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Post by delb0y on Mar 11, 2014 13:22:33 GMT
Phil, thanks for the comments. It's interesting you say you wouldn't have guessed it was in DADGAD. My DADGAD learning since doing this tune has been to play in the key of G in DADGAD. I actually did a version of John Prine's Speed of the Sound of Loneliness in G in DADGAD and all the opening strings and 'accidental' 6th and 9th chords really added a new texture to it without (hopefully) being overtly DADGAD. Alas, I inadvertently deleted the recording... I really liked For Keira - a beautiful light touch (something I'm hoping to achieve one day!) and a really nice melody. Lovely sound out of the Brooks, too. Leo, trust me... DADGAD mastery is always just one more sacrificial virgin away... Either that or Doug Young's superb book
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Post by delb0y on Mar 8, 2014 18:06:26 GMT
Thanks guys Mark - the chord element of DADGAD isn't as awkward as other tunings on account of the ADG bit is the same as normal so it's reasonably easy to use 50% of what you already know. That's the theory anyway - this piece was more riff and scale based. I've always tried to make my finger style pieces sound full - usually with plenty of alternate bass going on. Here I thought why not just let a simple melody and the tone of the guitar do all the work rather than me! Ocarolan - I agree re. the reverb. There's no intent to use on this on a CD. I'm pretty simplistic in my recording knowledge. With the G-Track mic there was some free software (Sonar X1) and I used that without having a clue what I was doing. I just choose the "small classical ensemble" reverb setting and left it at that. It sounds very different on different headphones but I'd have no idea how to go about creating a sound that would work well on everything. Kind regards Derek
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Post by delb0y on Mar 7, 2014 13:22:19 GMT
Mark
Here you go - this is my first DADGAD tune. As mentioned above it's really just a series of shapes and scales that I've tied together, but it kind of works I think. Weirdly - because I don't think he played much (if at all) in DADGAD I had John Fahey in mind when putting this together.
Kind regards Derek
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Post by delb0y on Mar 6, 2014 13:38:29 GMT
Nice playing Mark - great sound on the little TW.
I've been focussing on DADGAD recently and have been working up my first DADGAD tune. I've more or less got it together and must record and post it for the good folks here. I think I might call it Broken Down Treadmill because really it's just a bunch of exercises linked together that I generally get wrong!
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Post by delb0y on Feb 17, 2014 10:01:13 GMT
I recently put a new set of strings on the Fenix 12 I bought last summer. Wish I'd done it sooner. It made an amazing difference to intonation, playability, and tone. But I suspect it'll be a long time before I do it again...!
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