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Musician thread

poach said:
Negative, sir. The song as written is in standard tuning with the capo at the second fret which effectively makes the song in the key of A. Now, take into consideration that I have to the learn the song as written in order to catch all the little nuances, THEN I have to re-learn the song with the guitar down tuned a half step with no capo because mr vocalist guy can’t sing it as written and only feels comfy with his goofy tunings.
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A bit rusty, but here you go. No capo. And now Kelly is pissed that I was playing country shit. :laughing

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K I gotta scoot right now so the tldr is with the capo you can use nice ringing and easy on the hands open chords in the G shape, G#dim7 shape, A7 shape, and D shape without all that barre stuff. Then I yank the capo off for the solo and replace it immediately after. We’re kinda hitting the same goal via different paths.:thumbup

Btw, props for putting yourself out there with the vid. Also, tho not a country fan, I caught my wife belting this tune out in the shower this morning.

I guess hearing it about 100 times yesterday hit her right in the subliminals.:laughing
 
poach said:
Too complicated. What works best for me in this acoustic trio situation is to just let vocalist guy bang away at the campfire chords while I arpeggiate, add texture,embellish, thrown in fills and licks, etc.
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Yeah, if there is another guitar, that makes things much easier.
 
poach said:
Btw, props for putting yourself out there with the vid. Also, tho not a country fan, I caught my wife belting this tune out in the shower this morning.

I guess hearing it about 100 times yesterday hit her right in the subliminals. :laughing
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Exactly! That's why I'm singing it and jamming it with the electrics now and Kelly's even more pissed. :laughing
 
Kornholio said:
A bit rusty, but here you go. No capo. And now Kelly is pissed that I was playing country shit. :laughing

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I've been fucking with this one all day and I think you're onto something re no capo as pertains to playing both the acoustic part(verse) and the electric part(chorus) with one instrument. I use the first position A#dim7 where use use a barre but very similar otherwise. The capo, while simplifying things in one way actually is less efficient to a guy playing both acoustic and electric parts on stage imo. Plus, to keep vocalist dude happy all i gotta do is downtune a half step and it'll all fit. I think...

Imma keep messin' with it...
 
Folsom Prison Blues is next on the list. After some research on the electric part, this might not be as boring as I thought. In fact, it looks like a bit of shitkickin’ fun. Plus, I have to admit the vocalist dude and the cajon guy have this one tight and in the bag. So all I gotta do is my little part.


On the other end of the spectrum, Journey’s “faithfully” is the first set closer. I’m pretty sure I want to finger pick the piano part on guitar in addition to that monster solo and those tasty fills. Gonna be a challenge.

Time to break it to the guy that his 3pc acoustic concept ain’t gonna work. I can service these songs better and be a much bigger asset on an electric while he kumbayas it up on acoustic.
 
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Seriously though, is this a thing? Rarely do I pick up any of my guitars anymore and find them out of tune. I think a lot of it has to do with having a proper setup to begin with, a string gauge that isn't drastic in size difference from what the factory strings were, not storing the instrument improperly in the first place (ie: in direct sunlight at some point during the day) and also keeping them in a temperature controlled room.

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Tuning stability...can open, worms everywhere. I think we all have a highly subjective minimum level of tuning tolerance. Some lower than others.

When recording I tune before every take. When performing I tune every possible opportunity, ideally before every song. When practicing or just playing for fun, the bar is lower for sure.


I just tried to load a soundcloud clip of me playing Folsom Prison with a backing track. But there seems to be a copyright issue so you'll just have to take my word it was deadnutz in tune.:teeth
 
Got a new case for flying with the R9. Now people will think I'm carrying a rifle haha.

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