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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
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 Posted - 06/09/2005 : 1:52:14 PM
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Aloha
A couple folks have wondered what the heck I'll be teaching at camp this year. So here's the skinny:
Swing Guitar is about playing swing rhythm on your guitar in standard tuning. Some of you may remember various late-nite hoots at earlier camps with Donley, Steve Grimes and myself bashing out Bob Wills, Fats Waller and Louis Jordan tunes.
That's what we'll be doing in this class. We'll also play some hapa haole stuff like Waikiki and Little Grass Shack. Consider it an outgrowth of the class Steve and I "taught" last year.
It is not a beginner class -- you should know basic barre chords and how to get around the neck a bit. We'll cover using extended chord forms like 6ths and 9ths, blues and the American Popular Song Form, enough harmony theory to get you out of a jam and comping in the style of Freddie Greene and Eldon Shamblin. So pack a flatpick.
If there's interest, we'll work on soloing, too. The emphasis is on getting you up and running quickly so we can make some music.
As the man said, It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing.....
Cheers,
Mark
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`Ilio Nui
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 06/09/2005 : 2:49:38 PM
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Not to mention (and you didn't) Dog, Cindy Combs, Pat Cockett, etc, but who's keeping track. Let's do it in Taro. I-VI-II-VIs and II-V-Is are way cool and Atta's C really opens up the board.
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 06/10/2005 : 1:31:31 PM
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Let's do it in Taro. I-VI-II-VIs and II-V-Is are way cool and Atta's C really opens up the board.
I'm sticking with standard tuning in the class for a number of reasons. One of which will become abundantly clear when I say, "Ok, let's modulate up a minor third for the solos, then another whole step for the last chorus..."
And yes, these kinds of changes are all over the slack key world: not just Pat & Cindy, but Gabby & Sonny & Leonard & Ikaika & Kevin & a Maui guy named Hal Nishida & on & on.
If you get right down to it, what's standard but a G6/9 tuning with the 6th in the bass, anyway???
Cheers,
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`Ilio Nui
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 06/10/2005 : 6:24:32 PM
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I just love it when you say "modulate", you sexy thing.
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Reid
Ha`aha`a
Andorra
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Posted - 06/11/2005 : 02:29:46 AM
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Uh, uh, Mark, "standard" is really a messed up A wahine :-)
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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
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Posted - 06/11/2005 : 12:11:15 PM
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I've been learning swing guitar from attending fiddle events which feature a lot of swing influence. It's an invaluable tool for jamming with musicians in other genres. There are so many inversions of chords and partial chords up the neck to learn. Plus, you can impress your friend when you throw in chord variations behind a lead instrument to change the color the music. I feel like after 30 years of strumming, I'm just beginning to touch the tip of the guitar iceberg in terms of understanding the instrument.
And swing fits into a lot of Hawaiian music, both oldtime and modern.
Although I haven't taken it, I highly recommend Mark's class to expand your guitar horizons.
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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 06/11/2005 : 1:15:38 PM
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Ahh, I can hear it now: San Antonio Rose. Bob Wills music and Lone Star beer!  |
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 06/11/2005 : 3:32:31 PM
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And swing fits into a lot of Hawaiian music, both oldtime and modern.
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Bob Wills music and Lone Star beer!
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys recorded "The Hawaiian War Chant" in the 40's. What goes around, comes around.
Hey Dusty, didn't ya mean "Bob Wills music and Primo Beer?"
And Jesse -- nothing like sock rhythm with swing chords to back up a fiddle. That's where I learned, too. Been a few years since I've been to Weiser, tho'. Thanks for the endorsement.
Uncle Mark
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JeffC
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 06/12/2005 : 05:17:26 AM
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OK this swing class is sounding pretty darn good, now. Jesse, your comment about just now touching the tip of the iceberg in terms of understanding the instrument struck a "chord" with me too. And sounds like I have a ways to go before I get to your level...
Can we substitute a longboard for the primo?
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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
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Posted - 06/12/2005 : 06:00:53 AM
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Mark,
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Been a few years since I've been to Weiser, tho'.
I'll be in Weiser for the national fiddle contest while while you're on Molokai. It wasn't my first choice...
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wdf
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 06/12/2005 : 08:01:29 AM
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Hey Dusty, didn't ya mean "Bob Wills music and Primo Beer?"
Eeeehaaaa! Take your pick.
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Bill Neubauer
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 06/12/2005 : 10:28:36 AM
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Sign me up for that swing class! I can't wait to swing it with all you slack cats. "Keep Your Eyes On The Hands" always sounded like a Western Swing tune to me. Is "Waikiki" the one by Andy Cummings, "at night when the shadows are falling"? Cool tune. Also, I'd always thought of standard tuning as an Eminor11 chord. Whatever. See y'all next week!
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Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
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Mark
Ha`aha`a
USA
1628 Posts |
Posted - 06/13/2005 : 08:11:01 AM
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can you guys play REAL LOUD, and aim your sound holes toward Maui? I will be listening for you. We have this fiddle player named Gordon who is really hot at swing...
Yeah, I know. I tried to get him to come to Moloka`i cuz I totally love swing fiddle. Play a couple choruses of "Faded Love" for me, OK? BTW Bob: You really ought to come to the Feb camp: Fred Lunt from Kauai will teach steel. He learned from "Feet" Rogers & he's my fav steel player.
Yep, Waikiki is the Andy Cummings tune. The changes in He Makana Aloha only hint at what's inside the tune. Check out Jim Beloff's harmonization in "Jumpin' Jim's Gone Hawaiian." (Flea Market Music).
cheers,
Mark
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