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Thanks!! @DianeB. So if I understand the only notes/strings to be concerned about are on that first string. A chord is going to have the same notes no matter what tuning. A C chord is going to be C, Eb, G no matter what tuning?
So going to my chart, the first two notes as an example, are D and G. So if I go back to normal tuning and play them on the first string at the 2nd string, 5th fret, and 1st string, 3rd fret, respectively I should be ok? And the chords, Bb2, C2, Dm, Gm7, will all be the same.
Thanks again, Diane.
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Anyone know of a quick overview of Drop Down tuning? A "Cliff Notes", if you will. I am fairly sure I have seen TrueFire offer a course in it, but I don't want to study it that intensively. I may have to.
My wife and I were watching a Clapton video of his playing "Forever Man". She made some comment about how cool it is and then asked, "Can you play that someday?" Which I, of course, said "Sure". And then watching it it doesn't seem all that difficult. The riffs aren't that tough, I thought.
But then I bought the sheet music and it is in Drop D! I know how to chaange the tunings of course. But then I'm not sure how to convert chords, how to read the music, etc. One tunes down but then does one play a note where it shows on the music? etc. I'm not sure about where to start. Is it difficult to convert it back to "Standard" tuning?
I tried a couple laces for the music and they all have it in Drop D.
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Thanks, @Dave White! This promises to be really interesting. Definitely going to catch it soon.
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I love my Boss Chromatic Tuner TU-2. (Which has been replaced by the TU-3). From the product description on that link, "with a High-Brightness mode that cuts through the harshest outdoor glare."
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9 hours ago, Plantsman13 said:
@matonanjin Great answer. Thanks so much for the input. I’ll see if I can get something going on my end.
Have a great dayBryan
Bryan, if you have any more questions, plz ask. And if you are wondering about actual costs, pm me. Of course you can get that on the website but I'm ok chatting about it. And a little hesitant to discus here.
6 hours ago, Eracer_Team-DougH said:Bryan
@matonanjin how was Joe and the band on the cruise?
At least 3 long term forum people on the Bonamassa forum stated that the concerts they saw in what ever city they're in in the past 2weeks, seemed dull and lifeless
I really don't remember that being the case at all. Of course now I can compare. We will see him at the local concert in August and then on the cruise.
but I don't remember after a cruise concert thinking anything about it being dull.
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Somewhat related I just got our tickets for Joe B in Omaha August 5!!!! Front row of the balcony. I hope they are as great of seats as I think they will be! <-- did that make sense?🤔🤣
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@Plantsman13, not a dumb question at all. This will be a dumb answer but not a dumb question. And, first off, I'm sorry to take so long to answer. I saw your post last Thursday and thought I've got to respons. But then my wife and I headed out for a long weekend on Friday and I spaced it.
I'm not sure what you mean by "room selection preference". t I'll describe the sales process and we'll see if that answers. We are previous cruisers and, as such, are given first chance at getting tickets. About a month ago I got an email asking if I wanted to go in the "pool" to buy tickets. I, of course, said "yes" and then I got a response to be on the "look out" for my assigned time. I received that assigned time about a week and a half ago that gave me my time as last Tuesday at 10 AM.
Dutifully on that Tuesday at 10 I logged in and started searching available cabins in my budget. Some people want larger rooms which obviously are more expensive. My wife and my thinking on this is we spend so little time in the cabin, mostly just sleeping, so let's economize here and spend the savings elsewhere. We always try and take a few days after returning to Miami to go to the Florida Keys before returning to the frozen Tundra of Nebraska. Here is where we spend the savings. Rationalization?
But maybe this approaches answering your "room selection preference". After one logs in at the assigned time, 10 AM for me, you have access to all available rooms remaining. As the cost goes up one gets a larger room, one with a window, one with a balcony, and, finally, the really expensive ones, the suites may have an additional room. And there is some correlation with cost vs. level on the ship. I'm on 5th floor, which is the lowest floor which has rooms. If you go up to 7th or 8th, I'm not sure which is the highest level, you have the suites and rooms with balconies where one can sit outside and have a glass of wine and stare out at the ocean. And stare down at the peasants😏 I'm sure Joe B is in one of those rooms!
