the professor HELP!

[seattlefan]

man!! i know i have posted this topic before but i seriously STILL cant get this amazing song. maybe its the live version on the B sides or just my terribly trained ears but i CANT hear the finger picking well enough to copy it.


and another question ok i understand that you finger pick a whole chord but for example the chord C has only 5 strings to pick (because the Fat E string is muted in a C chord) and chords like G or F have all 6 strings to pick. i just dont get how you can pick 5 strings in the same time as you pick the 6 on the other chords... Am i confusing?


please answer!!! ahhh i wanna learn this song so bad, thanks guys~!

[Jgrg1984]

its hard to describe...its a simple arpeggio style of just following the stings in the chord....i dont really know how to describe it right now as i am tired...try doing a search on this because someone actually tabbed out what im trying to explain a while back

[Banjaxed]

here's what i tabbed before:


inTAB, the picking pattern for C then changing to C(b):



e xxxx 0xxx
B x x x1x 1 xx
G xx0 x x x 0 x
D x 2 xx xx x 2
A 3 x x xx x xx
E x x x xxx xx


e xxxx 0xxx
B x x x1x 1 xx
G xx0 x x x 0 x
D x0 xx xx x0
A2 x x xx x xx
E x x x xxx xx

Notice that you don't play the C on the A string (3rd fret) twice. you just change to the bass note of the next chord. do this for all arpeggio chord changes in this song.Edited by: Banjaxed

[Banjaxed]

the chords are picked in this sequence:


C, C/B, Am, G, F, Em, F, G.


I play C, C/B and Am as 5 chord strings... so they are picked as described above.


I (think) when I play F, Em and G I pick the B-string and the high E-string (the two skinniest strings)at the same time.


i don't have a guitar here to try, but i do something like that and it sounds good.

[reyvee61]

Which song which song.......

[seattlefan]

Thanks a lot banjaxed thats exactly what i was looking for "pick both at same time". it was confusing but i think i got it now.


But if you've got any extra tips inside you ,i could use any tips you can lend me for the strumming, but best bet ill prob have is to just listen to the cd.


Thanks guys

[Banjaxed]

I sat down with my guitar and this is (usually) how i play it.


The Professor - Damien Rice
Capo 3rd. (Tabbed Verse only)


--------C--------
e x x x 0 x x
B x x x 1 x x
G x x 0 x 0 x
D x 2 x x x 2
A 3 x x x x x
E x x x x x x


-------C/B-------
e x x x0 x x
B x x x 1 x x
G x x 0 x 0 x
D x 0 x x x 0
A 2 x x x x x
E x x x x x x


-------Am--------
e x x x 0 x x
B x x x 1 x x
G x x 2 x 2 x
D x 2 x x x 2
A 0 x x x x x
E x x x x x x


--------G--------
e x x x 3 x x
B x x x 0 x x
G x x 0 x 0 x
D x 0 x x x 0
A x x x x x x
E 3 x x x x x


--------F--------
e x x x 1 x x
B x x x 1 x x
G x x 2 x 2 x
D x 3 x x x 3
A 3 x x x x x
E x x x x x x


-------Em--------
e x x x 0 x x
B x x x 0 x x
G x x 0 x 0 x
D x 2 x x x 2
A 2 x x x x x
E x x x x x x


--------F--------
e x x x 1 x x
B x x x 1 x x
G x x 2 x 2 x
D x 3 x x x 3
A 3 x x x x x
E x x x x x x


--------G--------
e x x x 3 x x
B x x x 0 x x
G x x 0 x 0 x
D x 0 x x x 0
A x x x x x x
E 3 x x x x x



notice the spacing between the second and third note in each picked chord is closer. this indicates that these notes are played in slightly quicker sucession than the others.


I don't ALWAYS play it like this, but this sounds good and is very clean. I'll get to the other bits another time, but someone else will have to help you with La Fille Danse, cause I don't play that correctly.


(edited cause i madea mistake in the C/B chord - will i ever get this right?!)Edited by: Banjaxed

[Jgrg1984]

thats close to how i play it.i wish we could meet up and all have this big show and tell

[seattlefan]

See now this is what makes Eskimofriends awesome! thanks guys,


and seriously, thanks for taking the time out of your day, i know tabbing crap out takes a lot of time, Thanks

[Donsie B!]

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