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Thanks very much, Brad. I looked at the thread - I bet the reason that person is having trouble is that they're trying to fit the words of the verses to the music of the chorus. Anyway, shalom and dan ...

I'm looking for the original yiddish lyrics for this one. Not the English Andrews sisters version - that's easy. I did find this great performance of it on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z ...

Maybe it depends on how you read. A lot of people read notation as if it were a form of tablature - a dot on the page equals a location on the instrument. That works well for the piano, fairly well on ...

I usually don't admit this, but privately there have always been two kinds of music for me: Bach, and everything else.

It can be brutal if you're playing solo and they're not into it. Even in a duo, you can always enjoy each other.

I can read pretty well, but on steel it would be more just the melody, and faking the chords from a lead sheet. For a fancy solo arrangement, I might be better off with tab.

I did my homemade acoustic conversion with parallel strings and I kind of like it. I learned on a classical guitar, so it seems more normal on any instrument.

Why so some pople think it's necessa ...

That's the tuning I use all the time on my acoustic now - when Ihad the D8 I used that on one neck and D13 on the other. I like it because you can think of dobro tuning, open G, standard guitar tunin ...

I probably should have posted this here instead of in "Music". My apologies for the double post.

no, this is not a new direction for me. But my nephew Ben has put out this e-book, and I' ...

no, this is not a new direction for me. But my nephew Ben has put out this e-book, and I'm proud of him.

http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-theory-production-ebook.php

Call me J-Kav.

I'm wondering how you use that low string. Thinking of it as an A#, you've got a sort of F# major/minor tuning.

I'm not much of a steel player, but for some reason I can manage string pulls - I'm self-taught enough that I just thought everybody did it. Now slanting in tune...

Even single half-step pulls give ...

Roy Thompson has made at least one acoustic steel with a rectangular body - though the one I've heard was a resonator instrument, where the body isn't so crucial to the sound. It sounded great.

I ...

Jerry Byrd's C Diatonic doesn't include the D string, probably because of the tuning conundrum it would have introduced.

I've heard that, and I think I see the problems - you couldn't use the D w ...

The "open string" scale of pedal harps is Cb major (sounds like B major, of course).

Move any pedal up one notch, and all the pitches are raised one half step, so if you move them all up ...

Huh. Now that's interesting. It didn't make sense until I started seeing it as an F-based tuning (or G in your second one).

For the first time, I miss my doubleneck, because I'd have to restring m ...

Thanks for the link. I expected the article to contain the following quote I read somewhere, maybe it's in Crow's book: someone asked Zoot Sims what it was like playing in Russia, and he said "E ...

I played in Montreal with a guy named Jack Messacar who's been using EG#Bdeg#c#e' since the 40s or maybe earlier (Jack's in his mid 90s now, but still playing some.) He played Hawaiian and jazz, no co ...

Everybody has an opinion on this. I've had only 6 or 8 string lap guitars, and so I think 7 is the perfect compromise!

Most people would probably say 6 strings is a good first choice, both for play ...

Thanks for the info so far. All I want is something to play simple bass lines on while I play uke and maybe sing. I'm really enjoying using uke instead of guitar, but I miss the low end. I don't like ...

I've been thinking about those foot pedals where you can play a bass line to accompany yourself. There was a solo act around here years ago where a guy played guitar and one of those and sang - he was ...

If they gave you something of value, with the understanding that there's be a picture of their instrument on the cover, seems to me you're morally obliged to follow through, or return the money or goo ...

I sure hear you. I've played and even gigged on a lot of instruments, but you do find your voice and there's a lot to be said for sticking with it.

At some point, you realise you can't do everythi ...

I've done this twice - a 6-string classical into an 8-string classical (using mandolin tuners), and a dreadnought into an 8-string lap.

For the lap guitar, I was able to squeeze 2 extra tuners on ...

I saw this on TV in Montreal (probably Vermont PBS) more than fifteen years ago and never been able to track it down. It was a documentary about Django Reinhardt and his influence on Western Swing, wi ...

