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And it is indeed a lovely guitar. It is a Goodall jumbo 12 string (Sitka/rosewood). I had fallen in love with a Goodall grand concert 12 string in a local shop, but it was too expensive for me to seriously consider. I found this one for sale for a good price online at Dave's Guitar shop and since you don't encounter Goodall 12 strings all that often, and since Goodall prices have been skyrocketing, I decided to do something I never thought I'd do - I bought a guitar I had never played and had it shipped. It was previously owned by a collector, who, as far as I could tell, had basically never played it. I still kind of think the grand concert was a better guitar, but this one, being a jumbo, has a depth of sound that is wonderful. And, a total surprise for me when I got it was how pretty the heavily silked and figured Sitka top is (I never realized a spruce top could sparkle like this). If you have not done so otherwise, take a look at the description of the playing technique used here that I have on the YouTube page. On second thought, I'll copy and paste: A few words about playing technique in this piece: One thing that happens a lot in this piece (and in most of my 12 string playing), is the selective playing of single strings (not both strings in a pair), typically the lower-pitched string in a string pair. This is done by playing with good nails, and picking using upstrokes of the index, middle, and ring fingers (this is not all that hard to do). You can hear a lot of this if you listen for it. This gives a cleaner sound for some parts of the piece.
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The only Halloween song I know!
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A lot of times the key to playing things nice and smoothly (or the key to being able to play some passages at all) is playing smarter rather than, for example, using dramatic acrobatics (a lesson one learns on 5-string banjo - efficient right hand fingerings are SO important on banjo, without which the rapid, smooth runs of notes characteristic of some banjo styles would not be possible). I'm not sure there would be any good way to play the melody line in this piece smoothly (together with the rest of what is going on with bass notes and such in the arrangement) without this right hand technique.
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Cool stuff. That is a style of playing I haven't explored. It seems like it is pretty fun to play.
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Thanks for the kind words! Yes, I wrote it a few years ago.
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Okay. Did you write this? I've never heard it before, which is not unusual I'm discovering. I picture kids around 5 years old riveted to this. I like it.
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Here's one with a Halloween theme.
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Thanks! I just realized (when going through my lyrics book last night) that I added another Halloween song to my list last year - Donovan's Season of the Witch - but I don't have a recording/video of it.
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