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30
October
Anyone wanting to play the beautiful song "Jailbird" by Jim White will probably know that the chords and lyrics are available at ultimate-guitar.com. However if you want to play the verses accompaniment more like the acoustic version, as played by Jim White himself, the fingering of the chords is as below.
If you find fingering the initial chord too tricky you can follow the second TABs row.
Chords and lyrics for the chorus are as per the ultimate-guitar.com page.
Typical of Jim White, he sometimes plays the accompiment as arpeggios, sometimes as strums, and sometimes uses a combination of strums and arpeggios, but you play it as you wish.
Hope that helps!
28
July
There are some rules almost every guitar player must adhere to if she, or he, ever wants to become proficient at playing the instrument.
1. Practice. Yes, of ourse, it is something everybody either says they do - or will, do - but I'm telling you, it is vital. Play every day, even if only for 10 minutes - and if that is impossible, due to holidays or similar, then make up for it my playing longer for a few weeks. Don't play until your fingers are too sore, but make the effort.
2. If you use a plectrum, practice playing down-up (and up-down) on every strings as well as straightforward all downs!
3. You need to build up the muscle power in your left hand (right is you are left-handed), so play runs of 4 frets, one after the other, both ascending and descending. Do it on at least the top four strings. It is hard to do, especially descending, but keep at it - and make it a part of your daily routine.
4. Practice the "pinch" on your plectrum so it never falls out of your fingers.
5. Fingerstyle ...