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Topic: New Weissenborn tune in Cmaj7 tuning (youtube clip) |
Fred Kinbom
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Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Tarmo Heikkinen
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Finland
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Posted 12 Apr 2008 12:27 pm |
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I think it was a good blend of conventional & unconventional. Not too weird, but enough unexpected tones to keep listener interested.
Nothing wrong with the take either. |
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Craig Prior
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National City, California, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2008 1:20 pm
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| This would make a good soundtrack for an independent film. |
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Kyle Dosskey
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Posted 12 Apr 2008 2:35 pm
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| haha good call Craig. I like it Fred. By the way I tuned up my Superior Weiss to that Gmin tuning and I am really digging it. Feels like there's more chordal possibilities than with the open D tuning I was using before. |
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Michael Papenburg
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Oakland, CA
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Posted 13 Apr 2008 9:14 am
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| I really loved the mood of that one. Very cool tuning. This is one of my favorite pieces you have posted. It would definitely be great in an indie film soundtrack. |
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Fred Kinbom
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Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 13 Apr 2008 4:07 pm
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Thanks for listening and for your comments! I'm glad you enjoyed it! 
Kyle - good to hear that you are enjoying the G minor tuning. I really like all the full-sounding minor chords in that tuning, and the dominant major chord is easily accessible too:
0X4XX0 or 0X0X44 etc.
Michael - the tuning in this tune here is Cmaj7: CGCEBC, low to high. It is a tuning that Brazilian Weissenborn player Christiaan Oyens told me about. It's very cool with the chromatic interval between the top two strings!
Thanks again folks!
Fred
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Chris Drew
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Bristol, UK
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Posted 13 Apr 2008 11:39 pm
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That's excellent Fred!
I like how you are getting the variety of different tones really adding depth to the tune, deep & full thumb-strums and that nice crisp "back-of-the-index-finger-strum-thing"... sweet. 
How long have you been experimenting with this particular tuning?
When are you going to make an album of tunes?
That would be really interesting to hear. |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Fred Kinbom
From:
Berlin, Germany, via Stockholm, Sweden.
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Posted 15 Apr 2008 4:23 am
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Thanks Chris and Tom!
Chris - I wrote two songs in this tuning when I first found out about it. I hadn't played in this tuning for a long time, and just got the idea to revisit it on Saturday. The Lazy River sounds GREAT tuned down to C! And this clip was recorded with quite old strings. I busted a string when changing the tuning back to G on Sunday and restrung it - with new strings in the Cmaj7 tuning the Lazy River has a huge, shimmering, warm - fantastic! - sound!
An album - I would like to make one, but I want to get a bit better first. I have my "Crystal Bar EP" on Slide Planet, but it was recorded when I had only been lap sliding for about a year and a half. I want to move it up a few more notches before I release another CD.
All the best,
Fred
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Feedback would be much appreciated as it is always hard to judge a fresh song idea!