I don't know how the time assignment to log in and purchase is determined. Is it random drawing? Or do people that have been on the most previous cruises go first, 2nd most previous cruises, 2nd, etc.? There are some that have been on every KTBAS cruise!
Finally after all the previous cruisers have had the opportunity to purchase it becomes available to the rest of the world. I think I saw once that around 80% of the tickets are purchased by previous cruisers.
@Plantsman13does this answer at all? Let me know if questions remain.
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My son just sent me this. I thought it funny. My wife? Not so much🤣
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@Wim VD1, same here. I very much enjoyed listening to this.
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It really shocks me that I didn't see anything about this. Besides this one I subscribe to several guitar forums I don't think there was any mention of it anywhere. Shocking, since it was, after all, arguably the single largest cultural event in history. I just happened to see it on the news.
Michael Lang, co-founder of Woodstock dies at 77. He died of non Hodgkin lymphoma.
There are a lot of us Woodstock generation on here. So how did it effect you? Did it? I have to say I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. I was in undergraduate school, working, raising a family, one son at the time. Like so many. But I did see, at some point, the Woodstock documentary. And saw so many guitarists that would later influence me: The Who, Credence Clearwater, Jefferson Airplane, and, of course, Hendrix. But then I saw Santana performing "Soul Sacrifice". So often the clip from this is used as the logo for the Festival.
I went out and bought Santana 1. And I have been a huge fan of Carlos, whether in some band of solo, all of my adult life.
So what about you?
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I've always wondered about these. I've especially wondered about some of the day to day things such as how does one tune a headstock-less guitar?
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Yes!, @SandyB, Let's do it. I join with @Dave White and @Fretless in welcoming you back to the forum. And I remember you from for our old forum as well. I appreciate your sharing what has been going on in your life. I won't get into detalils here but I can certainly relate. Just suffice it that I was forced into retirement (due to similar health issues) not too long after starting on this guitar journey. I agree with all your positive comments about Steve's L&MG. Please keep us up tp date on your progress!
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Guitar World has given us a list of The 20 Best Guitar Albums of 2021. Some of these I agree with.
I'm a huge fan of Kingfish Ingram and, while I don't have the album, I've heard several tracks on the radio. And I'm a fan of Samantha Fish, having seen her live on the Blues cruise, and Billy Gibbons.
But I have to admit there are far more names on here that I am not familiar with than ones I am. I need to do some listening/investigating!
Your thoughts on the list?
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If you saw my post on my N(est)GD you know I am now a Tele guy. And you also know that I have been a loyal PRS guy up until then, Did I do things backward? 😏 That wouldn't be new process for me. But I am liking the Tele and, of course, Steve showing up for my lesson with his Tele (Brent Mason signature Tele style) may have had some influence on me before my visit to the guitar store!! 🤣
And whatever cliche you want to use, "Desert Island Guitar" or whatever, is a Tele the all around one guitar you should own? If you can only have one guitar.............well, you know.
Josh Smith makes his point for just this thought. He has always, at least as long as I can remember been a Tele guy although I have seen him using the Strat.
Interesting video:-
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@shitu13 all of us want to play those smoking solos, myself included. I'm not quite sure I follow, however, where you are at in your progression. To me, " can name any note within 2/3 seconds. I have learnt to play G major scale all over the fretboard upto 12th fret." qualifies you as upper intermediate player. Do you have a good command of the pentatonic scale? The penta scale in all keys and all 5 boxes? I think Steve would agree that a solid command of the pentatonic scale is minimum entry requirement to soloing.
I could very likely be misinterpreting your level. But knowing one scale is just not entry level yet to soloing. I'm not trying to be discouraging or confrontaational. I just want you to not try things you aren't ready for yet and get discouraged.
But to answer your question, of course my first answer is Steve's lessons in Learn and Master Guitar. Lesson 17 is "Going Beyond the First Position" which is another way of saying the notes up the fretboard for soloing. And lesson 19 is dedicated to soloing.