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Topic: Bei Mir Bist du Shon
John Kavanagh Replies: 3 Views: 1703	Forum Section: Music Posted: 10 Mar 2009 6:30 am Subject: Bei Mir Bist du Shon
John Kavanagh Replies: 3 Views: 1703	Thanks very much, Brad. I looked at the thread - I bet the reason that person is having trouble is that they're trying to fit the words of the verses to the music of the chorus. Anyway, shalom and dan ...
Topic: Bei Mir Bist du Shon
John Kavanagh Replies: 3 Views: 1703	Forum Section: Music Posted: 9 Mar 2009 5:48 am Subject: Bei Mir Bist du Shon
John Kavanagh Replies: 3 Views: 1703	I'm looking for the original yiddish lyrics for this one. Not the English Andrews sisters version - that's easy. I did find this great performance of it on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z ...
Topic: How many can read music
John Kavanagh Replies: 58 Views: 12397	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 Jul 2008 7:41 pm Subject: How many can read music
John Kavanagh Replies: 58 Views: 12397	Maybe it depends on how you read. A lot of people read notation as if it were a form of tablature - a dot on the page equals a location on the instrument. That works well for the piano, fairly well on ...
Topic: Do You Like Classical Music?
John Kavanagh Replies: 60 Views: 7526	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Jul 2008 2:59 pm Subject: Do You Like Classical Music?
John Kavanagh Replies: 60 Views: 7526	I usually don't admit this, but privately there have always been two kinds of music for me: Bach, and everything else.
Topic: How does the audience affect you?
John Kavanagh Replies: 25 Views: 8257	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 Jul 2008 2:49 pm Subject: How does the audience affect you?
John Kavanagh Replies: 25 Views: 8257	It can be brutal if you're playing solo and they're not into it. Even in a duo, you can always enjoy each other.
Topic: How many can read music
John Kavanagh Replies: 58 Views: 12397	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 22 Jul 2008 2:46 pm Subject: How many can read music
John Kavanagh Replies: 58 Views: 12397	I can read pretty well, but on steel it would be more just the melody, and faking the chords from a lead sheet. For a fancy solo arrangement, I might be better off with tab.
Topic: Why are strings on a steel guitar not parallel?
John Kavanagh Replies: 76 Views: 17505	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 12 Jun 2008 8:21 am Subject: Why are strings on a steel guitar not parallel?
John Kavanagh Replies: 76 Views: 17505	I did my homemade acoustic conversion with parallel strings and I kind of like it. I learned on a classical guitar, so it seems more normal on any instrument. Why so some pople think it's necessa ...
Topic: 8 string tuning in G help
John Kavanagh Replies: 21 Views: 5960	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 12 Jun 2008 8:10 am Subject: 8 string tuning in G help
John Kavanagh Replies: 21 Views: 5960	That's the tuning I use all the time on my acoustic now - when Ihad the D8 I used that on one neck and D13 on the other. I like it because you can think of dobro tuning, open G, standard guitar tunin ...
Topic: Hip-Hop production e-book
John Kavanagh Replies: 0 Views: 1313	Forum Section: Recording Posted: 28 Mar 2008 5:11 am Subject: Hip-Hop production e-book
John Kavanagh Replies: 0 Views: 1313	I probably should have posted this here instead of in "Music". My apologies for the double post. no, this is not a new direction for me. But my nephew Ben has put out this e-book, and I' ...
Topic: Hip-Hop production e-book
John Kavanagh Replies: 2 Views: 753	Forum Section: Music Posted: 26 Mar 2008 8:19 am Subject: Hip-Hop production e-book
John Kavanagh Replies: 2 Views: 753	no, this is not a new direction for me. But my nephew Ben has put out this e-book, and I'm proud of him. http://www.modernbeats.com/hit-theory-production-ebook.php Call me J-Kav.
Topic: What would you call this tuning?
John Kavanagh Replies: 5 Views: 1610	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Nov 2007 12:57 pm Subject: What would you call this tuning?
John Kavanagh Replies: 5 Views: 1610	I'm wondering how you use that low string. Thinking of it as an A#, you've got a sort of F# major/minor tuning.
Topic: Behind the bar pulls
John Kavanagh Replies: 36 Views: 15499	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Oct 2007 8:07 pm Subject: Behind the bar pulls
John Kavanagh Replies: 36 Views: 15499	I'm not much of a steel player, but for some reason I can manage string pulls - I'm self-taught enough that I just thought everybody did it. Now slanting in tune... Even single half-step pulls give ...
Topic: Shape of Acoustic Lap Guitars
John Kavanagh Replies: 44 Views: 17108	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 14 Oct 2007 9:24 am Subject: Shape of Acoustic Lap Guitars
