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RayzCane
Aloha
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 Posted - 06/22/2004 : 6:02:18 PM
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Hello all, I am Ray Langley from Sacramento, CA. I have been playing acoustic guitar for many years without making any earth shattering progress. I first heard of open tunings in the '70s at an Elizabeth Cotton concert in the San Francisco Bay area. Since I have cancer, I decided a few weeks ago that I would really delve into my guitar and learn the fretboard, harmonized scales, moveable chords, etc. so that I might leave behind a CD of some of my favorite tunes.
I "discovered" slack-key in a recent issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine. It was love at first sight! My friends and family chipped in to buy me instuctional DVDs by Patrick Landeza, Keoki and George Kahumoku for a birthday present last sunday. I am so motivated to learn and share that I just started a mailing list on yahoogroups called GuitarOpenTuning. If you would like to join, send a blank email to:
GuitarOpenTuning-subscribe @ yahoogroups.com
I am happy to have found this forum!
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 06/22/2004 : 6:12:29 PM
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Aloha Ray, and welcome! Sorry to hear about the cancer but I will definitely put you in my prayers. You'll find slack key to be a very soothing and (hopefully) healing way to learn guitar.
Happy belated birthday, too. |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
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Pupule
USA
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Posted - 06/22/2004 : 8:48:33 PM
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Exactly what cpatch said. Welcome, Ray. Glad you found slack key and this place.
For non-open tuning, I just started reading Fretboard Logic (see below). Do you have this one? Again, not really applicable for slack key but I'm enjoying it.
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RJS
Ha`aha`a
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Posted - 06/22/2004 : 11:20:49 PM
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| An excellent book - for "tight key" players |
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RayzCane
Aloha
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Posted - 06/23/2004 : 12:58:58 PM
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| Hi cpatch, Admin Andy, and Raymond. Thanks for the warm welcome! Several weeks ago I made a commitment to myself to learn chords and scales in standard. So, armed with the Fretboard Logic series and the Guitar Grimoire series, I sat down and played scales all day for a while. But, like many others here, the Open tunings latched on to my heartstrings and I haven't looked back. Right now I am exclusively devoted to learning more about Open G and Open D. |
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 06/24/2004 : 3:18:56 PM
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Ray,
Welcome to tp.net. Music is good for the healing process, especially if it is someting new and exciting to you.
Youmentioned you wanted to learn more about open G and open D. I found something about those tunings that may be self-evident to anyone who has played them, or perhaps not. And, if youknow about this relationship, it can help make learning the two tunings a bit easier.
Thsi is what I have found; the relationshis of the strings, their pitch relative to eachother, is the same in open G and open D, only move one string apart. That doesn;t make any sense to me, either. Ket's try another way; tune to open D (or E, same deal). The relationship of the 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, and 2nd strings (low to high) is the same as the relationship of the 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st strings in open G. The proof of this is to play your 4 chord in open D by using 1st fret 3rd string, 2nd fret 5th string. Toplay the 4 chord in open G you simply move that same position up one string; 1st fret 2nd string, 2nd fret 4th string. You can take this another step, to open C (CGCGCE), where the 4 chord is on 1st fret 1st string and 2nd fret 3rd string. All other chord formations you can make on stings 2-6 in open D you can make on strings 1-5 in open G (1-4 in open C). So, you can learn chords in 3 tunings all at once, just by using the different courses of strings.
Hope some of that made sense.
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2004 : 4:04:01 PM
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Ray,
One more thing;
A few months ago I took some time to write down all the chord postions i hve learned for open D & G . If you think they would be helpful, I would be happy to mail them to you (I have no idea how to get something like a chord chart to you via email)
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RayzCane
Aloha
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Posted - 06/25/2004 : 02:23:56 AM
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| Thanks for the tips Karl. I'll take all the help I can get. Also, I will be happy to share any chord charts that I am working with too. Today I swapped a tenor uke for a Martin OM-18V, so I am on the fast track.... |
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 06/25/2004 : 3:17:08 PM
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Hey guys, don't forget the chord charts that are already available from TaroPatch.net (Taro Patch, Double Slack, and C Wahine tunings):
http://www.taropatch.net/tunings.htm |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
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