00:00:00-00:00:14 Song Intro
00:00:15-00:00:39 Why Use a Capo?
00:00:40-00:01:55 The G, C, Em and D chords
00:01:59-00:04:05 The A, D, F#m and E chords -- for the key change later in song
00:04:07-00:08:50 Demo of the intro and first two verses (including the bass-down, down-up-down OR bass-down, down-up-down-up OR bass, down-down-down patterns.)
00:08:51-00:12:34 The Key Change -- break and last verse, plus outtro
00:12:35-00:13:12 Review of the Strumming Patterns
00:13:13-00:13:44 Subscribe if you can -- I promise, no spam
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How to use the basic "bass-down," "bass-down, down-up-down," and "bass-down, down-up down-up" strumming patterns according to how long a chord is, i.e. how many counts it's covering in that sung line.
This is a brilliant, easy tune to learn -- get a good Kyser or Shubb capo, and this tune, which is in the key of G, then A (for the last verse), can be slid up to G-sharp, or A, or B-flat, or B, or B-sharp, etc. I get messages from people about the "key" that a song is in, but really, if you're playing by yourself, you just want to adjust the key to wherever you feel comfortable; a capo allows you to keep playing the chord SHAPES you know, and to change the key. Finally, any really good musician will figure out what key you're playing in in about 3 seconds -- trust me. I sometimes play a tune, using a capo, and the other two guys I often play out with are both capo'd somewhere else and playing different chords that are STILL matching me. Makes for a pretty cool sort of dissonance without being off-key.
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A singer who started playing guitar a bit later in life, Kansai Busker can help you get the most out of a few chords. He started playing, yes, as a busker in the Kansai region of Japan in the '90s and has continued as a mostly solo musician in Brisbane, Australia.
KBusk's reputable repairer in Brisbane is Guitar Rescue, Everton Park...he's a guitar whisperer, and loves what he does;
He uses Dunlop picks;
Shubb or Kyser capos;
a Snark clip-on tuner or any clip-on tuner with an image of how flat/sharp/exactly tuned you are;
any string-winder, with a snipper is an added bonus;
for steel strings: any decent-brand light or medium-gauge ones (make sure they're for a 6-string acoustic guitar);
and to pick-up the guitar and voice sound together quite nicely, he uses a Rode (Australian) NT1-A cardiod condenser microphone (which comes with cable and P-pop shield) and a mic./ headphone splitter for his Motorola One phone (note: you can only use the mic OR the headphones at any one time...please do solid research about compatibility with your device/s before buying one).
(For gigs, KBusk also uses a 100-watt Fishman Loudbox amp....at about the size of a construction-worker's lunchbox, it has a huge sound and is perfect for most of the Covid-era backyard gigs he's done. If you're shopping around for PA equipment for gigs, etc., BE CAREFUL -- a lot of people are unloading "passive"/unpowered speakers used now because you need an amp./mixer/etc. to use them. If you buy a "powered speaker" with a few inputs on the back and an EQ/reverb, you're all set. KBusk uses a very small mixing board (half the size of a laptop) and his little Fishman amp, then runs that signal out of the amp and into the larger powered PA speaker when he has bigger gigs.)