Fast Car by Tracy Chapman Lesson

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Learn to play Fast Car by Tracy Chapman on JustinGuitar!


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This is good but I wish the tabs were free :(. But will try my best to do without them

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Hi Freeml, you could do a 7 day free trial subscription and then see if the paid subscription would be a good purchase for you. (I have the annual subscription, it is definitely worth it to me.)

Great song, have fun learning it.

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Thanks Mari I’m actually a new comer thanks so much :slight_smile:

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Help me as i’m a little confused (its my normal state), but with the CAPO on 2nd then the chords Im playing (C ,G ,Em and D Shapes) are actually D, A, Fm# and E in the Key of D. Is this right?
So if i want to play without a capo then i’m in the key of C and I can use C,G,Em and D without issue? It sounds ok to me but im not playing along with the record obviously.
Forgive me if i’m having a stupid moment.
ta

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Hi spev short answer to your question - yes you are correct :slight_smile:

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@spev11 if you want to play along with the recording you can use the chords D A F# E without a capo and be in key with the original.

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cheers both, I knew some of the theory had gone in just didn’t trust myself to be right. I’ll use a capo to play along but if i’m playing along with my brother then i’ll play in C as we both have lower “singing” voices ( I say singing, i make leonard cohen sound like an opera sporano)

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hi how many times do i play the fingerpicking part before the chorus and then afterwards aswell thank you

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Hi @ChanelAthena, you should listen to the original song to find your answer.

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The books are good value too if you want an alternative to the subscription:

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The one advantage to Tracy’s fingering is that is leaves the pinky free for that bar that you reach down to A from Em.

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Hi all, up to now I used a pick for strumming. This is the first song I want to use fingers for strumming, because it seems to fit much better.
So I looked into the finger strumming course (Strumming SOS 3). Justin starts there with strumming with the thumb. So I tried this up to now.
But looking into the new video, this seems not to be what Justin is doing. What is he doing? Is he strumming with the first finger? Because he has the thumb above the first finger, it looks like a different technique.

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The chorus is strummed but the verses are fingerstyle.

See https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/fingerstyle-vs-strumming-aw-002

Also you can google “finger style for beginners justin” and there’s a video on YouTube of that name. It’s probably on the site somewhere also.

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Thank you, but I understand the difference between fingerstyle and strumming. And that the chorus is strummed. The question was about this strumming part.
How is he strumming?
Did he use the first finger, only?
Did he use the first finger for downstrokes and the thump for upstrokes?

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Hi Kai @kaiben
With this technique you hold your thumb and index finger as if you were holding a pick and then you usually strum the strings with the index finger, sometimes with me with other songs the tumb get involved with some upstrokes … I just did this one and I only hit it with the index finger …
You extend the index a little bit compared to when you play with a pick… I took a very great course where this is explained very well, perhaps interesting for you?

This is covered in Grade 3 course (it is a paid course)

Greetings

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Sorry, I misunderstood.

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Thank you Rogier,

for clarifying this. I already looked into the finger strumming course, but don’t found exactly this technique, so I was wondering.

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Your welcome…
"Finger like a pick " is the exact name of the lesson …

the course was really fun and very helpfull for me :smiley:

Greetings

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Ah, now i got it :slightly_smiling_face: