Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams (as played on 'Unplugged')

Originally Posted by bjr

Check this from around the 3:20 mark...he explains the intro. Arpeggiated means picking each string individually rather than strumming which is usually done for chords.

Summer of 69 guitar lesson - YouTube

thanks sir

i would prefer alternate picking...i used to play this alot when i was in my 10th grade...alternate picking will definately enhance my playability...i once read a post..about economical picking...it was written ...economical picking will save some calories...of your body...as compared to alternate picking...hahahaha....i would recommend you all to see george benson's take five...ausumn guitarist...full alternate picking...

hey bjr...i have tried to embellish the chords of hotel california by eagles.dunno its embellishment or substitution..you know wat...i made a new post and it took me around 1.5 hour to write the whole hotel california's chord description and every thing and when i was about to click the button 'post thread' on my mobile...suddenly there was a system crash in my series 60 mobile and the phone automatically switched off...and all the data's were erased... :((((((....

thats why dis time am not gonna write much m only giving you the chords with tabs ...and i know you will place them correctly with ...definate intervals..and strumming pattern...so here are the chords for hotel california...all 4 note chords..its in Bm scale...

Bmin7th(224235)
F#7th(242352)
Amaj9th(557655)
E7th(xx2434)
Gmaj9th(335433)
Dmaj7th(x54222)
Emin6th(X22423)
F#7th(242352)

these chords are from 'on a dark desert highway 'to 'i thought i heard them say'...the chords repeat themselves twice ...the repitation takes place from 'there she stood in the doorway'

chords from 'welcome to the hotel california' to'any time of year,you can find it here'

Gmaj9th
Dmaj7th
Emin6th
F#7th
Gmaj9th
Dmaj6th(557777)
(1st finger barre the 5th fret.ring finger 2nd.3rd.4th string(considering high 'e' as 1st string ...)
pinky...1st string)

Emin6th
F#7th...

after this chords will repeat themselves...

Sounds very nice actually! Its got a nice melody and yes, this is embellishment. The only thing that I'd change personally was play the second chord as [xx4324] instead of as an F#7 but either way, it sounds nice. A couple of the chord names are incorrect I think...both AM9 and GM9 that you play seem to be sus4 chords and not M9 which is why it sounds nice. A major ninth would have been outside the scale for A since the key of the song is Bm so the A is from the dom7th family. If you want to play 9ths, you"d have to play A9 and GM9.



Bmin7th(224235)
F#7th(242352)
Amaj9th(557655)
E7th(xx2434)
Gmaj9th(335433)
Dmaj7th(x54222)
Emin6th(X22423)
F#7th(242352)

these chords are from 'on a dark desert highway 'to 'i thought i heard them say'...the chords repeat themselves twice ...the repitation takes place from 'there she stood in the doorway'

chords from 'welcome to the hotel california' to'any time of year,you can find it here'

Gmaj9th
Dmaj7th
Emin6th
F#7th
Gmaj9th
Dmaj6th(557777)
(1st finger barre the 5th fret.ring finger 2nd.3rd.4th string(considering high 'e' as 1st string ...)
pinky...1st string)

Emin6th
F#7th...

after this chords will repeat themselves...[/QUOTE]

Originally Posted by shubh-guitarist

^ - lower wires
* - upper wires( base wires )

^*^*********^*^ - D
^*^*********^*^ - A
& so on
this pattern sounds the best
post reps

can someone plz explain this a bit in detail

well i didnt get it properly...but i guess he is trying to explain the strokes...wires are nothing but the strings :p...lower strings means first 3 strings that is EBG ...and the lower strings or the(bass strings) are the 4th,5th and 6th strings...i.e DAE...

@bjr...ya i made a mistake the chords Gmajor9th and Amajor9th are actually Cmaj9th and Dmaj9th...even i get confused at times...similar chords have different names...when to use which chord name...god knows...for example...Ddominant9th(x7757x)..and F#m7b5...(x7757x)...Adiminished(xx4545) and B7b9(xx4545)...Gbmaj6th(xx1322) and Ebm7th(xx1322)...

there r quite lot of ways to work out strummin pattern.. da one i can think of could help u cud b dis way..

try to play 16 beats (all downstrokes)... slowly..

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

strum all the downstrokes lightly.. or mute with your palm if you are aware of how to ... play it 3-4 times.. it will sound a flat rhythm, non musical..

now to make it musical, you have stress few particular numbered downstrokes, or UNmute them if you are using muting effect.. and those numbers are

1 4 7

so if you unmute 1,4 & 7 strokes or make them heavier or stress on them, you'd get the pattern of summer of 69..

so what you need to do is still play those 16 beats without intervals, and restart without any gaps, and emphasize on 1 4 7 downstrokes..

practise very slow in the beginning... dont try to speed up, accuracy and timing is very important which will come if you practise at least 30-50 times slowly.. and once you get thecomplete hang of it., you will get the exact tempo ...

let me know plz if it helps
Cheers!!

Originally Posted by slash0211

there r quite lot of ways to work out strummin pattern.. da one i can think of could help u cud b dis way..

try to play 16 beats (all downstrokes)... slowly..

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

strum all the downstrokes lightly.. or mute with your palm if you are aware of how to ... play it 3-4 times.. it will sound a flat rhythm, non musical..

now to make it musical, you have stress few particular numbered downstrokes, or UNmute them if you are using muting effect.. and those numbers are

1 4 7

so if you unmute 1,4 & 7 strokes or make them heavier or stress on them, you'd get the pattern of summer of 69..

so what you need to do is still play those 16 beats without intervals, and restart without any gaps, and emphasize on 1 4 7 downstrokes..

practise very slow in the beginning... dont try to speed up, accuracy and timing is very important which will come if you practise at least 30-50 times slowly.. and once you get thecomplete hang of it., you will get the exact tempo ...

let me know plz if it helps
Cheers!!

i havent understood it fully yet..but i feel it is the wisest guidance anybody has given about a strumming pattern ever!! ..thanks a lot.god bless you..coz we amateurs really struggle with this aspect.and all experts say instead of guiding is "you have to come up with your own strumming patterns..you will get there..etc"..if we dont even know the concept how will we?

Originally Posted by komal29

if we dont even know the concept how will we?

like thousands of others before you? I agree that it's way easier if someone shows you the pattern though.

Thumbs up slash0211
to get d best effect we have 2 use the palm muting technique

Originally Posted by bjr

like thousands of others before you? I agree that it's way easier if someone shows you the pattern though.

@bjr..all i got to give you is a ..
i really didnt wanna quote you..to agree or disagree either..however,i wanna generally add something.All people's learning pattern,style,pace etc are completely different..you must be knowing about the learning curves concept!

@komal.. thanx
@arniehawk.. thanx a lot.. i completely agree that palm muting technik is kinda essential for dis one.. however stil if you wanna go for the unplugged version, or experiment somethin diff, u can replace palm muting, so after the first bar, you can also strum or pick notes as per a fingerpicking pattern...

okay.. what else you can do is.. omit certain downstrokes in the 16 beat pattern.. so it will be

/1_34_67_/________/

there are 2 bars above... in the first bar you can simply miss the 2nd 5the and 8th stroke, so it wil bcome 1-23-45- (all downwards)
and in the second bar , you can simply give 8 downstrokes muted with palm..

practise , try more n more to follow the pattern, you'll get there
til then.. rock n roll!!