John Kavanagh Replies: 44 Views: 17108	Roy Thompson has made at least one acoustic steel with a rectangular body - though the one I've heard was a resonator instrument, where the body isn't so crucial to the sound. It sounded great. I ...
Topic: Hexatonic Tunings
John Kavanagh Replies: 9 Views: 3058	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Sep 2007 9:56 am Subject: Hexatonic Tunings
John Kavanagh Replies: 9 Views: 3058	Jerry Byrd's C Diatonic doesn't include the D string, probably because of the tuning conundrum it would have introduced. I've heard that, and I think I see the problems - you couldn't use the D w ...
Topic: Pedaled,, pedal harp, pedal steel
John Kavanagh Replies: 16 Views: 4248	Forum Section: Music Posted: 31 Aug 2007 11:23 am Subject: Pedaled,, pedal harp, pedal steel
John Kavanagh Replies: 16 Views: 4248	The "open string" scale of pedal harps is Cb major (sounds like B major, of course). Move any pedal up one notch, and all the pitches are raised one half step, so if you move them all up ...
Topic: Hexatonic Tunings
John Kavanagh Replies: 9 Views: 3058	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 31 Aug 2007 11:05 am Subject: Hexatonic Tunings
John Kavanagh Replies: 9 Views: 3058	Huh. Now that's interesting. It didn't make sense until I started seeing it as an F-based tuning (or G in your second one). For the first time, I miss my doubleneck, because I'd have to restring m ...
Topic: Benny Goodman in the USSR
John Kavanagh Replies: 8 Views: 1867	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Aug 2007 12:44 pm Subject: Benny Goodman in the USSR
John Kavanagh Replies: 8 Views: 1867	Thanks for the link. I expected the article to contain the following quote I read somewhere, maybe it's in Crow's book: someone asked Zoot Sims what it was like playing in Russia, and he said "E ...
Topic: E13 ?'s
John Kavanagh Replies: 21 Views: 6883	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Jul 2007 2:35 pm Subject: E13 ?'s
John Kavanagh Replies: 21 Views: 6883	I played in Montreal with a guy named Jack Messacar who's been using EG#Bdeg#c#e' since the 40s or maybe earlier (Jack's in his mid 90s now, but still playing some.) He played Hawaiian and jazz, no co ...
Topic: tuning & how many strings
John Kavanagh Replies: 3 Views: 1182	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 17 Jul 2007 2:13 pm Subject: tuning & how many strings
John Kavanagh Replies: 3 Views: 1182	Everybody has an opinion on this. I've had only 6 or 8 string lap guitars, and so I think 7 is the perfect compromise! Most people would probably say 6 strings is a good first choice, both for play ...
Topic: Bass pedals
John Kavanagh Replies: 5 Views: 1274	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Jun 2007 5:51 am Subject: Bass pedals
John Kavanagh Replies: 5 Views: 1274	Thanks for the info so far. All I want is something to play simple bass lines on while I play uke and maybe sing. I'm really enjoying using uke instead of guitar, but I miss the low end. I don't like ...
Topic: Bass pedals
John Kavanagh Replies: 5 Views: 1274	Forum Section: Music Posted: 21 Jun 2007 1:33 pm Subject: Bass pedals
John Kavanagh Replies: 5 Views: 1274	I've been thinking about those foot pedals where you can play a bass line to accompany yourself. There was a solo act around here years ago where a guy played guitar and one of those and sang - he was ...
Topic: Just what is my obligation here?
John Kavanagh Replies: 31 Views: 5921	Forum Section: Music Posted: 21 Jun 2007 1:19 pm Subject: Just what is my obligation here?
John Kavanagh Replies: 31 Views: 5921	If they gave you something of value, with the understanding that there's be a picture of their instrument on the cover, seems to me you're morally obliged to follow through, or return the money or goo ...
Topic: Giving it up
John Kavanagh Replies: 27 Views: 4947	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Jun 2007 7:51 am Subject: Giving it up
John Kavanagh Replies: 27 Views: 4947	I sure hear you. I've played and even gigged on a lot of instruments, but you do find your voice and there's a lot to be said for sticking with it. At some point, you realise you can't do everythi ...
Topic: 8 string conversion?
John Kavanagh Replies: 6 Views: 2019	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Jun 2007 7:13 am Subject: 8 string conversion?
John Kavanagh Replies: 6 Views: 2019	I've done this twice - a 6-string classical into an 8-string classical (using mandolin tuners), and a dreadnought into an 8-string lap. For the lap guitar, I was able to squeeze 2 extra tuners on ...
Topic: Willie Nelson - Django documentary
John Kavanagh Replies: 2 Views: 1191	Forum Section: Music Posted: 8 Jun 2007 9:24 am Subject: Willie Nelson - Django documentary
John Kavanagh Replies: 2 Views: 1191	I saw this on TV in Montreal (probably Vermont PBS) more than fifteen years ago and never been able to track it down. It was a documentary about Django Reinhardt and his influence on Western Swing, wi ...