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Sunflower River Blues
I’m not a terribly experienced player so I have some problems figuring out some things. I have been working on some John Fahey stuff lately. Sunflower River Blues in particular. I was working in the original version that was recorded in 1969? I was able to get the tabs and know this version is in open “C”. But I really like the 1974 version which has a different beginning. The only tab I can find is in open “D”. This seems strange to me. Does anybody know if the versions are actually in different tuning?
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If this is the version you are talking about then either open C# or tuned open C and made open C# due to using a capo on first fret.
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That is the version I am talking about.
Thanks for the guidance! |
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I have CGCGCE in his "Best of" book.
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So both versions are in open “C”? Right?
I guess had me really confused is the tabs that I found for a version that is in open “D”. DADF#AD. After trying to play it, it just sounds wrong. |
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Guess I’ll work it out. Eventually!🥴 |
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Think I Figured It Out
I think I have figured it out. At least I have figured out something that sounds right to me. It only took listening to that intro about a hundred times. It will probably be playing in my head for the next 6 months!
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I know that this is an old thread, but this is definitely played in open C. You can play a passable version in open D (I discovered this many years ago when fooling around, and the fingering positions are actually not that dissimilar).
But the C tuning gives that much more airy and spacious Fahey sound. Open D is a little more "closed in" IMHO. |
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The tab on the Fahey website shows D A D F# A D. That would like in the video with the capo on fret two (or the guitar just could have been tuned D A D F# A D for some other performance).
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Sorry, but I think that transcription on the Fahey site is not right.
Try playing this in different tunings and the only one which really works is CGCGCE. You can hear the difference, it has a much more spacious open tuning sound and was a favoured Fahey tuning. There are videos of Fahey playing this and the fingering he uses suggests CGCGCE without a doubt. |