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Topic: Am I playing this Byrds intro correctly? |
Marty Beal
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Long Beach, California, USA
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Posted 29 May 2015 9:54 pm |
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This may be the wrong forum for this post. Please move it, if necessary.
This is the intro to You're Still On My Mind by The Byrds. At least... I think it is. I'm trying to figure out if I've heard the notes correctly and placed them right. At first, I thought I was hearing more notes, but I think most of it is only 2 notes at a time.
Sorry for the poor tab attempt... it's missing some grace notes and slides and stuff!
Thanks very much!
Marty
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Tommy Mc
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Middlesex VT
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Posted 31 May 2015 10:45 am
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Marty, I really like this song, so it was fun trying to work out the intro....as well as much needed ear training. I spent a lot of time listening closely trying to hear not only the exact notes, but how they were voiced/attacked. Slowing it down in Audacity helped a lot. Here's what I came up with. There are certainly other ways to hit the same notes, so this is probably completely different positions from where JD played it. Still, I think the notes are correct.
Here's an audio clip of my humble interpretation of the tab.
https://soundcloud.com/tommymc-4/youre-still-on-my-mind-intro
Last edited by Tommy Mc on 31 May 2015 2:10 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Graham
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Marmora, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 31 May 2015 12:41 pm
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This is how Ricky Davis tabbed it out some few years ago for our Rebelâ„¢,Ricky & Jeff website.
Your still on my Mind/Intro/Key of A/E9th pedal steel
(Intro over the 5 chord(E)ends on 1 chord(A)
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1.______________|_________________|________________|
2.______________|_________________|________________|
3.______________|_________________|_7b_~9b_7b~~__5b|
4.______________|_10~~~~~~9~__7~~~|______________5~|
5.____7a__10~10a|_10a~10~~9~__7~7a|_7a_~9__7~7a____|
6._7b___________|_________________|________________|
7.______________|_________________|________________|
8.______________|_________________|________________|
1._________________|______________________
2._5~____________5~|__________________5___
3._5b___~7b__5b__5b|_5____~7b__5b~5___5__5
4.______~7___5_____|_5____~7___5~~~~_____5
5.____5____________|___5__________________
6._________________|______________________
7._________________|______________________
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Marty Beal
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Long Beach, California, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2015 8:11 am
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Awesome! That helps a bunch.
Thanks to you both.
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 2 Jun 2015 3:43 am
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What a great tune! I gotta listen to the whole album again now. 
Tommy, I thinks yours is right, except the beginning of the 3rd bar is like Ricky's:
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3.|_7b_~9b_7b~~__5b~~_|
4.|______________5~5L_|
5.|_7a_~9__7~7a_____5_|
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(I added the 5L and string 5 at the end which wasn't in his tab but was in yours).
I definitely hear that 5th string staying on the same note and couldn't get it till I saw Rickys tab here, so simple!. 
The very end I hear like this (though its very hard to hear that first slide and its almost out of tune in a way):
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3.|___5~6___5~~~~5___|
4.|___5~6R__5~5L~5___|
5.|_5________________|
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Great job Tommy, thank you. And thanks Graham and Ricky for the answer! |
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Mark Hershey
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 2 Jun 2015 10:41 am
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| I have always wondered about a part in this song at 1:35 or so it sounds like some unison bends right at the end of the lead. Does anyone have any idea how they pull that off? Is it done on a steel or is that the guitarist jumping in? |
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Tommy Mc
From:
Middlesex VT
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Posted 4 Jun 2015 4:54 pm
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Mark, here's how I hear the 2nd solo. I think the unison part is done using the C pedal on 4th string with the 1st string in unison. As long as you're using the C pedal, it kind of makes sense to play the first part on the B&C pedals, although the same lick can be done (and feels more natural to me) on A&B. I tabbed out what I think I hear both ways.
You could also play it like this using A&B pedals.
In either case, you want to end up on the 5th fret because there's an ending tag (that I didn't tab) that's played on the 7th and 6th strings using the A pedal. Anyway, I think all the elements are here to mix and match however it works best for you.
(Note: edited tab 6/5) |
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