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Topic: Leavitt tuning does Latin MP3 |
Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2007 8:18 pm |
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OK here is the latest adventure using the Leavitt tuning. The song is "How Insensitive" by Carlos Jobim. I used a drum loop that is sort of like a latin beat that has been infiltrated with garage rock!  Some day I might put on some kind of bass track if I can figure out what to play on it with the chords all changed around like they are.
There is an improv section in the middle and a vamp at the front and the end. There are several quotes from other songs during the tune and in the improv section. See who can come up the names of the tunes.
This is sort of a crazy arrangement done a lot faster than most play this tune, but it was fun to show again what the Leavitt is capable of musically.
Done on an 8 string guitar.
http://www.mediafire.com/?1wimi1tnin4 |
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Billy Wilson
From:
El Cerrito, California, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2007 11:52 pm
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| There's a place on Marrs where the women play steel guitars...... |
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 1 May 2007 1:24 am
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"There's a place in France where the naked ladies dance..." 
Holy $#&% that was AMAZING. Now I kinda don't wanna go near my instrument for a while. |
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Lee Gillespie
From:
Cheyenne, Wy. USA
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Posted 1 May 2007 5:30 am How insenitive
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| HOLY COW... Bill I'm going to put you in the Leavitt Guru catagory with Mike Ihde and Roy Thomson. Congradulations. Lee |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 1 May 2007 1:37 pm
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| That was pretty darn awesome Bill! Sounds like you've got a pretty good handle on the Leavitt tuning. |
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 1 May 2007 2:51 pm
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Very cool-- that deserves a full Latin arrangement around it!!
Thought I caught some of Grieg's "Hall of the Mountain King"(?) and about one second of "Carol Of the Bells". (But then I "hear" stuff all the time...  ) |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 1 May 2007 3:35 pm Wicked!
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Hey Bill -- that's some pretty fancy HIGH-wyin' GEE-tar playin' yer doin' thar!
Seriously, amazing what you're able to do with that tuning, and the imagination to come up with that musical idea. I caught the cool quotes in there, as others have mentioned, and also caught the "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler On The Roof about the 1:29 mark.
VERY COOL STUFF! I'm almost tempted to learn your arrangement, and add a fretless bass line to it, just for fun (and challenge).
Great job.
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 1 May 2007 8:53 pm
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You guys are good.
Jeff and Billy got the "Place in France" line.
Stephen got the "Carol of the Bells"
Todd got the tune from Fiddler on the Roof.
There are three more. I will give you two.
At :47 there is a quote from the tune "The Summer Knows" Seems like it was a movie from the 70s.
At 1:24 there is a quote from West Side Story.
That leaves one more and it is very obvious at about 1:22. I thank all of you for listening and your encouragement for the Leavitt tuning. |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 1 May 2007 9:16 pm
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| Yikes Bill! Outrageous! Thanks! |
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Todd Weger
From:
Safety Harbor, FLAUSA
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Posted 2 May 2007 3:05 am
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| Bill Hatcher wrote: |
| That leaves one more and it is very obvious at about 1:22. I thank all of you for listening and your encouragement for the Leavitt tuning. |
D'oh! Of course -- Steel Guitar Rag (the caffeinated version) at 1:22!
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Todd James Weger --
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, E13, A6); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Custom-made 25" aluminum cast "fry pan" with vintage Ricky p'up (C6); 1938 Epiphone Electar (A6); 1953 Oahu Tonemaster; assorted ukuleles; upright bass |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 2 May 2007 5:03 am
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That's it Todd!
Actually I tried to get a little "Joshua Fought the Battle of Jerico" in at 1:00 but I just didn't get close enough for the "song quote police" to approve. |
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