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Fred Carter was one of my closest friends and after a session in the 70s (Fred, Ray Eddington and I on guitar) when everyone had gone home, I asked him to show me the intro to the Boxer. After an hour he gave up - he couldn't remember what he had played. True story.
The runs you hear throughout the record are just Fred - not two guitars. Paul wasn't even at the studio when Fred recorded those parts ( not talking about the intro). I arranged for Fretboard Journal to do the interview Howard quoted, and Fred was very forgetful by that time. I think he was playing his gut string on the entire record. Ron Last edited by songz; 03-20-2014 at 08:12 PM. |
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According to one of the old Frets issues (I think), Fred Carter recounted the details and the score/tab that accompanied the article states:
Guitar 1, Tuning EADGBD, Capo IV Guitar 2, Standard Tuning, No Capo |
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It's in the key of "B", and the capo 4 allows the second guitar to play in G. The song was either recorded with the first guitar a 1/2 step low, or the song was lowered for the released version. I too believe the guitar was a nylon string, not the 000-18. |
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There's a few on youtube. Here's one
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Well, for one thing, it's two guitars and I believe the original was in B. However, I don't obsess about getting anything note for note as long as it sounds about right. So I play it in C and when I start the song, and also between verses, I just add a couple of notes to the C chord I'm fingerpicking, a Bb and a D, giving me a C9/G and it looks like this: 332330
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Paul Simon never plays that part live
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Not sure if someone already posted, but here is the guy I learned from
EDIT: just realized the original post is really old. In any case hope this helps someone. Really nice song to play and sing. |
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I found this forum thread yesterday via google, but didn't love any of the suggestions.
I worked out an easy way to play the intro using standard tuning and capo at fifth fret, here's a quickie video I did. I doubt if I'm the first person to discover this method and I'm not suggesting this is the best way to play it, just thought some folks might like to see another method! .
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According to the new Paul Simon biography, they spent 100 studio hours on that song, so I wouldn't go crazy trying to replicate it. Simon himself does not try when playing it in an acoustic performance.
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I have a Yellow Dog bootleg, Simon and Garfunkel "Back to college" live at Miami University in Ohio, and he pays a version of the intro.
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This thread is precisely why I never attempt to 100% duplicate what an artist does on a studio recording. I remember a friend and I were attempting to recreate the first chord of "Hard Day's Night" and spent about two hours down that rabbit hole!
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