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Jean-Paul Bataille
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Posted 24 May 2020 10:08 pm |
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I couldn't figure out how to make those pinch harmonics that I saw you guys do...
And then yesterday it happened by chance ! Ah ! OK, I understand now !
So I immediately put at work my very new discovery :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_1zsqSIRuI
This is a swing number, after so much melancholic D minor tuning tunes.
But in D minor tuning nonetheless. |
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Lance Clifford
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Oregon, USA
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Posted 25 May 2020 5:55 am
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| Always enjoy your music, Jean-Paul. |
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Jean-Paul Bataille
From:
Montreal, Canada
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Posted 25 May 2020 12:15 pm
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Thanks Lance.
I know I'm a bit of an oddity here (different culture and all that), but thanks anyway. |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 25 May 2020 12:57 pm
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That is some really fine music. We don't hear a lot of finger picking and alternating bass anymore. It was something just about all the pickers of the 1960s aspired to. I love it.
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Don't go in the water after lunch. You'll get a cramp and drown. - Mother. |
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Jean-Paul Bataille
From:
Montreal, Canada
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Posted 25 May 2020 5:26 pm
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| David, I'm afraid it shows my age... |
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Jim Graham
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 26 May 2020 3:11 am
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| Beautiful! Thanks for posting this. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 26 May 2020 3:37 am
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Beautiful tune and playing, Jean-Paul. I always appreciate musicians who follow their own muse.
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Steel Guitar Books! Website: www.volkmediabooks.com |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Jean-Paul Bataille
From:
Montreal, Canada
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Posted 26 May 2020 12:48 pm
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Lovely!
But you didn't tell us the secret of pinch harmonics! |
 Well I dunno if this is the "official" way, but accidentally, my thumb hit the string at the right spot when I was picking it with the finger, and the result was a delightful artificial harmonic.
I should have know better, because, although there are several ways to obtain the same result, the concept is quite easy to figure out.
Until yesterday, I was using the guitar way, that is blocking with a finger and picking with the thumb, and it's not as efficient that the other way round on the weiss.
When I looked at players on YT, I couldn't really understand what was exactly going on.
So this was a happy surprise. I'll work on it by now. That's a spectacular fun trick, and, even if I am not exactly a spectacular player, a little bit of showing-off cannot hurt, if not overused.
Last edited by Jean-Paul Bataille on 26 May 2020 12:55 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Jean-Paul Bataille
From:
Montreal, Canada
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Posted 26 May 2020 12:51 pm
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| Andy Volk wrote: |
| Beautiful tune and playing, Jean-Paul. I always appreciate musicians who follow their own muse. |
Thanks Andy.
Actually, I can't do anything else, and although generally pleasant, sometimes it's also a handicap. |
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