There are a lot of great, resonably priced lessons at TrueFire, many of them dedicated to soloing. If you choose one of their "paths", Rock or Blues or Country, and then pursue that it would probably be helpful. One of my favorite instructors over there is Corey Congilio and his 30 Beginner Blues Licks was really helpful to me. Even if you're not a blues guy I think it would be helpful.
Good luck to you and keep us updated on your progress.
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And what a week it would be!! A week long camp, Chicago Blues Boot Camp, learning the blues finishing at the up the week-end of the Chicago Blues Festival. And if you look at the itinerary for the Blues Camp it is total immersion. Including hitting Chicago Clubs at night and lots of jamming. And then, as I said, it finishes up and one spends the week-end listening to amazing blues at the festival.
One can dream, right?
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@Triple-o I'm sure you don't remember. A few years ago I posted on here about taking a lesson with a Chicago Blues guy, Paul Kaye. Since it was just a vacation trip to Chicago I couldn't schedule ongoing lessons with Mr. Kaye. He left me with the advice that if I wanted to study the blues and have any success playing it I had to study the old blues masters. Accordingly he left me with a list of albums I should study. This pile are the albums. I hope you can see the Jimmy Reed one in the pile.
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18 hours ago, Nairon said:
Hey everyone,
Seasons greetings. Not sure if this thread is still active but I just thought I'd share a short clip from Elvis' Heartbreak hotel I was learning recently from The Song Hits, songbook.
It is now!😏 Great job on this. I remember working "Heartbreak Hotel" in the Song Hits and what a fun song. Thanks for posting this. Maybe your posting will encourage some others.
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Thanks for the link @Triple-o. Cat Stevens is an interesting guy. Most of my music listening these days is Blues and a lot of satellite radio "BB King Bluesville" station. Onetime they played some smoking guitar blues song and the dj announced it was by Yusuf Islam and then he added "You probably know him as Cat Stevens". I looked a little bit but could not find the song. I need to dig deeper into Yusuf Islam's discography.
The little bit of digging that I did do I found out what a huge catalog of songs that he has written for other performers. One of the most famous probably has to be "The First Cut is the Deepest".
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Gary, congratulations on the new 335! Everybody should have a 335 in the guitar collection. Beautiful guitar and enjoy it a long time!
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On 10/5/2021 at 5:43 PM, TeleRooo said:
matonanjin, You can Never go wrong with a Tele! Glad you found the one that speaks to you. And Muddy Waters, Albert Collins and Jimmy Page, the first time I saw him Live, ALL played Tele's. and of course Jeff Beck. Enjoy...
I thought you might like it!!!!!😅
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Mick, Keith, Ronnie Talk About Missing Charlie, and 2021 Tour
Lots more to this wide ranging interview than what follows. But here is an excerpt of Mick talking about Charlie:
"The thing about Charlie was that he was such a quiet guy. I can’t think of that incident when he came into the room and said, ‘We should do this like this!’ I can always remember when he sat down and played ‘Can’t You Hear Me Knocking.’ He established this great rock beat, then switched it to Latin jazz. The thing about Charlie was that he was always there, always played beautifully and was always willing to discuss what to do about it – how he could make it better. He held the band together for so long, musically, because he was the rock the rest of it was built around. We had a lot of wonderful times apart from playing music together. We used to go and watch cricket. And when we’d get together, we didn’t talk about music. We talked about art, which he knew a lot more about than I did. But the thing he brought was this beautiful sense of swing and swerve that most bands wish they could have. We had some really nice conversations in the last couple of years about how all this happened with the band. It’s a huge loss to us all. It’s very, very hard. But we had wonderful times, and Charlie made some wonderful music.”
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Drop Down Tuning? An overview?
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Thank you @Wim VD1. It occurred to me, milliseconds after responding to Diane, that to play it in normal tuning I would have to play the riff an octave higher, your option 2. Before even hearing it I'm pretty sure it is not going to have desired tonal effect Mr. Clapton intended, especially that very first note.
Certainly, it would be educational for me to try the drop down tuning and I can dedicate one guitar to that. So it's off to try tuning options 1 or 2; and to look at his video of tuning down 2 steps. So I need to decide if I want to try this song badly enough to try that.
Thanks again, Wim