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kirk
Any chance of finishing off this tune.I know its done as a fingerstyle study piece but i think the tune is strong enough to justify finishing it for us mere mortals.
pleaseeeeeeeeeee!
There was another discussion of a full version of this tune on the Acoustic Player Magazine discussion forum last August. You can link to the thread here:
There is a link to tabs of the arrangement, and some advice/alternatives for playing some of the more difficult parts. The video is no longer available online, and was 12 or 13 MB. Huge! I might have it saved on my hard drive somewhere. Let me know if you want it and I can try to dig it up.
hi
I tried those links that you posted but nothing came up.I would appreciate if you had the tab for that arrangement as i would love to have a go at it.
blarneypilgrim
When I first heard Kirk's lesson, I thought I'd have a go at making a complete arrangement based on his lesson. I quickly found out that he used the 1st 6 measures of the verse and the last two measures of the chorus in the lesson. I finally managed to complete the arrangement of the song.
The first 8 measures are the organ instrumental. which is repeated after each verse/chorus. There is a rather long stretch in measure 7. You can just drop the B on the 7th fret and optionally the A on the 5th fret in measure 8. This is done at the start of the coda, so that should give you the alternate way to play those measures.
The arrangement goes through the verse-chorus twice. The first time stays close to Kirk's lesson, while the second trys to capture the melody as it was sang. I also tried to include the organ fills where possible.
I don't use Guitar-Pro, so I've attached a PDF of the arrangement along with the midi. You should be able to import it into Guitar-Pro and clean it up if you wish.
Well done Larry (the tabledit man)! As usual it is up to the great standard that you have had for years.
I've always had at the back of my mind to do a medley of 'Air on the G string' & 'Whiter Shade' since they use basically the same progression.
Kirk's arrangement has given me a bit more incentive as I like the sound of both songs in 'D', for some reason they just don't seem to have the same vibe played in 'C' on a classical, mind you that's just my opinion & I'm sure others would disagree. I think I will try to do it in drop 'D'.
I toyed around with Drop-D and didn't see an advantage to using that tuning. The bass line sounds best when it is continuously downward from the D on the 4th string to the open E on the 6th string. I believe that is what Kirk was trying to demonstrate in his lesson.
It does simplify the stretch I mentioned, but adds some difficulty to fingering some other sections of the song. It would be nice to see what you come up with, irregardless of what notation program you use.
Yeah, that 's the trade off of doing a medley. 'Whiter shade' may be more difficult to finger in 'drop D', it would of course still have the descending bassline, however 'Air on the G string' would be easier with the low D & sound richer. Alas! It's a dilema, one I will get around to in the near future, I am currently trying to arrange 'Dock of the bay'. Have you ever arranged that?
I went back and looked more closely at Drop-D. It does in fact make the fingerings easier to play. The TablEdit version of the arrangement will be available on the Fretted Instruments website in the next day or so.
Dock of the Bay is a great song. I used to play an arrangement from one of Howard Morga's books. I'll see if I can locate a copy and get it to you.
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