The Eagles – Take It Easy
Apr 22, 2010 Classic Rock
The Eagles – Take It Easy.Classic Rock. *************************************** Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. *************************************** Well I’m a runnin’ down the road try’n to loosen my load I’ve got seven women on my mind Four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me One says she’s a friend of mine Take it easy, take it easy Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy Lighten up while you still can Don’t even try to understand Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy Well, I’m a standin’ on a corner in Winslow, Arizona Such a fine sight to see It’s a girl my lord in a flat-bed Ford Slowin’ down to take a look at me Come on, baby, don’t say maybe I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me We may lose and we may win, though we may never be here again So open up I’m climbin’ in, so take it easy Well, I’m a runnin’ down the road tryin’ to loosen my load Got a world of trouble on my mind Lookin’ for a lover who won’t blow my cover, she’s so hard to find Take it easy, take it easy Don’t let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy Come on baby, don’t say maybe I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me
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Learn Guitar Easy with Classical Music Notes
Mar 8, 2010 Classic Rock
The guitar is probably the easiest musical instrument to learn. It is also one of the most beloved musical instruments that man has ever known. It’s a very compact musical instrument and it is also a very versatile one. There is one thing about guitars that tells you why any person, who has an appreciation for music deeply values its form and composition. That is the fact that you can never be lonely if you have a guitar and if you know how to play a tune on it.
Learn guitar easy with a few pointers to remember. First of all, you really need to have your own guitar. It is one thing not to own one’s personal musical keyboard when one wants to learn how to play the piano or the organ, but a person will find it very hard to learn guitar easy if this person does not have his own instrument to practice on or to learn with. You can always borrow your friend’s guitar or a relative’s guitar if you can’t afford to have your own guitar, at present. So this first tip shouldn’t really be a problem for beginners. The next thing that you have to do is to determine if you want to learn classical guitar or modern guitar. With classical guitar, you will have to learn how to read formal music sheets as the guitar techniques that you will encounter will be presented to you in a rather formal way. For modern guitar methods, you will be learning how to play a tune on a guitar through the help of chords and these musical chords are also known as musical chord progressions. For many reasons, people tend to learn guitar easy when they use instructional books and manuals which teach you to play guitar using the different types of guitar chords and the types of guitar chord progressions. One of the reasons behind this can be attributed to the eagerness of people to learn how to strum on the guitar. Whereas for people who would really like to learn how to play this instrument because they would like to distinctly make use of most of the guitar notes, these people are more comfortable with formal classical lessons. You see, it is often a misconception that the world’s greatest composers did not create classical music for guitars. Well, it is not true that the world of guitar belongs to this world’s rock bands. Some great composers like Mozart and Handel created music for guitars and if you are someone who would like to learn Mozart for guitar, you can say that you are interested in classical guitar lessons.
Here is a tip for those of you who would like to learn guitar easy or those who want to play classical guitar. You need to familiarize yourself with formal musical notation first. Ask someone to teach you how to locate these notes on the fingerboard of a guitar. Afterwards, you’ll have no trouble, as a beginning guitarist. You’ll see; you’ll have no trouble at all.
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Start Playing Rock Guitar – 5 Easy Steps To Get You Rocking Out
Feb 27, 2010 Classic Rock
If you love rock music, and have always wanted to be able to play some of your favorite songs on the guitar, but maybe you’ve found it difficult to get started, then here are 5 steps to help get you get going.
Step 1 – Choose Your Guitar & Amp
Of course, you can learn to play the guitar using any type of guitar, acoustic (classical/folk) or electric.
However, if you particularly want to start playing rock guitar, then an electric guitar is probably the best choice. The main reason for this is that guitarists in most rock bands use electric guitars, so from the start it’s going to sound more like the music you want to play (after all, you’re not looking to play ‘Greensleeves’, but more ‘Green Day’).
Another reason, which some people may debate, but I think that it’s just easier on the fingers to start learning on an electric guitar, and that’s less likely to put you off when you’re just beginning.
As for the amplifier or ‘amp’, to start off, you don’t need a huge stack, or a particularly powerful amp. A small practice amp (e.g. 10-20 Watts) can be sufficient to begin with. Most of these will have at least 2 different modes – ‘clean’ and ‘distortion’ (or this second one may be called ‘drive’). The distortion mode is really the one you want to use, as this is used to some degree by many rock bands, and is the definitive ‘rock guitar’ sound. Even if at this point you don’t know how to play anything, just plug the guitar in, select the distortion channel, and strum the open strings – chances are it sounds ‘rock like’ already!
Many music stores sell starter packages which include an electric guitar, practice amp and case, which can be great value when starting out.
Step 2 – Tune It!
An out of tune instrument can make even the best guitarist sound awful. Get into the habit of always tuning the guitar before you start playing or practicing. There are many different ways of tuning the guitar, but the most common one is called ‘Standard Tuning’, and this is the one used by most rock guitarists.
