31 Dec TNT – rhythm cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwrBALBFxq4
Renato Figueiredo
rjofig@gmail.comRenato @ Florida; I bought and started learning to play guitar about two years ago, a bit late in life (I am 39). Still a beginner, but motivated and inspired by Fil and other 'bedroom rockers'. I've been posting a few videos here and sound bites on soundcloud, as sort of a logbook with snippets of how my playing (hopefully) evolves, and it may help inspire others who love music to take an instrument, practice, play, and have fun. To contact me by email, my gmail.com username is the same as my username here.
Ant
Posted at 23:37h, 04 Januaryhaha! truly awsome Ren! big grin my my face at the end lol
Great tone and timing, authentic i would say 🙂
Definetly give the lead a go ren i think your ready 😉
Ant
Posted at 23:38h, 04 Januaryoh yeah nice camera too! 😛
rjofig
Posted at 14:03h, 05 JanuaryThanks, mate, got myself a grin reading your comment 🙂
Back to the grind after the holiday break now, but I’m getting the lead part down, see how it goes.
Cheers!
rpatzelt
Posted at 19:34h, 03 JanuaryHi Renato! I’m so happy for you – with the new SG 🙂 – seems like a dream comes true on X-Mas. Next station, an amp I guess 🙂
rjofig
Posted at 20:17h, 03 JanuaryThanks, Radu! It’s great to have it, love playing it.
Yeah, next up will be an amp, I don’t think I’ll need another guitar for a long while 🙂 Cheers!
rugster
Posted at 23:53h, 02 JanuaryGreat job there Renato.I haven’t checked in for a week or so. Good timing, really flows nicely. You really went for it at the end!
Nice shiny guitar too 🙂
rjofig
Posted at 13:59h, 03 JanuaryThanks, Rob! Hope you had a good break, happy new year!
After hearing it recorded, I think I’m cutting the G chord a bit too short. I’ll have to try it again, and maybe I’ll give the solo a shot as well 🙂
Cheers!
rugster
Posted at 15:38h, 03 JanuarySame to you mate 🙂
Yeah, its good to go back to stuff you’ve recorded a few days later to check it again. I’ve found if you work on something for a long time eventually you hear what you want to hear rather than how it really is. Listening later with fresh ears is sometimes useful. 🙂
rjofig
Posted at 16:04h, 03 JanuaryYup, I hear you. One of the reasons I like to record videos is that I focus and try my best for a while, and learn in the process. But I need to wrap it up at some point, and after it’s done I can come back and be critical and see where I can do better.
RiffRaff
Posted at 14:08h, 31 DecemberGreat tone and playing. Seems like some string is slightly out of tune though.
Sound like you’re playing on brand new strings. That really brings out the Malcolm sound. Maybe that’s one of his secrets? new strings 🙂
rjofig
Posted at 17:13h, 31 DecemberThanks, man!
Yeah, the strings are brand new 10s that came with the guitar. I tuned everything to 427Hz before I started playing, but if you hear something out of tune, it’s possible they’re getting a bit out of tune. I definitely think new strings make a difference in the tone and playability. My strings tend to get gunky within a month or two; when I change them, I always wish I would have changed them earlier 🙂
Cheers!
frankjoss
Posted at 13:11h, 04 January427Hz????
