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Permalink Reply by uncle Lou on July 25, 2010 at 6:00pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4UWLBHL9wI&feature=related This didn`t paste the 1st time

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on July 26, 2010 at 2:17am

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.

http://www.youtube.com/user/KeniLeeBurgess#p/c/5E31B57473B3644B/18/...

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Permalink Reply by Greg Miller on July 26, 2010 at 4:07am

The great Albert King, flipped his flying V upside down as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV3rI57hoaQ

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Permalink Reply by Skeesix on July 26, 2010 at 6:04am

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.

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Permalink Reply by LittleBigOne on July 26, 2010 at 7:04am

... 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 ? :-)

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Permalink Reply by Ben on July 26, 2010 at 8:16am

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.

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Permalink Reply by Brett Morgan on July 26, 2010 at 9:47pm

Yeah the amazing Mr Albert King...saw him in 1990...and Doyle Bramhall II is holding the playing a right handed guitar left handed flag..

Brett

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on July 27, 2010 at 1:49am

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 ? :-)

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Permalink Reply by LittleBigOne on July 27, 2010 at 10:20am

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

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Permalink Reply by Keni Lee Burgess on July 27, 2010 at 11:46am

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

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