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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 16:43:52 GMT
It was this one I linked to on my first post (here it is) but I think you and Michael are talking about the one at the top of the thread. Apologies esp. to you Michael for questioning your sanity! Guilty as charged Bonzo.
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Nov 11, 2017 16:47:39 GMT
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 11, 2017 16:49:46 GMT
I believe Richard is playing this in open D, as per Elmore James,Michael. He says so at the start of the video anyway and goes on to play an open D arpeggio. We are talking about the same video of Richard comparing a vintage National with an MM Lightning, aren't we? He is playing in standard tuning in the key of E, and I see no connection with the Elmore James style in these two pieces that are being played. Shine On Michael
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2017 17:00:03 GMT
All clarified in my post above Michael.
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Post by Malc on Nov 11, 2017 17:28:03 GMT
I have a DVD by Scott Ainslie in which he teaches Robert Johnson. The lessons are really clear and I found them a great start to learning his music. He starts off with " Kind Hearted Woman" And then works through 6 more of his songs.
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Post by Michael Messer on Nov 11, 2017 19:11:43 GMT
All clarified in my post above Michael. Graeme, I do apologise. I had not seen your post and comments to me when writing my last one. I wasn't sure if I was hallucinating and misunderstanding what I was looking at! Shine On Michael
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Post by resolive on Nov 11, 2017 21:27:58 GMT
Earl Hooker, Robert Nighthawk and Muddy Waters, all playing in standard tuning, are three musicians that spring to mind when I hear what Richard is playing. They are the people to study, the originators of the style. Thank you Michael, I'll check them out. I hear what you say about sheet music and the importance of learning through watching and listening to people play, and I agree with you; I've done it before, most recently to learn a couple of songs by a French guitarist called Eric Ter, from an acoustic blues album of his which I really like (one of the songs is an instrumental called Windows, it's really cool, unfortunately not on YouTube but you can catch excerpts on iTunes)... however, and I know it's going to sound lazy and lame but... it typically takes a good couple of days (at least for me) to get it right, and sometimes real life doesn't allow some of us that kind of time... I learned music the 'classical' way, I started when I was about 10 playing saxophone in my local music school and at the time we had to learn how to read music for a couple of years before we'd be allowed to touch the instrument... So I guess sheet music was always the 'natural' starting point for me (for good or for worse, lots of people will probably think it's for the worse...), and a natural way to share music... Normally, music notation always includes (or should) hints to guide the performer (accentuations, staccatos, etc.)... Anyway, thanks for all the advice!
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