On this diagram of the guitar neck:
E -||–|–|–|–|–|– (highest-sounding)
B -||–|–|–|–|-X|–
G -||–|–|–|-X|–|–
D -||–|–|–|–|-X|–
A -||–|–|–|–|-X|–
E -||–|–|–|–|-X|– (lowest-sounding)
The lowest-sounding strings are shown at the bottom, and the highest-sounding at the top. The diagram shows the names of the notes for each string in Standard Tuning. Don’t worry if you don’t know the names of the notes, or can’t read music. The most important thing to begin with, is just to tune the guitar strings relative to each other. Let’s say we’ll tune relative to the highest E string (top one in the diagram).
Play the B string on the 5th fret (X in the diagram) and at the same time play the open E string. In Standard tuning, these should be the same note, so if they don’t sound the same, adjust the B string tuning until they match. Then carry on with the other pairs of strings. In each case you play the 5th fret on the lower string, against the sound of the open upper string. The only exception is the G string, where you play the 4th fret note – see the X’s in the diagram.
Step 3 – The Power Chord
Okay, now the guitar is in tune (at least with itself), so you can start learning some rock chords. Most people start off by learning the open shape chords (C, D, G chords, etc), then move on to barre and other more complicated chord patterns. This is a perfectly acceptable way to learn, but to play most songs, you usually need at least 3 different chords, and the most frustrating thing is trying to switch your fingers from one chord shape to another. With some practice, this becomes quick and easy, but there is another way to approach it, which only involves learning one pattern.
That pattern is the ‘Power Chord’ pattern, and this can be used to play a large proportion of rock songs out there. Let’s look at the G power chord pattern:
E -||–|–|–|–|–|– (highest-sounding)
B -||–|–|–|–|–|–
G -||–|–|–|–|–|–
D -||–|–|–|–|5X|–
A -||–|–|–|–|4X|–
E -||–|–|1X|–|–|– (lowest-sounding)
In this diagram, the X’s show where to put your fingers (of your left hand usually) on the fretboard, and the number shows which finger to use where. So in this case, the first finger will go on the lowest string at the 3rd fret, then the 4th finger at the 5th fret, then finally the 5th finger at the 5th fret.
When forming this pattern, try to make each finger rest just behind the fret marker, and not be right in the middle, as this makes the notes sound more clearly (with less ‘buzzing’). Try strumming the bottom 3 strings with your right hand, while holding down this pattern on the fretboard with your left. That is a G power chord. If your guitar strings are in tune as in step 2, and you have a distortion sound, then that should really sound like a rock chord.
Step 4 – Shift It Around
Now for the best bit – to play some songs right away you can use this same pattern, but play different chords with it. So, keeping your fingers in this pattern (1st, 4th and 5th fingers), try sliding it down 2 frets to play an F chord:
E -||–|–|–|–|–|– (highest-sounding)
B -||–|–|–|–|–|–
G -||–|–|–|–|–|–
D -||–|–|5X|–|–|–
A -||–|–|4X|–|–|–
E -||1X|–|–|–|–|– (lowest-sounding)
it’s the same ‘L’ shape pattern as in Step 3, but you’ve just shifted it further down the fretboard. This is now an F power chord.
And now for another chord:
E -||–|–|–|–|–|– (highest-sounding)
B -||–|–|–|–|–|–
G -||–|–|–|–|5X|–
D -||–|–|–|–|4X|–
A -||–|–|1X|–|–|–
E -||–|–|–|–|–|– (lowest-sounding)
In this one, we’ve taken the original power chord from Step 3, and just shifted it across to start on the next string. This is now a C power chord. When strumming this one, try not to sound the bottom E string.
In all cases here, the pattern stays exactly the same, we’ve just changed which fret the 1st finger starts at, and on which string (E or A). Since the frets on the guitar aren’t evenly spaced, you’ll have to adjust your fingers slightly when moving it up or down.
This diagram shows where you have to start with your 1st finger to play different power chords:
E -||–|–|–|–|–|–|– (highest-sounding)
B -||–|–|–|–|–|–|–
G -||–|–|–|–|–|–|–
D -||–|–|–|–|–|–|–
A -||Bb|-B|-C|C#|-D|Eb|-E
E -||-F|F#|-G|G#|-A|Bb|-B (lowest-sounding)
so, for example, if you wanted to play a D chord rather than a C as we did above, then just start with your 1st finger on the A string at the 5th fret.
With this chart, and the chords to your favorite rock song, you can use the one pattern to play it all the way through!
Step 5 – Practice!
It will still take some practice so that you can form the pattern shown above, and move it around easily between frets. However, for now, there’s only one pattern to learn, and you can concentrate on making the notes sound clearly by holding them down firmly behind the frets with your left hand on the fretboard, and trying to strum only the strings you’re holding down.
Once you’ve got the hang of this shape, and can play it easily at different frets, then you should be able to play a few different rock songs. From there, the sky is the limit, there are many more techniques and things to learn as you progress with your guitar playing.
I know that this technique works well, as recently my 11-year old son came to me, and wanted to learn to play a song on the guitar called ‘Teenage Kicks’. He hadn’t really played guitar at all until then. I showed him the power chord shapes here, and within half an hour, he was playing the basics of this song, much to his delight!
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