I'm trying to break my habit of rushing and am not letting Gab reveal things as we progress. I tend to look into things too much and end up scrambling my brain so I now wiat for all to be revealed. It's hard though but it is helping with my patience  UPDATE: Unbelievable! D string getting me again  UPDATE : Thinking in the early hours, when I first tried the index snugly against the fret and it worked it was Sunday evening. Last night when I was having trouble, it was after doing manual work for nine hours. I'm wondering if it's a stamina/fatigue thing. This post has been edited by Phil66: Feb 26 2019, 08:16 AM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE  “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Mar 8 2019, 10:08 AM
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Well I thought I'd cracked it.
Wednesday night I played the chord shape up at the 12th fret and worked down to the 3rd fret. Did it a few times and it got better reach time. Last night I tried again and the muted D string was back. I just don't know what to do, surely it should take this long to nail ONE chord?  I am actually having bad dreams about it, last night my fingers turned into twigs and I could play at all, there have been other dreams too, I always wake up really frustrated. As crazy as they are, dreams are real when you're having them  Phil UPDATE: I've just remembered that the first time I tried working down from the 12th fret was with my Ibanez RG1570 and the second time, when I couldn't do it, was with my SRV Strat. Maybe I should stick to the Ibanez until I nail it on that guitar and then progress to the SRV  what do you think?
This post has been edited by Phil66: Mar 8 2019, 06:15 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Mar 11 2019, 08:28 AM
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Thanks Todd,
I hope you're okay buddy. I spoke to Gab and he said to practise every day on the SRV and then play on the Ibanez. Seems a good idea because at least I can get closer with the ibby so I won't feel like I'm fighting a losing battle. I think my index finger is trying to arch when I apply the other fingers so I'm concentrating on keeping it as flat as possible. E shape barre chords aren't an issue but the not barred notes are masking the issue This is probably the hardest thing I've ever tried to do, I actually started thinking I had some biomechanical problem that was preventing me from doing it but I've hit it clearly sometimes so I know it is possible. Cheers Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Mar 15 2019, 02:00 PM
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Let me know if this helps?
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Mar 15 2019, 09:40 PM
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Thank you for taking the time to do that for me Kris, much appreciated.
What is strange is that on Wednesday I could play it fine, I couldn't land on it quickly but every note rang out. I can normally only do that on my Ibanez but it was on my SRV Strat, tonight and last night I couldn't even do it on my Ibanez. I find it hard to relax my hand because of the stretch. I think, what is happening is that when I put my pinky one the fret it is causing my index finger to arch slightly which is removing the pressure from the D string because that gets muted and it isn't my ring finger catching it. Maybe some hand yoga is required, I've been trying to get this since December, I know it can be done because as I said, on Wednesday I could do it I just need to harness whatever was going on on Wednesday. Here's a video of me building the chord tonight. Please excuse the grimacing facial expression  https://youtu.be/0imSr8t2cxs This post has been edited by Phil66: Mar 18 2019, 09:57 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Mar 17 2019, 09:43 PM
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Further to post above,
Tonight I managed to play it a few times on the SRV. I've found bringing my elbow forward helps. It is easiest on the Ibanez, thinner neck thinner strings etc but I'm studying blues with Gab at the moment and I want to play the blues on my SRV and Tele. I'll get there but it is a little soul destroying at the moment. Out of interest, what's your most difficult chord and how long did it take you to get all notes ringing out consistently? Cheers Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Mar 19 2019, 09:35 PM
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Further to post above.
Tonight I tried on all of my guitars, 12 electric, 2 acoustic (one being a resonator). and the one I had the most success with was my cheap and cheerful Peavey Falcon II Tele, I always said it had one of the best necks I've played and everyone that has picked it up has said what a nice neck it is, it cost £125 about 25 years ago, yes that's how long I've owned guitars, many years wasted noodling though with many HUGE gaps between noodling, years in some cases, anyway, I found GMC and now things are happening albeit slowly. Nothing to do with my playing but some info on the guitar in case you're interested. Mine is all stock though https://youtu.be/x0ygNnQINX8 This post has been edited by Phil66: Mar 20 2019, 08:16 AM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Mar 23 2019, 10:02 PM
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Further to the above post, I've finally found a way to play the G7 and C7 barre chords without muting that D string, changes are very slow though, I'll have to work on the changes
.https://youtu.be/J4o1YJ4bxI8 Cheers Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Mar 25 2019, 01:58 PM
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Thanks Kris, I'll give that a try.
-------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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