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Red Pony played on nylon (and in standard tuning)
I love this Fahey song, but when you have a flamenco guitar changing tuning is a real pain.
It's originally in Open Dm, but I play this one in standard tuning, playing the alternating bass on the 6th and 3rd strings. Standard tuning is very close to Open Em, you just need to raise the 4th and 5th up a tone, or you can just work around it. Luckily there isn't much going on on the 4th and 5th strings, and what is happening, I can reach to make sure I'm staying true to the original. Equally, there isn't much happening on the 3rd string when I need to the alternating bass. There is one moment when I switch to just playing the bass on the 6th string (without alternating) when the melody temporarily drops to the 3rd string.
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Christian Guitar: Camps Primera Negra A (a flamenco guitar) Strings: Aquila SugarAquila Rubino, Knobloch CX, Aquila Alchemia I play: Acoustic blues & folk Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/sirwhale28/videos Last edited by sirwhale; 05-06-2018 at 01:56 PM. |
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Very clever, recognizing how close open Em is to standard. I play it in open Dm, the only song I play in that tuning, so a real pain to go into it just for one song. Great job!
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Some songs are just so good you have to find a way to play them. Skip James also plays a lot in Open Dm, but unlike this song he uses the 4th and 5th strings a lot. It can be done in Standard, but requires more skill and quicker fingers. Maybe I'll put the effort in sooner or later.
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Christian Guitar: Camps Primera Negra A (a flamenco guitar) Strings: Aquila SugarAquila Rubino, Knobloch CX, Aquila Alchemia I play: Acoustic blues & folk Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/sirwhale28/videos |
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Blues & Fahey songs on nylon (to show it works) (Edit: now with more songs)
I'm continuing my mission to show how good blues, and other styles like John Fahey's, can sound on a flamenco guitar. These styles are entirely associated with steel string guitars, an instrument that John Fahey championed.
But I love blues and I love Fahey (and similar artists), but I also love my flamenco guitar. I think they sound fantastic together. I sold all my steel strings (I prefer the sound, and much prefer the tension and feel), even when I was only playing blues and Fahey. Hopefully soon I'll upload some covers of Rev. Gary Davis so others can see.
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Christian Guitar: Camps Primera Negra A (a flamenco guitar) Strings: Aquila SugarAquila Rubino, Knobloch CX, Aquila Alchemia I play: Acoustic blues & folk Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/sirwhale28/videos Last edited by Kerbie; 05-19-2019 at 03:52 AM. |
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Point made. Nice work. What mic is that?
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AT2020 USB. Not sure why we bought that one now and not the Yeti. My mother-in-law has the Yeti now. I don't know much about recording, I just wanted a USB mic.
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Christian Guitar: Camps Primera Negra A (a flamenco guitar) Strings: Aquila SugarAquila Rubino, Knobloch CX, Aquila Alchemia I play: Acoustic blues & folk Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/sirwhale28/videos |
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Great....! It is a fact; blues-type stuff sounds gorgeous on nylon strings. Wish more players discovered it.
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John would commend your playing and tone!
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Sounds great! I've been toying with the idea of a nylon string guitar for Blues, Swing, Cowboy/Folk tunes. Thinking a crossover guitar would be the best choice--any experience/recommendations, etc?
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I bought a good Camps crossover when I was in the same transition. But after a few months I got a flamenco and prefer everything about it. My advice; try both, give the flamenco neck some time and you may really like it. I actually didn't need time, I wasn't happy with the crossover as I wanted something definitive and of quality, I went back to the shop, asked for a flamenco, and liked the neck, fretboard, space, sans radius, straight away.
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Christian Guitar: Camps Primera Negra A (a flamenco guitar) Strings: Aquila SugarAquila Rubino, Knobloch CX, Aquila Alchemia I play: Acoustic blues & folk Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/sirwhale28/videos |
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^^
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I don't know about you guys, but I feel that the nylon strings give me a much similar sound to what's heard on the old blues recordings than a steel strung guitar. I'm guessing it's because equip at the time couldn't capture some of the high frequencies, so the warm nylon strings sound, playing live, closer to the recordings. At least it's what I feel. Hope it was clear Btw, awesome playing, congrats! |