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Konabob
`Olu`olu
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Larry Miller
Akahai
USA
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 Posted - 01/16/2005 : 06:01:50 AM
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I'm still learning all the ins and outs of my home recording setup, and have to learn how to make an MP3 file. But I'll give it a try. (Dell, Adobe Audition, Echo GINA, Folio Spirit Notepad)
Fair warning: in retuning and trying different arrangements, the 1st string broke.
Meanwhile, how does one upload a file to * Listen to Taropatch.net Members Online *?
I've heard some nice stuff there, and would like to add a few things of my own.
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Whee ha!
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Reid
Ha`aha`a
Andorra
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Posted - 01/16/2005 : 11:23:31 AM
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It is really simple to make your file an mp3 in Audition. Just do File>Save As... and in the window at the bottom, you will see Save as Type.. The visible default is Wav, but click that arrow pull-down at the end of the field and just select mp3. Bingo.
As for uploading to the music site, Craig has always been in control of that. Ping him.
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Gary A
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 01/16/2005 : 2:24:20 PM
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Larry, if I understand your "high G" tuning correctly then from low to high you have G D G B D G. If so then then it sounds like you've reinvented the "Open D" tuning (D A D F# A D) except it's in G instead of D.
Open D is a popular tuning for slide blues guitar. I think it's popular because when you bar it with a slide you get a the root and fifth of the chord on the first and second strings - it's an Elmore James sound (it's also the openning notes to "Johnny B Goode").
If you want to hear example of Open D tuning, check out Kelly Joe Phelps. He uses the Open D tuning for lap steel guitar and gets a pretty good sound out of it.
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Larry Miller
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 01/16/2005 : 6:43:16 PM
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Yes, I know open D from playing blues and bottleneck.
You're right- this uses the same intervals, but in a different key.
With the open G, I tend to play in the key of C -5th fret, or D 7th fret.
I did retune to an open D- ADF#ADA
I stumbled across an D6th tuning, something like ADF#ABD
I wouldn't try that from an open G with the wrong gauge strings, though.
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feoli
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 04/03/2005 : 08:09:36 AM
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| I have recently made the same discovery. I have posted to this site many times looking for Hawaiin Steel guiter music with alternating bass just like my grandfather used to play |
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 04/03/2005 : 09:59:42 AM
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I have recently made the same discovery. I have posted to this site many times looking for Hawaiin Steel guiter music with alternating bass just like my grandfather used to play
You'll have to search out some of the older steel methods, folios and sheet music. I have numerous books, including methods by Alvino Rey & Keoki Awai among others that feature lovely solo arangements with alternating bass. The older "low A" tuning seems to be the standard here. (E-A-E-A-C#-E).
You can find the music all over the place, & pretty cheaply. I picked up three very complete folios in excellent condition on e-bay for a buck. Generally they come from the 20s and 30s - a little time perusing the sheet music bins at your local antique mall should give you enough material for a couple years' study.
Happy slidin'
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feoli
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 04/03/2005 : 3:14:19 PM
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I don't know if my reply to your post went thru...I recently made the same discovery. My grandfather, who has passed away, used to play slack key guitar. He would use the same guitar and tuning to play his steel guitar.
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Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
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Gary A
Lokahi
USA
169 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2005 : 1:06:16 PM
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Konabob, really nice version of "Over the Rainbow". That's a pretty original idea to do that tune on acoustic steel guitar. I hear some of Bob Brozman's influence in the way you played that (the phrasing and the way you articulated the notes). Was that solo steel or did you overdub two steels?
I couldn't play the file by clicking on the link in Mozilla so I grabbed the mp3 directly:
http://www.konaweb.com/konabob/somewhere.mp3
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Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
928 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2005 : 7:49:54 PM
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Hi Gary,
Just spent 2 days in Hilo... sorry about not getting back right away. Yes, all the new cuts are single taropatch steel. No multi tracking of any kind. Thanks for your kind review. My wife actually gets on my case about the way I slow down through the
slants. Partially so they sound good, but I mostly do it because that is how I hear myself singing it in my head.
Another song I like to do is "Beyond the Blue Horizon".
I stopped by Dennis Lakes today and he showed me the new koa neck for my single cone Johnson guitar. OH, man!
I can't wait to get my hands on that thing. I might even end up taking it to Georges camp this summer. I sure am gonna
miss playing with Brozman...
Aloha,
-Konabob
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Konabob's Walkingbass - http://www.konawalkingbass.com
Taropatch Steel - http://www.konaweb.com/konabob/
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Gary A
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 04/29/2005 : 09:13:23 AM
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| To me it didn't sound like you were slowing down to do a difficult slant. It felt like you were just letting the piece "breathe". It's funny how it works out sometimes. |
Gary |
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