Focus Hocus Pocus Guitar!?
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Topic: Focus Hocus Pocus Guitar!?
Posted By: Publius
Subject: Focus Hocus Pocus Guitar!?
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 19:26
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It's impossible! Is it my ineptitude, am I having a bad guitar day? Or is Hocus Pocus by Focus a really difficult song to play? I'm talking about the main chord sequence. Even the tabs on the internet don't sound right when played, and they are incredibly difficult to move to anyway. Anybody know of a simpler version? Or at least a correct version? ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 19:35
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It's pretty straightforward barring 1 chord that seems to be a secret known only to Jan Akkerman. Try OLGA (online guitar archive) - they used to have a good transcription that even I could follow and sound vaguely like the original. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Publius
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 19:37
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Brilliant thanks. I know it's just barring the chord at the 7th fret... something like x79787 but argh dunno. I'll check Olga, thanks. ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |
Posted By: MANTICORE
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 19:37
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Posted By: Publius
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 19:40
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might be a good idea...the OLGA one is the one I've already seen, it just doesn't sound right. The first and last chord seem ok, and the intro duh duh duh duh duh bit sounds ok...but the middle chords? Ah well, I've worked out Sylvia, I'm happy :) ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |
Posted By: Hands r free
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 21:37
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It goes Eminor7,,,,, Fmajor7,,,,,Cmajor7,,,,,Bflat dominant7,,,,,,, then the last
chord is that E 7 add 11 chord that I forgot the name off. Its the same chord in purple haze....Its like x7678x......Sound good? |
Posted By: Publius
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 21:45
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I know all that but playing the chords only once and then going to the next is difficult, but I'm working it out. ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: July 31 2005 at 22:26
ta ta ta ta ta, ta ta ta ta ta, ta-taa, taa, ta-taa...easy 
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Posted By: Hands r free
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 00:12
more trouble figuring out the chords than just doing the strum pattern. I guess after playing those chords alot your hands get the shapes built in. |
Publius wrote:Posted By: Publius
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 06:25
I hope so  ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 06:29
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That would be Em7 ... a standard chord. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 01 2005 at 08:41
| Hmm, Hocus Pocus is one of the hardest songs I've come across for a band to play, on a par with Black Betty. You need a superhuman drummer for a start (not to mention someone who can yodel!). |
Posted By: Publius
Date Posted: August 02 2005 at 20:23
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You can say that again. And who can yodel!?!?! I know that's a standard chord MikeEnRegalia but the problem I have is moving to the subsequent ones. Not to worry. Sylvia is an easier alternative. ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |
Posted By: Danny
Date Posted: October 01 2005 at 10:32
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Hi there, I forget the name of the chord but the root is A. You play A on the fifth fret and G on the fourth, keeping the open A ringing and hammer on the A octave on the D string ? ? Mess about with this and it should start sounding right ( and also nice n easy :-) Same opening chords as the old music for the snooker ( forget who that is by ) |