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Topic: An adventurous C-Diatonic tune |
Andy Volk
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Keith Glendinning
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Posted 23 Feb 2019 8:25 am |
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Hi Andy,
I've never tried any Diatonic tuning, but I do have a spare 6 Stringer doing nothing at the moment and I'd like to have a go at this tab.
I did listen to the JB link and it's a fabulous tune.
Thanks for all of your very informative posts.
Keith. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Posted 23 Feb 2019 9:13 am
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This beautiful tune just screams C diatonic! I had about 100 JB tunes stored on my iTunes and I used to listen to them often (still do). Whenever "Come A Little Closer" popped up it would catch my attention. I had to stop whatever I was doing and listen. It's so different from most of Jerry's other songs. What catches my ear is the chromatic, pedal-steelish runs. Very pretty, and not often heard on straight steel.
Jerry recorded this song two or three times. My favorite is the early one: 1958, on his HiFi Guitar album. It's a little faster, more raw, and more energetic than the later versions IMO.
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Keith Glendinning
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Posted 23 Feb 2019 9:42 am
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You two guys are my inspiration when it comes to books with comprehensive tabs and choice of material. I have Andy's B11 book and Doug's 25 more C6 tunes and they are both great publications. If Doug say's that Jerry's diatonic stuff is worth listening to and Andy posts TABS like these, we are very lucky people.
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Doug Beaumier
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 23 Feb 2019 10:41 am
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Ditto! Thanks, Keith!
C-diatonic is very interesting but sometimes hard to wrap one's head around. It has many of the same voicings as C6th but there are string skips involved. There are opportunities for pedal steel-type glisses as well as harp-like cascading runs like JB used in the above performances.
One of the cool things I noticed was that you can play a I-VI-II-V progression all at one fret. Ignore the C11 below, it's a flow over from a previous page:.
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Keith Glendinning
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Posted 23 Feb 2019 11:10 am
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Thanks Andy, but my theory is pretty sketchy. If it sounds right, I get it.
Don't get me wrong folks, I recognise all of the usual chord progressions, but I don't easily assimilate the Nashville numbering system. I'm 78 years old and I've listened to all styles of music for many years and can usually locate the chord positions. All I can offer to anyone is, listen to your favourite music, but get advice from the people who can open your mind.
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