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Originally Posted by stevejazzx
Really superb Glenn
Much harder than it looks to pick and sing like that!
well done indeed
Steve
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Hi Steve!
Thanks so much for your comments and for taking the time to watch! It's great to hear from you!
And you are right -- playing and singing this song and being accurate is much harder than it looks. It looks easy once a person gets both the singing and playing down, but it took me a few days of practice to get this close to where I would dare record this. In fact, this is one of those songs that appears to be deceptively easy, but in actuality, it's harder than it looks.
Years ago, when I was about 18 when I was just home from my first year at college, my dad asked me to play a few things for him. He commented then that I seemed to play much better when I was singing. More than fifty years later my wife has told me the same thing. It's finally dawning on me that maybe they are/were right.
At least I found that to be true with "Here Comes the Sun." When I started out in learning this song, I was playing it as an instrumental piece, getting used to all the shapes and finger picking and those cool licks that George Harrison came up with. But when I started singing with this piece, I had to change the rhythm particularly of the licks, because they really did not accurately fit into the rhythm of the sung version of the song or with the 4/4 time signature.
Also, I had to do a better job of developing the rhythm of the playing behind the singing to support the singing better.
So, singing the song tended to make me a better player, at least on this song, where the singing forced me to make sure I was playing the song structurally correct, if that makes any sense.
I'm so glad you commented on this piece, Steve. I admire you abilities on the guitar immensely and always enjoy your videos!
- Glenn