This sounded so exact I went round the web and found this on http://www.highwaytoacdc.com
Back in Black: 440Hz
Ballbreaker: 440Hz
Bad Boy Boogie: 425Hz
Beating Around The Bush: 428Hz
C.O.D: 440Hz
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap: 439Hz
Big Balls: 440Hz
Dog Eat Dog: 457Hz
Down Payment Blues: 440Hz
Flick Of The Switch: 440Hz
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You): 440Hz
Get It Hot: 411Hz
Giben The Dog A Bone: 440Hz
Hard As A Rock: 440Hz
Have A Drink On Me: 440Hz
Heatseeker: 469Hz
Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be: 430Hz
Hells Bells: 440Hz
High Voltage: 448
Highway To Hell: 430Hz
If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It): 434Hz
It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll): 467Hz
The Jack: 440Hz
Jailbreak: 434Hz
Let Me Put My Love Into You: 440Hz
Let’s Get It Up: 435Hz
Let There Be Rock: 431Hz
Love Hungry Man: 418Hz
Night Prowler: 418Hz
Overdose: 432Hz
Problem Child: 440Hz
Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution: 440Hz
Rock ‘N’ Roll Damnarion: 432Hz
Riff Raff: 440Hz
Rocker: 420Hz
Shake A Leg: 440Hz
Shoot To Trill: 440Hz
Shot Down In Flames: 435Hz
Shake Your Foundations: 440Hz
Sink The Pink: 440Hz
Sin City: 433Hz
Stiff Upper Lip: 440Hz
T.N.T: 430Hz
That’s The Way I Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll: 443Hz
Touch Too Much: 430Hz
Thunderstruck: 440Hz
Two’s Up: 440Hz
Whole Lotta Rosie: 432Hz
Who Made Who: 440Hz
You Shook Me All Night Long: 440Hz
What say the SoloDallas members ? Exact or not?
rugster
Posted at 13:18h, 04 JanuaryGood find Frank.
Not sure how accurate it is, but first glance looks simelar to what I’ve found on the tracks that I’ve tried. Maybee some members could do a bit of testing 🙂
rjofig
Posted at 14:20h, 04 JanuaryFrank, nice find indeed! I’ve looked for something like this before and did not find it, kudos to your search prowess!
The reason I went for 427Hz is that it’s halfway between Ab (415Hz) and A (440Hz); I didn’t spend more time tweaking, but 3Hz may make a subtle difference, next time I’ll try with 430Hz.
Cheers!
frankjoss
Posted at 16:06h, 04 JanuaryYou seem in the know, Renato, what’s the ratio Hz to interval (ie how many Hz is a tone) I’m shitty with maths 🙂
rjofig
Posted at 17:35h, 04 JanuaryHere’s a table that helps:
http://www.phy.mtu.edu/~suits/notefreqs.html
You have to work with multiplication/division, not addition/subtraction, to figure out the frequencies. Check out A4 – that’s your baseline 440Hz A frequency and easiest to see what’s going on. If you go one octave higher (A5), you double the frequency to 880Hz; one octave lower (A3), you half the frequency to 220Hz. For every note, the same will be true – double/half the frequency for a full octave up/down.
To go a semi-tone, you multiply (or divide) by a factor which is around 1.0595 (this is the “12th root” of 2 – in other words, if you multiply this number 12 times in a row gives you a full octave, a factor of 2)
To go a quarter-tone up/down, you use a factor which is the square root of the semi-tone factor – around 1.0293. 427Hz is 440Hz/1.0293 rounded down.
Cheers!
frankjoss
Posted at 19:52h, 04 January…………………………………………………………………Huh????!!!!
Now I remember why I didn’t do too well in maths 🙂
Thanks Rena food for thought
rjofig
Posted at 21:01h, 04 JanuaryNo problem 🙂
Bottom line, if you have a tuner that lets you adjust the base frequency for A4 (guitar rig 4 does have a dial for that), it will adjust automatically for the other strings so it’s pretty easy to tune properly, no need to compute all the frequencies.
banane
Posted at 01:41h, 31 DecemberWoah, great, Renato! Indeed, its not easy to play, tried it too. Great tone, and the new SG really looks awesome 🙂
rjofig
Posted at 03:03h, 31 DecemberHah, thanks, Franz! Yes, it looks and feels great 🙂
Dries
Posted at 00:58h, 31 Decemberyour timing was near perfect on this one !
good job !
rjofig
Posted at 03:01h, 31 DecemberThanks, Dires – appreciate the comment!
rjofig
Posted at 00:15h, 31 DecemberJust messing around with new guitar and camera. Simple ain’t easy – timing is tricky in this song, I’m still getting the hang of it. Cheers!