how do you play this?

dunkman
dunkman Posts: 19,646
edited July 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
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its not picking but it shows the D string as being...errr.what??? i dont know

it cant be open as normally its a 0 for an open string... its not muted either as thats an x... i'm lost!!

in the past i have normally just put my fingers on those 2 frets/strings and it sounds ok, but i wonder if its right!
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    i'd play it by fretting the A string with my index finger, muting the D string with that finger as well and then fretting the G string with my ring or pinky and that finger tends to mute the B and high E as well.

    assuming it's supposed to be strummed hard which i'd imagine it is given that it's that octave thing.
  • casper leblanc
    casper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Mute it with the index finger on the A-string. It does make a huge differnece in sound: instead of a full powerchord, you have this sort of thicker, pounding sound. Listen to the outro of Light Years. The chunky sounding octave run at the end.

    (at least that's what I think it's about, anyway)
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    cheers folks...like a too talkative wife it appears muting with the finger is the answer :)


    this example was from the tab of Dont Gimme No Lip. I will look up Light Years as well :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    light years does have an 'x' to mute the string

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    but Gimme No Lip doesnt have the X... bloody annoying :(
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • casper leblanc
    casper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    dunkman1974 wrote:
    this example was from the tab of Dont Gimme No Lip.

    Well then it's definitly what I was talking about. :)
  • casper leblanc
    casper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    dunkman1974 wrote:
    light years does have an 'x' to mute the string

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    but Gimme No Lip doesnt have the X... bloody annoying :(

    Oh well... but you can hear the diference in sound, can you?
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    pearlwax wrote:
    Oh well... but you can hear the diference in sound, can you?


    i'm at work... will try at home tonight!

    thanks Pearlwax, you'll be right enough and my ears will soon tell me!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,034
    I'd just put the X on the D
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    I'd just put the X on the D


    yeah.... i'll do this.

    many thanks. :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • seanw1010
    seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    actually, u can also play it by hybrid picking. you use your thumb and 1st finger to just pluck those strings. thats how you can play stairway to heaven as well
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    I love octaves.
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  • who's_pearljam?
    who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Octaves are great. Great things to learn to play, too. They'll give you some depth, especially if you're sitting playing solo.
    You can either pick all three strings, damping the center one with your index finger, like exhausted says,

    individually pick the two strings, like seanw1010
    or my favorite,
    Play across all three strings with your thumb, damping the middle string, Wes Montgomery style. Stevie Ray, Jimi and Buddy Guy learned a lot from him! :cool:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkzG_SF0gi4
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