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Blind Willie Johnson's Standard tuning technique. Help!

Posted by Lenman on January 21, 2004, 1:04 pm
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Hi all, anyone master the style used by Blind Willie on his non slide tunes, specifically Soul of a Man and John the Revelator as examples. IN the liner notes, Samuel Charters says that Stefan Grossman told him it was a G chord held and picked around. I also noticed in the Soul of a Man movie by Wim Wenders in the PBS series that the reenactment, it looks as though Chris King is doing that, altough using his first and second fingers to chord the 5 and 6th strings, then using his ring finger to hammer at the fifth fret. Anyway, I can't get it to sound like he does, and I'm missing something. Anyone who has this down please help. Thanks, Len

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Re: Blind Willie Johnson's Standard tuning technique. Help! - george October 31, 2007, 10:21 pm
Re: Blind Willie Johnson's Standard tuning technique. Help! - Ari Eisinger January 21, 2004, 8:41 pm
- Re: Blind Willie Johnson's Standard tuning technique. Help! - lenman1 January 22, 2004, 2:46 pm
  - Re: Blind Willie Johnson's Standard tuning technique. Help! - Hap January 27, 2004, 3:52 pm

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--Previous Message-- : Hi all, anyone master the style used by Blind : Willie on his non slide tunes, specifically : Soul of a Man and John the Revelator as : examples. IN the liner notes, Samuel : Charters says that Stefan Grossman told him : it was a G chord held and picked around. I : also noticed in the Soul of a Man movie by : Wim Wenders in the PBS series that the : reenactment, it looks as though Chris King : is doing that, altough using his first and : second fingers to chord the 5 and 6th : strings, then using his ring finger to : hammer at the fifth fret. Anyway, I can't : get it to sound like he does, and I'm : missing something. Anyone who has this down : please help. Thanks, Len :

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