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Post by NikGnashers on Sept 27, 2018 7:47:57 GMT
Just picked up a copy of this from my local 'MusicRoom' branch. I went in to get 'Guitar Works' by John Renbourn, but there were none in stock so bought this instead. Thankfully it had the one TAB inside that I really wanted to learn, which was Lady Nothing's Toye Puffe, and as it was transcribed by Stefan Grossman, it seems to be very accurate. It's not cheap, at £24.95, but is does seem to offer TAB/Notation for songs which I have not seen in other books.
Songlist : Alice's Wonderland [Jansch, Bert] • Black Waterside [Jansch, Bert] • Bransle Gay [Gervais] [Renbourn, John] • Bridge [Jansch, Bert] [Jenkins, Martin] • Carolan's Concerto [Carolan, Turlough] [Renbourn, John] • Faro's Rag [Renbourn, John] • Forty-Ton Parachute [Graham, Davey] • Hardiman The Fiddler [Graham, Davey] • Lady Nothynge's Toye Puffe [Renbourn, John] • Lament for Charles Maccabe [Carolan, Turlough] [Renbourn, John] • Lashtal's Room [Graham, Davey] • Lord Inchiquin [Graham, Davey] • Lord Mayo [Graham, Davey] • Mrs. O'Rourke [Carolan, Turlough] [Renbourn, John] • St. Fiacre's Revenge [Jansch, Bert] The Fairies' Hornpipe [Graham, Davey] • The Hermit [Renbourn, John] • The Lamentation of Owen Roe O'Neill [Carolan, Turlough] [Renbourn, John] • The Moon Shines Bright [Renbourn, John] • The Wheel [Jansch, Bert] • Veronica [Jansch, Bert]
I'm very happy with it, as it also contains written interviews with the three artists, which are quite fascinating, and offer an insight into how they started their musical journeys.
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Post by Cams on Sept 27, 2018 8:02:27 GMT
Neat. I have that book too. It's where I got Blackwaterside from. I ought to learn some of the others too; if I could play all my song books on my shelf...
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Post by ghnarumen on Sept 27, 2018 9:01:12 GMT
Neat. I have that book too. ... Yes, me too. Mine has a number of stickers on the front: one says £7.95 and 2 more say ‘audio cassette available separately’! They’ve changed the front cover, though.
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Post by Cams on Sept 27, 2018 13:28:30 GMT
Yeah, my cover's a little different too
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Post by Martin on Sept 27, 2018 18:17:47 GMT
I got that book for Lady Nothynge's Toye Puffe as well and successfully learned half of it
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Post by NikGnashers on Sept 28, 2018 11:37:05 GMT
I got that book for Lady Nothynge's Toye Puffe as well and successfully learned half of it I absolutely love Lady Nothynge's Toye Puffe !
I had this week off work, so gave me plenty of time to practise, and in two days I have the main riff off pretty well, and have memorised the second part (still struggling to play it fluently), and have not yet started the third section. I want to try and learn 'The Wheel' too, but that sounds like another level of difficulty........ I am finding that my Tanglewood whilst being a very good guitar for me to learn on, is limiting me a little, with the tightly packed string spacing/neck width. I am chomping at the bit to get my hands on the Lowden I ordered a few weeks ago, hopefully be here in time for Christmas. Not sure about you guys, and apologies for going slightly off topic here, but the only way I can learn these pieces is to literally batter them until my fingers can't take anymore. My wife says I learn in the same way as a dog chasing a stick, it only gives up when it is completely knackered ! Just been listening to a few of the other songs in that book too, and I really like everything in there, so should keep me happy for many years. Great book, and one which I almost missed on the shelf, thankfully the helpful guy in the shop pointed it out to me.
