Heart Of Gold - Neil Young

[Nenad]

I need help with the song from Neil Young, Heart Of Gold ! Having problems with struming patern on chords. I hope that you will help me. Thanks ! I made video...please watch and tell me...help me...the song is realy nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ra4U3LVpCo

Have a nice day

Nenad

[NickTGS]

It's too fast, for one thing. Play slower.

You're using too many strums for the intro portion (the part on the Em). I hear 8 or so downstrums; it's only 6 downstrums on the Em and then 2 on the Dm. Then that little riff. You need the open low E string to cap off that riff, by the way (after the other four notes).

The strum you have going on the verses works for the song, the one Dave uses is down down down up if you want to try that instead.

[ez-one]

Good job, I would suggest working with a metradonm so that you start getting use to timeing. Start off playing it a little slower than normal until you have all of your chord changes and struming smooth and then going up to normal speed. One of the things that really hampers people learning guitar (myself included) is not enough use of a metradom when practicing. I found a free downloadable drum machine that I use, just so you can set the beat slow enough to give you a time frame with in to fit the strums ect.... keep practicng you are making progress

[trippy]

i dont know the song so i cant tell if it sounds correct or not, but i can say i like´t it very much, wish i could strum and pick like that!!!
good job!!

[HARDY0407]

Isn't it a Em7 in the intro for the 6 downstrokes?
I bet I am hearing a Em7 in the original!

[ez-one]

i dont know the song so i cant tell if it sounds correct or not, but i can say i like´t it very much, wish i could strum and pick like that!!!
good job!!

Trippy, its really a classic from about 30 or so years ago, if you go to amazon.com and do a search for music, Neil Young it will list a bunch of his albums and yo can listen to part of it, there was a time when that song was played real often on the raido, (most of us 50+ people remember)

[trippy]

it´s a beautiful song, i searcht for it on youtube and heard it, very sweet song. i think its gonna be the next for me to learn....

[NickTGS]

Could play it with an Em7, most of the tabs I see (and the way Dave teaches it) have it as an Em though. People instantly recognize it when I play it with the Em, and the Em7 doesn't really sound correct. Too twangy and the extra note(s) (or excluded note, depending on how you play it) sound a little off.

It was actually Neil Young's only #1 Billboard Single back in '72; it started off as a piano song, but he switched it over to the acoustic guitar.

[ez-one]

I have the offical liscended sheet music for it and it uses Em7 in some places and just an Em in other places, like in the intro its an Em7 then a D then a Em and thats repeted 3x

[screamin eagle]

for your level that ain't bad--but slow it down a bit--give the music some room to breathe.

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[Nenad]

Well, I just try second time and hope that this time I didn't strum to fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUn-hUrhdgA

Nice day to all

Nenad

[ez-one]

That sounded better, but like I said work with a metradone, or at least start practicing useing your foot to keep your beat and timming. If you listen to the song and while listening to it you tap your foot 1,2,3,4 1,2,3,4 you will get the timimg of the song, then when you are practicing, tap in 1,2,3,4 start song and keep the tapping up while you are playing, it should get smoother for you,

[Nenad]

I made again video record of melody Heart Of Gold but this time I using strum patern all down stroks. And you can also see how I hold chords. Strum patern: down,down,down(with emphasize),down(here I change chord).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V79f-HMzQtU

Have a nice day

Nenad

[Nenad]

Made again video record of melody but this time you can see how I strum and hold chords. I hope that I making progress with this melody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1diP-QFXdLk

Have a nice day

Nenad

[ez-one]

seems to be getting better, the cool thing about recording yourself is that you can go back and listen to your first vid, and then your last and see your progress. You can also use them to study what you are doing and see what you have to work on, Use your recordings as a tool there is a lot of info in them.

[Nenad]

Ok...here I am again. This time I sing but don't be afraid becouse of my voice, still practise to develope it. Hope this time I am close to melody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e3sXRCdOQY

Have a nice day

Nenad

[Nenad]

OK, here is another video record and I thik this time I made better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghbB_Y9LX6o

Have a nice day

Nenad

[trippy]

ok here is my replay hope i didn´t do to bad (its a second attempt)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EkASVrGBgY

[Nenad]

Good ! I see you makeng progres. Here is one link, where you can see how Neil Young strum. Hope this will help you ! Keep up the good work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_4v_TGoIfI

And I do it again...have fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbg-fnu2jGo

Have a nice day

Nenad

[dharmabum]

Just a suggestion (I'm no expert). On the downstrokes for the inrto, try using a "build". Meaning, first downstroke hits only the low e string, next downstroke hits e-a, next hits e-a-d, etc.

I'm pretty sure that's how Neil does it...