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Post by jonnymosco on Oct 22, 2016 22:18:50 GMT
Anybody got any ideas where I can find the music for guitar and banjo? A student wants to learn it.
Thanks. Of course I'll try to persuade him to play it as a solo on the guitar!!!!!
Jonny
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Post by walkingdecay on Oct 23, 2016 8:01:41 GMT
I'm afraid I have no idea whether such a thing exists, Jonny. In my mind it is more a chord progression with a neat resolution.
For what it's worth Glen Campbell's version went C Cmaj7 C6 Cmaj7 Dm Dminmaj7 Dm7 Dminmaj7 Dm Dminmaj7 Dm7 G7 (fifth moves to turnaround) C Cmaj7 C9 (easy one to miss but prepares the ear for a new verse) C to top.
Banjo is a little more complicated, because John Hartford tuned his down to suit his voice, while to suit the Campbell version you have to play in C, which isn't a friendly key when you might want to keep the low D string in play and shadow the rise and fall of the song's bassline. On the couple of times I played it with Val Doonican I chose to capo at the fifth fret and play out of straightforward G rolls. Whether that is the received wisdom or not I don't know.
The song is a bit of a masterpiece I think. The chord progression actually reflects the classic country themes of movement and return, with the parts were you hang around in D minor variants acting as a sort of pause for reflection. Val pointed out that you can speak the lyrics rather than sing them and it will still work.
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Post by jonnymosco on Oct 23, 2016 8:34:09 GMT
Thanks Pete - very helpful, I'll pass that on.
Jonny
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Post by walkingdecay on Oct 23, 2016 9:04:34 GMT
Thanks to you Jonny. I've really enjoyed playing around wth that one again.
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Post by andyhowell on Oct 23, 2016 18:58:42 GMT
Thanks to you Jonny. I've really enjoyed playing around wth that one again. It is a fine song and Glen Campbell's version very moving.
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Post by Riverman on Oct 23, 2016 19:27:19 GMT
Great song, but more to the point it's another opportunity to see that jumper...
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Post by andyhowell on Oct 25, 2016 8:42:06 GMT
Great song, but more to the point it's another opportunity to see that jumper... Fab — not just the jumper. A tad too fast though I think.
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Post by andyhowell on Oct 25, 2016 8:44:04 GMT
Mind you the man himself rocks at a pace. Apparently this is a different guitar solo. Fab (as we used to say)
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Post by andyhowell on Oct 25, 2016 8:46:55 GMT
Or this cut
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