With a little help from my friends - The Beatles Cover

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Man, Romi, you have to work on your timing. Every song you post, I enjoy your voice and guitar playing and I love the Beatles. But every song has timing issues. Often it's an extra beat or 2 going into a transition, like a chorus. If you wotked on that, these covers would be great. Right now, they're just good.

No offense man. I like what you do, but I'm just trying to help.
 
Hey Romi,
This is a little tighter than the other one, but I agree with Rami still.

Maybe I can be more specific this time though.

Throughout the verse you sing a straight rhythm whereas the original has a bit of a dotted rhythm going on.
It's hard to describe but picture the ride cymbal in a simple swing beat. The original has that kind of groove.
Of course your way isn't wrong: It could just be preference.
Loads of people change the rhythms a little to suit themselves.

When you kick into the next section, the chord strikes should fall just after the bold words.
I get BY with a little HELP from my FRIENDS
whereas you're singing
I GET by with LITTLE help from MY friends.

Again, do it whatever way you want. ;)
Just pointing out the differences in case it helps.

Put simple, people could sing along with the verse, but not with the chorus. See what I mean?

EDIT: Weren't you right handed in the other video! :eek:
 
RAMI said:
Man, Romi, you have to work on your timing. Every song you post, I enjoy your voice and guitar playing and I love the Beatles. But every song has timing issues. Often it's an extra beat or 2 going into a transition, like a chorus. If you wotked on that, these covers would be great. Right now, they're just good.

No offense man. I like what you do, but I'm just trying to help.
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thanks a lot rami if i haven't shared these videos i would never know what i am doing . u have been a great support.

there is no question of offence i just try to play guitar as i have not learned from any where but only listening

but know i am learning from ur comments and i feel the improvement u are a great help all i can say is

thanks for judging :)
 
Steenamaroo said:
Hey Romi,
This is a little tighter than the other one, but I agree with Rami still.

Maybe I can be more specific this time though.

Throughout the verse you sing a straight rhythm whereas the original has a bit of a dotted rhythm going on.
It's hard to describe but picture the ride cymbal in a simple swing beat. The original has that kind of groove.
Of course your way isn't wrong: It could just be preference.
Loads of people change the rhythms a little to suit themselves.

When you kick into the next section, the chord strikes should fall just after the bold words.
I get BY with a little HELP from my FRIENDS
whereas you're singing
I GET by with LITTLE help from MY friends.

Again, do it whatever way you want. ;)
Just pointing out the differences in case it helps.

Put simple, people could sing along with the verse, but not with the chorus. See what I mean?

EDIT: Weren't you right handed in the other video! :eek:
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all i can say that a little bit improvement in this video is just because of ur previous suggestions

please keep pointing issues

next time i will be even more precise :)

i am a right hander front camera of my mobile gives an mirror image while recording :)
 
romi1212 said:
all i can say that a little bit improvement in this video is just because of ur previous suggestions

please keep pointing issues
next time i will be even more precise :)
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Cool, glad you're getting something from the forum's suggestions.
Keep at it - These things take time.



romi1212 said:
i am a right hander front camera of my mobile gives an mirror image while recording :)
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Haha. That was just my sense of humour. It's not always obvious! :p
 
Aye, it's all about understanding that the rhythm of the language is complimenting rather than following the exact rhythm of the song. I like your playing a whole lot, but I think if you manage to replicate what you are hearing vocal wise it will sound a whole lot better. This is not easy if English is not your first language. All I can suggest (English is my second language too) is listen hard to the original track and find exactly where they place the syllables of each word. Even if this means going against your natural flow, just try it, I think it will sound better.
 
fritsthegirl said:
Aye, it's all about understanding that the rhythm of the language is complimenting rather than following the exact rhythm of the song. I like your playing a whole lot, but I think if you manage to replicate what you are hearing vocal wise it will sound a whole lot better. This is not easy if English is not your first language. All I can suggest (English is my second language too) is listen hard to the original track and find exactly where they place the syllables of each word. Even if this means going against your natural flow, just try it, I think it will sound better.
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thanks for the vital advice :)
 
And in no way am I saying I have harnessed this skill - takes a lot of time and patience. :) Keep at it, because I dig your guitar playing.
 
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