[Closed] what music are you practicing at the moment?

I'm practising accents on the hihats...it's enough to want you stop making drummer jokes 🙁

Flamenco. Very tricky to play and understand.

I am learning 2 songs on the bass at the mo, tears of a clown and China Grove by the Doobie brothers, as I love both songs! Also been messing around with Crossfire by Stevie Ray Vaughn (again on bass)

can play it but not like that ...not admitting how long I have been trying to get the fluidity correct

The part that the guy standing up is playing.

learning sultans of swing for bass, but just about to go and google what jamest is doing..

jamest - Member

I am learning 2 songs on the bass at the mo, tears of a clown and China Grove by the Doobie brothers, as I love both songs! Also been messing around with Crossfire by Stevie Ray Vaughn (again on bass)

Beethoven pathetique sonata (been learning it for 17 or so years now, first movement is okay on a good day !)

Bartok 3 Hungarian Folk Songs ( 4 years so far - 2/3s good, last one needs faster /more accurate fingers )

Also on the piano is Debussy's Children's Corner, which I can produce a passable rendition of when I'm practicing enough to have the finger strength and speed.

I have decided to knuckle down and learn something that people will know instead of the pentatonic rubbish I play with some flourish 😀

So far I have
I love rock n roll
Beat it - minus solo naturally
Smooth Criminal
Rock bottom - just cos I love it
Crazy train

I might even learn some led zep FFS

Guitar FTW

[i]I'm practising accents on the hihats...it's enough to want you stop making drummer jokes [/i]

I feel your pain 😉
Have you had a look at Jack Bennett's stuff at http://icanplaydrums.com/aboutus.htm ? Some interesting techniques, including a different way of doing accents on the hat

had a try out for a punk covers band tonight. I've only ever been in original material bands, so learning other people's songs is a bit of a challenge.

We tried:
I Wanna Be Sedated
God Save The Queen
Pretty Vacant*
White Riot
I Fought The Law
The Sound Of The Suburbs
and a few ska numbers

with the exception of one (*), I've never played any of these songs before, although they are all in my collection.
I've had 3 days to memorise these songs and they thought I was pretty good, considering; they offered me the gig 🙂

ok I'm still at a very basic level but;
-Riff from zz top la grange and tush;
-intro to crazy train - ozzy/randy rhoads
-and now totally mesmorized by Brian Robertsons' solo on Thin lizzys "still in love with you"

Also Peter Greens "man of the world"

not long memorised gnossienne no1 by erik satie
in the process of memorizing torija by federico moreno torroba.
and made my first attempts at learning castles made of sand by hendrix last night...

Junkyard - I've had a go at that, defo one i'll go back to in the future, cracking song, my single sting tremelo isn't quite up to it the now, i know couple of tarrega songs fairly well though, oremus, endecha, lagrima, adelita and 2/3rds of capricho arabe(it will be conquered one day).... worth a look if you like tarrega.

Trying to learn wish you were here pink floyyd guitar solo

After a long time of forgetting he was still playing I have gone back to listening to and trying to work out alot of Bettencourts stuff, Jeezus the guy can play, 90% of get the funk out solo tagged last night 🙂 God I hate the singers voice!!

nice one everyone! 😀 good luck with all the practicing (i need all the practice i can get 😀

Hey! Well done John Drummer. That stuff is in your blood!!!

I'm currently learning...

Highway Star - Deep Purple
War Pigs - Black Sabbath
Holiday - Pistols
Whole Lotta Rosie - ACDC

..for the cover band I play in. Learning new stuff is always hard, but always worth it. Plus I think it gives you a better appreciation of the original artist.

Been working on this,

Don't know if this guy gets due recognition but he's really a great teacher and his lessons are free ont t'internet 🙂

The Entertainer by Scott Joplin. I think I used to be able to play it when I was 15!! The intervening 25 years have dulled the memory (and the finger speed)!!

Erik Satie's "Préludes flasques pour un chien" (Flabby preludes for a Dog) - for about 2 months !!
Still struggling as my keyboard skills are well rusty 🙁

seosamh77 - Member

not long memorised gnossienne no1 by erik satie

I can play one of these on bass, it's split into two parts for bass, like it lots. I think its no3 or 5?

I'm working on these Free classical guitar lessons on the internet given by Jean-François Delcamp http://www.delcamp.us/
(Professor at the Brest Conservatory of Music, Dance and Drama - France)
The lessons will begin in November 2010 and finish in June 2011.
The lessons correspond to the first three years at the conservatory and I've opted for the second year.
This is part of my last homework

I don't play any instruments but last night I heard some harmonica stuff by a guy called Grant Dermody. That was truly amazing 8)

on the acoustics...

man who sold the world (got it except for the transition to the chorus power chord bit that i can'nt seem to make sound ok)

wish you were here (at the stage where i can strum it, but when i try to sing as well it all goes t@tus up)

losing my religion (as above)

tangle up in blue (finishing touches)

next up is 'friday on my mind' and a bit of motorhead 'slow blues' i fancy. an i want to revisit 'blister in the sun' and 'like a hurricane'.

on the electric....

working through licklibrary electric blues dvd set. the struggle i find it getting my guitar/amp etc to sound the way i want it (i.e. more like the guy playing on the dvd).

To play and "sing" at the same time.

Speckledbob drop me a line I have a few files you might enjoy listening to. Addy in profile.

Angie - Davy Graham. Trying to get a working fingerstyle rolling after around 30 years of playing with picks (Dad was a country rock band player..)

Angie - Davy Graham.

This is a pretty good basic tutorial. Simplified but a good starting point.

Mainly playing ukulele at moment myself

due to an unfortunate ebay/alcohol interface, I now own a set of pracice bagpipes so am trying to learn to play them
ye gods, what a racket

I'm practising rapping to NWA as i'm starting a tribute band.

Currently Learning,

Holiday In Cambodia - DK
All I Want - Offspring
Bomber - Motorhead
and six of our own that the Guitarist came up with

PD

due to an unfortunate ebay/alcohol interface

brilliant!

I'm working on the Ayrshire accent to perform acoustic versions on Biffy songs. 'Who's the hippy noo...'