I will update as I pick a couple more songs, but, I wanted to sort of ‘speak into the world’ what my song choices are thus far. I think that sometimes helps when one is setting goals.
Todd’s Songs for G1 Consolidation:
- “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1977)
Working on maybe doing a different strumming pattern than my prior DDDD recordings. Right now, it might be D, D, DU, D. (I’ve watched multiple tutorials on it, but I don’t think I’m ready to try the more advanced techniques with palm muting and whatnot. I think I’ll stick to just refining the skills I’ve learned so far… I think that’s the point here anyway!) - “Silent Night” - Gruber & Mohr (1818)
This is a traditional Christmas song, but, it also happens to use two of my newer chords which “Three Little Birds” does not: G, and C, as well as D7. Since it’s in 3/4 time, I’m also exploring some strumming patterns other than the 1-per-bar I did in my impromptu Christmas performance. I think it will be fun. (Trying to decide between D, DU, D and D, DU, DU.) - “The Addams Family Theme” - Vic Mizzy (1964)
I’ve been practicing the opening riff recently. I’ve got the tab for the song, with both the melody and a chord progression. I’m not a quick enough plucker for the melody yet, but I can strum the chord progression. This could be a song to grow into, as Justin might say. Someday, I would like to do a multi-track recording of myself singing, strumming the chord progression, and playing the melody. Right now, just concentrating on the intro riff, outro riff, and chord progression. It also uses G, and C, and one of my slowest chords, Dmin! So, I think it’s a great choice to get me working on C and Dmin, my two slowest chords. (Also, if I’m going to get it up to the original tempo (~118bpm), those will have to be some relatively quick changes, so I think that’ll be good, “forcing” myself into quicker changes as Justin puts it.