Chords for In Conversation with Sarah Maisel

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So Sarah, basically, what's your regime for practice?
Tell me what your regime for practice would be.
Actually I think most of the stuff that I do for [A] practice, for example, I'll do scales
but I tend to do [G] them with chords, that way I do all the inversions and know all of my placement.
So, for example, a dominant _ scale I would [C] do. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You know, even though I'm ending [N] with a major, it's still at least going through the motion,
so then I'm playing all four different major positions of the dominant chords and then
going back and forth.
The other thing I like to do is I love arranging songs, so then I go through and just practice
arrangements, honestly, that's a lot of what I do.
And arpeggios as well, if I'm feeling particularly nimble that day, I will try to go through
all of my arpeggios.
And I practice a lot with playbacks, like Jamie Abersold has a lot of playbacks that
I enjoy practicing with.
Can you give us an example of arpeggios and a plurio?
It's going to be weird on this ukulele only because it's a [Am] high string up here, but, _ [D] so _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [N] going through and going through all of those and all the different places.
_ But a lot of times with the playbacks I like just because playing with the metronome can
be very daunting.
At least you feel like you're playing with a band when you've got the playbacks.
Are _ _ _ you going to try _ any two?
Just go for one.
Oh, _ sure.
What one are you happy with?
Let's see.
_ _ What about_
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_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ Beautiful.
[N] Nice.
So that was just a little bit of the nearness of you.
Could you explain your fingering on your right hand? This one?
Yes, just go for it.
Okay, a lot of times what I tend to do, I play a lot with _ all four with sort of assigning
each finger, _ but I'm very arthritic, so I strum a lot.
If I'm going to strum, I strum a lot with my middle [A] finger just because my index is
the one that hurts the most.
_ So, for example, in [D] that song when you saw and _ _ [G] you see me using this finger, that's why.
[E] It's because this one tends to hurt.
So [N] that's pretty much it.
_ Fantastic.
A final tip, just give me a final tip.
What would it be for a prospective player? _
What's been a good_
Just give me a comment, just a simple comment.
Play what makes you feel good, and you'll just play for the rest of your life.
_ _ _ So that's what I do. _
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