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Post by vikingblues on Sept 28, 2018 18:35:42 GMT
I had a look at this book on Amazon earlier today having seen this thread. An interesting looking book Nik, and it's currently sitting in my basket. At that time in Amazons view pages preview they had quite a few of the pieces shown in the sample - no longer showing them though. Perhaps I dreamt it? Assuming I didn't dream it I noticed that the TABS had 7 lines and had the fret numbers in the blanks between the lines - anyone find that this takes a bit of getting used to? It did also seem a bit odd that of the 5 out of the 6 Davey Graham tunes that were shown in the preview none were in DADGAD. Which is what I thought he was famous for. Mark
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Post by ghnarumen on Sept 28, 2018 20:43:53 GMT
I had a look at this book on Amazon earlier today having seen this thread. An interesting looking book Nik, and it's currently sitting in my basket. At that time in Amazons view pages preview they had quite a few of the pieces shown in the sample - no longer showing them though. Perhaps I dreamt it? Assuming I didn't dream it I noticed that the TABS had 7 lines and had the fret numbers in the blanks between the lines - anyone find that this takes a bit of getting used to? It did also seem a bit odd that of the 5 out of the 6 Davey Graham tunes that were shown in the preview none were in DADGAD. Which is what I thought he was famous for. Mark For some reason, Stefan Grossman devised his own version of tab that used the spaces. All the stuff that he has done is like that (that I’ve seen) including the How to Play Blues Guitar stuff. I find it very difficult to relate to; I keep getting the strings wrong. I suppose it means that the numbers and markings are not speared through by the lines but I still find it hard to get along with. Much of Davy Graham’s ‘The Complete Guitarist’ was done in EADEAE. I think the pieces here are all from that album (a Kicking Mule album).
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Post by Phil Taylor on Sept 28, 2018 20:53:16 GMT
Yeah, my cover's a little different too I have that book. Think I learned Black Waterside and half of Puffe Some difficult stuff to me in this. Actually if I'm honest there is loads of stuff in this that is impossible for me to play Phil
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Post by vikingblues on Sept 29, 2018 8:15:38 GMT
I had a look at this book on Amazon earlier today having seen this thread. An interesting looking book Nik, and it's currently sitting in my basket. At that time in Amazons view pages preview they had quite a few of the pieces shown in the sample - no longer showing them though. Perhaps I dreamt it? Assuming I didn't dream it I noticed that the TABS had 7 lines and had the fret numbers in the blanks between the lines - anyone find that this takes a bit of getting used to? It did also seem a bit odd that of the 5 out of the 6 Davey Graham tunes that were shown in the preview none were in DADGAD. Which is what I thought he was famous for. Mark For some reason, Stefan Grossman devised his own version of tab that used the spaces. All the stuff that he has done is like that (that I’ve seen) including the How to Play Blues Guitar stuff. I find it very difficult to relate to; I keep getting the strings wrong. I suppose it means that the numbers and markings are not speared through by the lines but I still find it hard to get along with. Much of Davy Graham’s ‘The Complete Guitarist’ was done in EADEAE. I think the pieces here are all from that album (a Kicking Mule album). Thanks for that clarification John - makes sense now!
I'll have to admit to a quite comprehensive ignorance of Davey Grahams music. I didn't start listening to acoustic guitar music much until just under 5 years ago, and have been so busy playing I've not had the chance to catch up much with all that backlog.
I guess the numbers printed in the spaces means that they are very clear - some tab seems to have quite thick lines and little numbers and they can be difficult to read because of this.
But it just seems so counter intuitive that putting your finger on a string that is just like a line on the fretboard isn't represented by a line on the TAB. Confusing.
Mark
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Post by NikGnashers on Oct 13, 2018 14:43:38 GMT
Just to add : I ordered 'Guitar Works' by John Renbourn, and when it arrived I was disappointed to see there is no Guitar TAB inside. Obviously most of you will probably be able to read notation just fine, but alas a dimwit like me cannot, and so the book is no good for me. Just thought I'd mention it, in case anyone was thinking of buying it and didn't realise.....
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Post by Cams on Oct 13, 2018 15:58:58 GMT
Obviously most of you will probably be able to read notation just fine ... Erm, I think you might be surprised to learn how many of us don't read notation. I sure don't, though I've tried learning several times!
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Post by Onechordtrick on Oct 13, 2018 16:44:36 GMT
Obviously most of you will probably be able to read notation just fine ... Erm, I think you might be surprised to learn how many of us don't read notation. I sure don't, though I've tried learning several times! Nor me. I gave it a go and then realised that what I wanted to play was either available in tablature or I could create it in Tabledit.
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Post by Akquarius on Oct 13, 2018 17:57:29 GMT
That's a great book you have there I think that's where I got the tabs for the Lament For Owen Roe O'Neill from. Link to forum post
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