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Posted by lenman1 on January 22, 2004, 2:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Blind Willie Johnson's Standard tuning technique. Help!"
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Hi Ari, and thanks much. I am trying to play it with just the thumbpick/ thumb only,m which is how C king is doing it in the movie. Still lacking, can you give me any idea of the pattern hes using? I understand what you;re saying, and I can fool around and get thru it, but not w the accuracy I'm looking for. Also, are you agreeing that the chord (G) is made w the first and second finger, since most of the song is picked on the bass strings and then using the other fingers to fret, or do you see it differently. Shouldn't be as hard as I'm finding it, but can't get the sound! thanks again, len
--Previous Message--
: I think one of the keys to it is to treat it as
: flatpicking, i.e., playing either one note at
: a time or strumming. I don't mean it's
: necessarily done with a flatpick, just that
: it's not fingerpicking in the usual sense
: because there are no bass at the same time as
: treble notes. One advantage of the
: one-note-at-a-time approach is that you can
: play more different melody notes than you
: could if you always had to keep the chord
: fingered, as you do in fingerpicking. In
: this style, you can play any notes you want
: as long as they don't keep you from getting
: back to the chord in time for the
: "boom-chang" part.
: --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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--Previous Message-- : Hi Ari, and thanks much. I am trying to play : it with just the thumbpick/ thumb only,m : which is how C king is doing it in the : movie. Still lacking, can you give me any : idea of the pattern hes using? I understand : what you;re saying, and I can fool around : and get thru it, but not w the accuracy I'm : looking for. Also, are you agreeing that : the chord (G) is made w the first and second : finger, since most of the song is picked on : the bass strings and then using the other : fingers to fret, or do you see it : differently. Shouldn't be as hard as I'm : finding it, but can't get the sound! thanks : again, len : : --Previous Message-- : I think one of the keys to it is to treat it : as : flatpicking, i.e., playing either one note : at : a time or strumming. I don't mean it's : necessarily done with a flatpick, just that : it's not fingerpicking in the usual sense : because there are no bass at the same time : as : treble notes. One advantage of the : one-note-at-a-time approach is that you can : play more different melody notes than you : could if you always had to keep the chord : fingered, as you do in fingerpicking. In : this style, you can play any notes you want : as long as they don't keep you from getting : back to the chord in time for the : "boom-chang" part. : --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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