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My Yellow Ginger Lei in Drop C
Noodling in drop C tuning (C G D G B D) and something similar to Leonard Kwan's "My Yellow Ginger Lei" arrangement appeared. That was fun, and my sweetie said it sounded nice, so I played around with it for a while then shot a video:
and a tutorial video: and tabbed out the tutorial: Tabledit TEF Fran
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What a lovely relaxed tune - I loved it (and great sound too..)
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I agree. Fun and relaxing. Wish I was back in Hawaii (though not by the volcano!)
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Thanks, I was pretty happy with the sound as well. I put up a pair of Schoeps CMBI mic amps with cardioid MK4 capsules in ORTF spaced pair configuration, aimed sort of around the sound hole and about 24" out, and fed the mics straight into one of the GH4 cameras. Unfortunately the camera audio glitched at the point that it created a new file. That's going to take some investigation to determine if it's an SD card issue or inherent in the camera audio processing.
The CMBI mic amp is an interesting one, it's battery powered and can be cabled to deliver the signal to a 1/8" stereo plug. Schoeps recently discontinued this product, I suppose because XLR inputs are now much more common on portable recording equipment. Of course part of the sound was the OM-18GE having a good day. Fran
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Fran, wonderful as always. Thank you kindly for the tutorial and tab. Let me add, I returned to an old favorite tonight. You and Led in your house playing Ke Aloha. Beautiful, joyful, and oh so good. Thanks for all the music.
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Hey Fran!
Always nice to hear & see you playing! So I’m reading the tuning, and considering the intervals, and I’m just not getting why it’s called ‘dropped C’....until I realize that open G is almost the National tuning in Hawaii! I’ve always called it open G w/lowC. Hope all is well with you and the family! Regards, Howard Emerson |
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Tuning terminology in Hawai`i is a whole separate vocabulary from mainland naming. Open G is "taropatch" so drop C is "taropatch wit da big string down." Then we've got various "wahine" tunings, these feature a maj7 and give an extra opportunity to bounce to the tonic and also makes the V chord more fun. Drop C is actually one of those wahine tunings. Families have tunings, then variations on those tunings, so Led Kaapana plays one he learned from his uncle and he has added a wahine version and a Mauna Loa version to his family tuning, the Pahinui family did the same thing to their C tuning. One thing that's pretty rare is your "cross-tuning" concept. I've tried playing key of D in taropatch but I haven't figured it out well enough to rely on it. A gentleman named Atta Isaacs did some cross-tuning in his C tuning, but he passed a few years ago and I haven't heard of guys following his lead. Fran
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Taropatch was the term I was looking for when I was responding. I don't know how much you compose, but that might be the best way to ease into playing off the V chord in Taropatch. Your open chord will become your IV chord, of course. My arrangement of Mystery Train is done exactly that way, aside from it being capo 4. Apparently you're unaffected by the volcano. I can't imagine that reality...... 'Bouncing to the tonic'........I like that visual! Best, Howard |
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I've pretty much given up composing as I try to learn more vintage Hawaiian songs, but playing D in G tuning comes in handy on stage at times. I can handle playing rhythm for something really simple but no pa`ani (lead licks), not much variation, and my hand gives out pretty quickly. I've learned over the years that trying to play things without building muscle memory gives me a hand-ache right away - gee, that must be why they invented practice! Fran
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