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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Dec 23, 2021 12:41:54 GMT -5
Spent a little time with the guitar last night. Works in progress.
Mississippi Half-Step Toodeloo Sugaree Don’t Think Twice Freight Train Sand and Foam
I think if I keep practicing I’ll be able to butcher all manner of songs. 😂
Mike
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Post by John B on Dec 23, 2021 12:57:52 GMT -5
My major Christmas gift is a synthesiser. Lots of bleeps and bloops.
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Post by drlj on Dec 23, 2021 13:00:47 GMT -5
Take the A Train And a whole bunch of fiddle tunes I haven’t played in a long time like, Jerusalem Ridge, Cotton Patch Rag, Temperance Reel, and 10 Miles to Deep Gap which is a Jack Lawrence tune that is actually Temperance Reel in a different key with a different B section.
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Post by majorminor on Dec 23, 2021 13:38:31 GMT -5
Early stages of the electric band thing so learning vocal and electric parts for Gerry Rafferty’s Right Down The Line, John Mayers arrangement of the Ray Charles song I Don’t Need No Doctor, and I Shot The Sheriff ala Clapton.
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Post by james on Dec 23, 2021 13:52:02 GMT -5
Iron and Wine - Communion Cups and Someone's Coat - open G (nearly there) John Lee Shannon - Native - open D (not any good yet)
But mostly just noodling around in CGDGBD and other tunings.
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Post by John B on Dec 23, 2021 14:05:33 GMT -5
Iron and Wine - Communion Cups and Someone's Coat - open G (nearly there) John Lee Shannon - Native - open D (not any good yet) But mostly just noodling around in CGDGBD and other tunings. You might like my arrangement of "Joy to the World" in CGDGBE.
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Post by howard lee on Dec 23, 2021 14:19:52 GMT -5
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Post by james on Dec 23, 2021 14:21:05 GMT -5
Iron and Wine - Communion Cups and Someone's Coat - open G (nearly there) John Lee Shannon - Native - open D (not any good yet) But mostly just noodling around in CGDGBD and other tunings. You might like my arrangement of "Joy to the World" in CGDGBE. I'm sure I would. Gotta love that low C. That's the Vincent Black Lightning tuning if looking for an odd segue. 🙂
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Post by t-bob on Dec 23, 2021 14:36:26 GMT -5
Steve Eckles’ Comfort & Joy album. Nine pieces all good.
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Post by Dub on Dec 23, 2021 14:48:59 GMT -5
We’ve had to work on several seasonal tunes but the thing I’ve been trying to get right is a thumbstyle arrangement of White Christmas Winter Wonderland. All the sources I can find are piano or big band arrangements. There are chord-melody arrangements that get all the beautiful chords that are possible but those don’t lend themselves to thumbstyle. On top of that is my RA and the difficulty of using my hands in certain ways.
Still, I’ve come up with a decent arrangement in C that I can usually play with practice and concentration. But there are a couple of chord choices that I’m not happy with the sounds of. And the frustrating difficulty of getting from a thumbed G chord (355433) to an open G7 (320001) in the same measure due to my RA. I need the F as a melody note so I’m going to (7x576x) for the G7. That seems to work pretty well but I have to really pay attention.
An interesting “discovery” was a handy G9 with no root (7x7767) made with thumb,2,3,4 that moves very handily to a Dm (5x7765) without needing to lift fingers 2 and 3.
So I’m having a good time.
On edit: Oh, by the way, I’m using an Em7(sus4) open tuning.
I guess I can’t even remember what tune I’m working on. LOL
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Post by aquaduct on Dec 23, 2021 15:06:11 GMT -5
Cute, Dub.
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Post by TKennedy on Dec 23, 2021 15:07:23 GMT -5
Days Of Wine And Roses in F and a soundhole humbucker holder for a guy that had previously attached it with caulking compound and rubber cement.
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Post by TKennedy on Dec 23, 2021 15:18:57 GMT -5
We’ve had to work on several seasonal tunes but the thing I’ve been trying to get right is a thumbstyle arrangement of White Christmas. All the sources I can find are piano or big band arrangements. There are chord-melody arrangements that get all the beautiful chords that are possible but those don’t lend themselves to thumbstyle. On top of that is my RA and the difficulty of using my hands in certain ways. Mark here is a very simple arrangement I have done in C. Probably too basic for your needs but at least it’s easy It’s the second song in the medley at about 0.56.
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Post by howard lee on Dec 23, 2021 15:21:43 GMT -5
Days Of Wine And Roses in F and a soundhole humbucker holder for a guy that had previously attached it with caulking compound and rubber cement. "Necessity is the mother of invention." —William Horman, 1519
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Post by Marty on Dec 23, 2021 15:38:14 GMT -5
A 1947 Harmony Broadway and after thinking about it I going to fix my non-working neck press. I was going to wait because I didn't have a plan for fixing it yet but the light bulb came on while writing about fixing it.
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Post by Russell Letson on Dec 23, 2021 16:35:04 GMT -5
Steve Baughman's CD has me attempting O'Carolan pieces, or at least the fragments of them manageable in standard tuning. And that David Surette piece, "Belle of Newcastle," has caught my ear. We'll see if the fingers follow along.
I also cleaned all the litter boxes. Once a month, whether they need it or not.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2021 16:55:17 GMT -5
We've just heavily amended our setlist. We grew bored with some songs, and others just didn't resonate with the audiences we were playing for. So, here is what we've added and are working on.
- Brown Eyed Girl (But you knew that old chestnut would eventually rear its head...) - Shine by Collective Soul - Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd - What I Got by Sublime - Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars
And for personal consumption, I'm working on That's The Way by Zeppelin. It's a fairly easy one in open G, but it's a wonderful song. It's one of a few Zeppelin songs that seem outside their norm. Here's a version.
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Post by theevan on Dec 23, 2021 16:58:14 GMT -5
This
JUST KIDDING!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2021 17:03:11 GMT -5
Days Of Wine And Roses in F and a soundhole humbucker holder for a guy that had previously attached it with caulking compound and rubber cement. "Necessity is the mother of invention." —William Horman, 1519 Or the Army corollary to that: Necessity is the mother of all F*&^ups...
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Post by John B on Dec 23, 2021 21:42:05 GMT -5
We've just heavily amended our setlist. We grew bored with some songs, and others just didn't resonate with the audiences we were playing for. So, here is what we've added and are working on. - Brown Eyed Girl (But you knew that old chestnut would eventually rear its head...) - Shine by Collective Soul - Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd - What I Got by Sublime - Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars And for personal consumption, I'm working on That's The Way by Zeppelin. It's a fairly easy one in open G, but it's a wonderful song. It's one of a few Zeppelin songs that seem outside their norm. Here's a version. Out of curiosity, what songs did you get rid of?
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