If I Needed You - Townes Van Zandt cover + April Come She Will - Simon & Garfunkel cover

Hi all! Sorry for the spam (2 videos in 2 days), hope you enjoy :slight_smile:

I’m also at the stage where I think I can maybe do a performance or two. I’m currently playing in a band but never done a gig by myself, any feedback on where I can improve is greatly appreciated!!

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Hi Abhishek, it’s not spam…recordings are always welcome! But we have the rule of only 1 Topic per month in the AVOYP section; what users usually do is edit the first topic adding the new video link and adding the title too, if you can’t edit the title please ask the Moderators, we will be happy to help.

I’ll take some time later on to listen to your recordings…thanks for sharing your progress with us!

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Oh whoops!!! My apologies, I’m able to make the edits, I added it in the main body of my post, thanks!

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Perfect! I was just thinking to suggest it .

April Come She Will sounds very nice, great song and your fingerpicking and singing sound great!
Richard

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Thank you Richard! Its such a satisfying song to learn and play

And If I needed you, enjoyed that as well! Haven’t heard this before so will have to investigate his songs further
Richard

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Ok Abhishek, you got another hit! Love April Come She Will. Great job again singing and playing. No issues there. Only thing I can think to add to your videos is look more into the camera from time to time. I know these 2 songs were more on the serious side, but a bit of a smile is good too. I do the same thing; so focused on making a recording, especially without making mistakes for me is hard, and I forget to smile. Otherwise, spot-on perfect!

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Thank you so much! Haha, I do get very conscious looking at the camera and super focused on the music, but thank you for the suggestion, I’ll try doing more of it :slight_smile:

I really like both songs and enjoyed listening to your versions. Beautifully played and sung.

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Very enjoyable listenings both of them…and some amazing fingerpicking work too, that’s really inspiring! Is the pattern in the first song ppim?

Both songs were very enjoyable to me. You can play and sing very well. Awesome! I love your Fingerstyle ability.

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Thank you so very much. Fingerstyle is my absolute favorite!! Learning more songs as we speak :slight_smile:

Really nicely done Abhishek, :clap: :clap: April Come She Will has always been a favorite of mine of theirs and you did a great job mate, congrats.

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Its fascinating how such a beautiful melody sits on top of these regularly used chords. Thank you for your kind words

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Thank you so much Silvia! Im not familiar with what PPIM is so I’ll try and explain it to the best of my ability -

The song is primarily travis picking (as you probably already figured out). The thumb is constantly playing the bass note and the 5th of the chord (the open D string). The basic pattern is as follows -

Thumb (bass) + index (G string)
Middle finger (B string)
Thumb (Open D)
Thumb (bass) + middle finger (B string) - I use hammer ons here for the melody

If interested, I’m happy to make a quick tutorial video of it :slight_smile:

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Ahhhh, the brilliance of S&G, such awesome melodies in some of their songs. :ok_hand:

I searched for your music after reading your journal entry. This is very impressive. Love your singing and playing style.

Jeff

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Thank you so much for your kind words, it means a lot.

Thanks for your reply Abhishek!

No I didn’t figure it out as I know only the name of it but I’m not familiar with the technique yet…you’ve inspired me to approach it as I love fingerstyle! Not sure when though!

Yes, I was aware of this by observing your fingers.

Pima is the Classical Guitar/Fingerstyle notation for the right hand fingers and comes from the italian words Pollice, Indice, Medio, Anulare (= Thumb, Index, Middle and Ring finger).