Those Bars of Doom, continued
Jul. 12th, 2012 11:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lblanchardI'm a happy girl today.
First of all, I watched the instructional video and heard Tommy Emmanuel refer to the Bars of Doom as "probably the hardest part of the song." Nice to know the bridge won't be that hard.
Second of all, he has an alternate fingering that's much easier although the notes don't have quite the same voice. But I can use the easier fingering to learn the song and then tackle the harder bits later.
Third of all, I've now seen his calluses. And heard him speak of "these great honking flat surfaces on the ends of my fingers" that make it possible for him to fret two adjacent strings with one finger. That explains the six-fingered guitarist effect. Two of my fingertips are starting to flatten just a little bit, so there may be hope.
Net result: I can now fumble through "Countrywide" from the intro to the bridge. The bridge feels like a bridge too far at the moment but maybe after the weekend...
And I've recruited one of Linda Cohen's students for a play date next Friday. Callus maintenance!
First of all, I watched the instructional video and heard Tommy Emmanuel refer to the Bars of Doom as "probably the hardest part of the song." Nice to know the bridge won't be that hard.
Second of all, he has an alternate fingering that's much easier although the notes don't have quite the same voice. But I can use the easier fingering to learn the song and then tackle the harder bits later.
Third of all, I've now seen his calluses. And heard him speak of "these great honking flat surfaces on the ends of my fingers" that make it possible for him to fret two adjacent strings with one finger. That explains the six-fingered guitarist effect. Two of my fingertips are starting to flatten just a little bit, so there may be hope.
Net result: I can now fumble through "Countrywide" from the intro to the bridge. The bridge feels like a bridge too far at the moment but maybe after the weekend...
And I've recruited one of Linda Cohen's students for a play date next Friday. Callus maintenance!
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Date: 2012-07-13 03:20 am (UTC)I saw him perform live shortly after I moved to Minneapolis in 1980. He stopped in the middle of a song, repaired a snag on one of his fingernails (I think with that pink hair-setting tape), and picked up where he left off. Love that "goose-fart" voice of his.