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Couple of toons
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:27 pm
by Jif
Been a while since I posted anything, so here's a couple of vids of the 2 songs I did for Novembers SSGW. I particularly enjoyed playing these
The first one was the tune for the month - Tennessee Waltz, (or as it's known in Gartcosh - The Lost Chord
). Speeded up the tempo to 100bpm, based the 1st verse on Richard Burtons Tab and the 2nd verse on Greg Cutshaws Tab, so thanks to them for the work they put into it.
The second tune was to be a Christmas Carol of our choice, so my wife chose - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Wanted to stay true to my Gartcosh handle on this one, so it's a touch on the "Leftfield" side.
Hope ye like 'em
Geoff
Re: Couple of toons
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:02 pm
by bobhcot
"God rest ye merry".............Fantastico - best thing I've heard in a while - off to my steel .......NOW....thanks.....
Re: Couple of toons
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 6:55 pm
by Donny Johnston
Well done Geoff, good to hear, God rest ye jerry mentalmen again. Great sound.
Re: Couple of toons
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:15 pm
by JohnDavisStringsHere
I liked the Bob Marley version of the rested metelmen ver goot
Re: Couple of toons
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:13 am
by Danny Mitchell
Superb Geoff,
2 great tunes! You maintain your Gartcosh handle with aplomb. A great, skanking version.
Thanks for posting.
Re: Couple of toons
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 7:14 am
by Uncle Roy
Very nice Geoff
Re: Couple of toons
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 12:19 pm
by Danny Mitchell
Hi Geoff
Having had another chance to look at these, I've just noticed the nice tight, economic picking style you've got going on. I generally observe you from a side view and I've not clocked the finer points of your playing. Cool!
Re: Couple of toons
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:51 pm
by rogerp1
Very nice Geoff
Re: Couple of toons
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2015 5:28 pm
by Jif
Hey guys, many thanks. Looks like I should continue with the Leftfield route then
TBH I enjoyed playing Tennessee Waltz more as it was more of a challenge and I learned a lot of new ways to do things. Appreciate that it is more of a ballad really but it was fun to play with a bit of an up tempo "bounce".
Not sure if my picking technique is how you describe it Danny, it's more of a cobbled together style. With the 12 strings I find that I have to keep the bottom strings damped a lot of the time to avoid stray notes & noises which restricts what you can do with the rest of your RH, so I tend to have the bottom part of my palm permanently damping and using the top part and parts of my fingers to damp what I'm playing. Often I damp too hard down the bottom and the B string hits off the pickup pole - thump!
Anyway I'm loving playing at the moment, can't stop.
(Not as bad as John D yet though, recording in the middle of the night
)
Re: Couple of toons
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2015 7:18 am
by Nick Bidmade
Good on yer, Geoff. I thought Frankie Lane was going to come in with the verse on 'God Rest Ye...!' Nice playing, good and interesting arrangements. More left field!!