Posted by waxwing on February 12, 2003, 12:40 am, in reply to "Re: Canned heat"
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Hey John,
It took me a while to notice you had responded, as well. Thanks.
I am unaccostumed to using the numeric nomenclature and realized, the very next time I saw it used, that I had reversed it, much to my embarrassment. No way of editing. Oh, well. As I get more into transcribing, I think I'm gonna have to get some tab software.
Thanks again, John.
All for now.
John C.
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: Hi John,
: I missed your message when you first posted
: it. I took a look at your walk-through
: description of how to play "Canned
: Heat", and it all looks good except
: that your nomenclature for naming the
: strings first through sixth reverses
: common practice, which has the high E as
: the first string and the low E as the
: sixth string. Once I figured that out it
: all made sense.
: All Best,
: John
: Hey John,
: Yves recently emailed me asking for tab to
: Canned Heat. I decided to oblige him.
: After going to the effort I thought I
: would post it here for anyone else
: interested, along with my thoughts on the
: issue. I'd appreciate it if you or Ari, or
: anyone else, would check over my
: convoluted description for any errors.
: Thanks.
: All for now.
: John C.
: : : Hey Yves,
: Well, I don't really have it tabbed out
: on paper (or screen), but I can give you
: the positions and some of the licks and it
: should be easy to work out from the CD. If
: you don't have the CD, go to Document
: Records and get the Complete Works of TJ.
: I think it's been recently remastered. The
: sound quality on Canned Heat is pretty
: good.
: So, I play the "sig riff" on a
: normal D played with a 3 string barre,
: leaving the ring(3) and pinkie(4) free.
: The pick is just thumb brushes, but I try
: to be very precise. 3rd and 4th strings on
: the beat, 4th, 5th and 6th on the
: "and". Add the 4th finger 3rd
: str. 4th fret on the 2nd and 4th full
: beats. strike the 4th string fretted at
: the 3rd sliding to the 4th on the 4th
: "and-a". Repeat the measure. As
: the vocal starts, strike the open D on the
: DownBeat, then up to 5th str. 7th, and 6th
: str. 5th, "and 2 and 3", both
: strings down one fret, "and",
: down one more fret, "4", D
: chord, "and", still all thumb
: brushes. Once through the sig riff, but
: on the last "and-a" reach out
: with the index finger to the 3rd str. 3rd
: fret, and slide it up to a long A form
: barred at the 7th (still in a D chord).
: Thumb brushes on the high strings,
: "and-2-and-3", dropping the 6th
: str. to the 8th fret,
: "and-4-and". Now a cool lick.
: Keeping the barre on the 7th, but loose,
: to mute some, pull a deep bend in the 2nd
: str. at the 8th fret as you strike on the
: beat, then release to stop it as you thumb
: the 3rd str. on the "and",
: repeat each beat, but on the 4th beat
: slide down to fret the 2nd str. on the
: 1st fret walking into the B bass at the
: 2nd fret on the DB. You should be in an
: abbreviated G chord now, two fingers, 2nd
: on the 2nd str. 2nd fret, 4th on the 5th
: str. 3rd fret. TJ uses a variety of
: fingerpicked licks involving the D on the
: 2nd str. and the E (open) and F (1st fret)
: on the first str. (hammer ons and
: whatnot), thumbing the B in the bass on
: the beat, for 2 measures with the same
: little walk up before the second measure
: (except in the verse "cryin' mama,
: mama, mama"). 2 more measures of the
: sig riff, then, I think TJ goes to an
: A7th, but I like to follow the vocal line
: by going to a long A, striking the open
: 2nd str. on the DB, then thumb brushes on
: the treble strings,
: "and-2-and-3", and let go the
: 5th fret to let the second fret barre
: sound on the 1st str., "and".
: Then I rest on the 4th beat before the
: walk up to the G chord lick(s). I think TJ
: brushes the A7th through the 4th beat into
: the walk up. One measure in G and back to
: the beginning.
: The incredibly lonesome tag is the first
: thing I ever tabbed myself. It's all forms
: already used in the piece, just not
: exactly in the same order. I highly
: recommend that you try to tab it yourself.
: I purchased Reed Kotler's Transkriber 2.0
: and found it really opened a door for me.
: I've since tabbed my first entire song,
: BBF's Step It Up And Go. and am looking
: forward to tackling another.
: As you might imagine, it was an effort to
: write this out for you. I did it because
: several people were very patient in
: helping me to learn this piece, and I
: guess I'm repaying my debt to the
: universe. It's not really fair to ask
: people to tab things out for you on a
: forum. If you are really interested in a
: number that's not already in print
: somewhere, I.E. the Guitar Workshop, use
: this motivation to work on your own
: transcribing abilities. It will bring you
: closer to the music. Meanwhile, learn the
: songs that are already tabbed in print.
: It's all good.
:
: All for now,
:
: John C.
:
: on 1/12/03 12:24 AM, BACKDOORASSOC45@aol.com
: at BACKDOORASSOC45@aol.com wrote: : I agree
: with you.it can be done in D std
: tuning (as Tommy Johnson probably does) as
: well as in E std tuning as Houston
: Stackhouse does it souds good to me in
: both cases.
: As they were very close musicians I doubt
: that they were playing same tune in two
: different tuning.
: Another suggestion is that Tommy Johnson
: plays in E position std tuning but tuned
: two steps below the pitch...
: Could you supply me with the tab from what
: you did with Paul
: I'd love to work with it.
: What do you think ?
: In any case the "signature riff" of
: canned heat sounds great in both keys and
: can be used when playin with others ...
: Yves
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