In the video you can hear that Justin himself actually couldn’t lift of the second finger in the F barre chord and get a clear ringing G# note.
In the video you can hear that Justin himself actually couldn’t lift of the second finger in the F barre chord and get a clear ringing G# note. It has major buzz.
Has anyone used the Guitar Pro file? It’s provided as a free download from the resources tab on the lesson page. I’ve found it to be really helpful, although I’m by no means proficient.
As an example, here is a practice playthrough. I’ve got Guitar Pro playing at 84 bpm from my laptop in the background. The metronome is probably a little easier to hear then the Guitar Pro track, but you can definitely hear the track in the places where I messed up!
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Is Greensleeves also a song to practice on an electric guitar?
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Hi David, I missed your post and I’m late with my comment…thought I would comment anyway as while listening I thought you were doing great…are you still practicing/playing Greensleeves? What a lovely tune.
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Why not? 
if I remember well both @jkahn and @roger_holland have done renditions on electric guitar, I guess you can find them in the AVOYP section.
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Hi Silvia,
Thank you! I love that you commented because I had forgotten that I posted that video. I really enjoy Greensleeves—I think mostly because it was my introduction to playing with fingers instead of with a pick (well, that and the Happy Birthday lesson from Justin’s beginner course). It’s a super fun little song and I play it once or twice a week.
I (now) have an electric guitar, but I haven’t really figured it out yet. When I play Greensleeves it kind of sounds out of tune—even though the guitar is in tune. I think it’s because I’m subtly bending strings at the frets.
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Hi Dick , @eduard09
As Silvia already indicates, it’s fine, so far I’ve done all these fingerstyle things, including Yesterday and the blues arrangements by Justin, which he plays all on acoustic guitar I did on electric guitar, it’s going well. The only thing for me personally is that I I often think it sounds much nicer on an acoustic, but you get used to it if you no longer listen to the acoustic when it is in your fingers
And Silvia @Silvia80 The last 2 weeks or so I have been practicing my old songs again with the idea that I am preparing them to play live on stage, a completely different mindset and it works great, and because of you I just listened to my Greensleeves. … I now play it with so much more confidence, I can hear the uncertainty/caution in my playing in that version, it’s great that you taged me here 
Thanks
Greetings and go for it Dick
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I’ll begin to practice Greensleeves today, record it and see what’s the progress in a view weeks. Great tip @roger_holland . It’s now the 6th month me using and studying the JG course. Sometimes I have to slow down because me thinking I’m giing too fast but I want to learn so many things. Making music is a privilege and lots of fun.
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This is great to read Rogier! The different kind of mindset really is a game changer I think and it’ll boost your progress even more! One little…huuugeee thing to practice that I found really useful the first time I was prepararing to play at the school party in front of so many people, it was imagining my self in the real situation…if you have a try (and you should) let me know how easy you find it 
I can’t remember in which lesson but I’m sure I got this tip from Justin…
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This is something that happens to me quite often when I play along a backing track or original recording. I have figured out that it happens because the strings on the guitar are dead…I didn’t even know the string could die It got a bit frustrating, especially for strumming, I thought my Rhythm was good but it overall didn’t sound good with a backing track…with new strings it never happens…not sure about this though, take it with a pinch of salt and try for yourself…maybe the problem is simply bending the strings as you say…
Hi Silvia,
In order not to get too far off topic (this is a specific lesson topic so I fear for the mods 
), which I have noticed since I started and especially with fingerstyle, especially because it is so much more difficult than rhythm guitar in the beginning (and still for me and I think everyone in the first years) that proposing to play for you in the community helps, but it is always in my head that it can be done again ( do over)… so now I do it differently, and that I wrote
By that I also meant standing in front of a real live audience situation and watching them dance or walking around, which is not very difficult because I have played in front of sometimes a few hundred people live 
… I sometimes wake up sweating from it ( luckily I could hide behind the better musicians most of the time who were super nice to me (more about this later in a other topic still looking for photos )
And David @quare_dubitasti and Silvia ,
What strikes again and again is that especially with fingerstyle I often sound out of tune simply because I can’t do it very well yet and I press the strings too hard and not in the right place close to the fret (I think Greensleeves was the first big pointer to me)… and the las days a big irritation is with Tears in Heaven at some specific part again …grrr…and new strings on it this weekend…
And yes also when your strings are dead it is bad ,but don`t let it come that far 
… 
I hope this helps a little to all that also struggle …time and practice wil makes it all worth 
Good luck
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Rogier!!! 
so we won’t be off topic…just I’m looking foward for more 
Thanks for the tip about being out of tune, that is useful!
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Can I skip the F chords notes and use the Am chords notes instead to play the melody?
Hi Dick,
Well yes, if you don’t mind missing the bass note ( and a couple of other I see ) of course, it’s actually very simple with guitar, if it doesn’t work for now and with a small adjustment you can continue go for it and if you like come back later when your skills be better … I tried it and it still sounds pretty good so , a little different but oke
If it sounds good to you too, go for it
Greetings
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A little late but I’m getting the F chord more and more so it is starting to sound ok. Had a busy view weeks the dog of my daughter gave birth to 4 dachshund.
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Oh Dick, too sweet
People are asked not to do chit chat in lesson-specified topics… but this is too sweet, can you put an pic and hopefully other photos in your LL, for example, then we can further shower you with good vibes …?
It’s nice to read that your F chord is improving, I’m still practicing this song little by little and since Silvia tagged me a bit more… Every time I think “and now it’s all good” something can be improved again if I listen back to myself on the looper,
Have a lot of fun with the dogs and playing …guitar
Greetings
I now it’s not a common rule to post not music related stuff but the litle ones are like music, giving a lot of joy and fun in life.
Hi! The rolling chords are not coming quickly to me…I’ve been practicing the technique for a couple of weeks and have quickly reached a plateau - at a pretty low elevation. How would you recommend I proceed learning Greensleeves: try to mindfully incorporate rolling chords in the hope they’ll get better but in fear I’ll solidify bad habits, or learn the chord melody without the rolling technique, and practice it independently. Thanks in advance!
@judi I also haven’t made much progress with rolling chords. For now I just pluck all strings at the same time. It sounds fine. When (if) I nail down rolling chords I’ll incorporate them. I don’t fear a bad habit forming.
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