Diatonic instruments are fun and very educational, but as you know, you are confined to the major scale. You can't play a pentatonic Blues scale (1, flat3, 4, 5, flat 7). Please don't get me wrong, there is a long and lovely tradition with these instruments. I just prefer the versatility of a chromatic scale. There is already a lot of appalachian dulcimer music out there that may be very applicable. Of course, again the problem would be fingering the chords. The dulcimer is approached more like a piano as it sits on your lap. Basically, you need to invent your own approach. I highly recommend this book: http://www.edly.com/mtfpp.html
Theory is really the key to playing any musical instrument.
Enjoy your practice.
LittleBigOne said:
Thanks Keni. The biggest problem I have encountered so far has always been to "translate" the tabs to something diatonic. I Hope one day you will make a diatonic version of all your lessons so I can tell all the players of my guitars to buy your cd :D ... I will not ask you to speak french, but I think it could be really amazing to have translations subtitles in your videos, until then I promise to translate to french if you make diatonic cd lessons :D
Thanks Keni. The biggest problem I have encountered so far has always been to "translate" the tabs to
something diatonic. I Hope one day you will make a diatonic version of all your lessons so I can tell all
the players of my guitars to buy your cd :D ... I will not ask you to speak french, but I think it could be
really amazing to have translations subtitles in your videos, until then I promise to translate to french
if you make diatonic cd lessons :D
In my next 4 string CBG lesson, I am going to teach Freight Train and demonstrate how to take 4 string CBG ideas and put them on a standard 6 string guitar. This lesson might give you ideas how to micronize the song down to a two string CBG and make your own arrangement. Enjoy.
LittleBigOne said:
... I love "Freight train" song too ; I found a tab to play the song on a diatonic 2 strings, but I only have the refrain, does anybody have the whole song tab please ? :-)
The cool thing about her playing style is that it put the melody mostly in her thumb. It makes it hard to replicate her sound. LittleBigOne - if you know one part of the song, you know the whole thing. Its not a picked version but you can check out a rendition in the videos on my page.
... I love "Freight train" song too ; I found a tab to play the song on a diatonic 2 strings, but I only
have the refrain, does anybody have the whole song tab please ? :-)
Elizabeth Cotton took a right handed guitar and flipped it over, but did not reverse the strings. Coco Montoya plays in the same fashion. Also, as mentioned, Albert King.
Jimi Hendrix took a right handed guitar and flipped it over, but restrung it, reversing the strings, so it was similar to how a right hander would play.
As far as I know, she is the one noted for creating this style. What I find fasinating about it, is that her arrangements sound like she is playing the guitar in a normal fashion.
Here is my arrangement of her song using Open G tuning. Enjoy.
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http://www.edly.com/mtfpp.html
Theory is really the key to playing any musical instrument.
Enjoy your practice.
LittleBigOne said:
something diatonic. I Hope one day you will make a diatonic version of all your lessons so I can tell all
the players of my guitars to buy your cd :D ... I will not ask you to speak french, but I think it could be
really amazing to have translations subtitles in your videos, until then I promise to translate to french
if you make diatonic cd lessons :D
LittleBigOne said:
Brett
have the refrain, does anybody have the whole song tab please ? :-)
Jimi Hendrix took a right handed guitar and flipped it over, but restrung it, reversing the strings, so it was similar to how a right hander would play.
Here is my arrangement of her song using Open G tuning. Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/user/KeniLeeBurgess#p/c/5E31B57473B3644B/18/...