I ran into a bit of a brick wall in keeping up with chord changes because I was trying to play a bass note for every beat of that chord in a measure. Specifically I'm talking about Night Moves. I wrote the bass line myself based on the chords. For the most part it's accurate, since I compared it to the published sheet music which I finally got.
But there are a few places where my playing doesn't quite mesh with the recording. Looking at the score I realized that instead of trying to play every note in a measure, there are half notes, whole notes and ties that sustain through the measure while the chord is being strummed. You don't have to play every note. What a dummy!
I realized this driving to work this morning. It hit me like a bolt of lightning.
So that's about it... another pitfall for us nooborns to watch out for.
