From: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org (wanderer-digest) To: wanderer-digest@smoe.org Subject: wanderer-digest V5 #2 Reply-To: wanderer@smoe.org Sender: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-wanderer-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk wanderer-digest Monday, September 12 2005 Volume 05 : Number 002 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Fwd: Blackbird [Bobsart48@aol.com] Re: Fwd: Blackbird [Steve Jerrett ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:05:56 EDT From: Bobsart48@aol.com Subject: Fwd: Blackbird I am forwarding an e-mail I sent to Laurent last night, with some open G chord shapes to Blackbird. After practicing this over the past week, I am now quite facile with the movement among the shapes, and feel that - even if this is not "how Paul did it" (of which I am not completely convinced yet - let me know what you all think after hearing it) - it is at least as good to the ear and perhaps better. Moreover, the opportunity to add some additional colors - a la Joni - is available in this tuning, and I have been enjoying adding some judiciously placed drones on the high D string in my past couple of 'sessions', just for kicks. If I overcome my inertia, perhaps I will tab my "Paul" version and my "Joni variation". Bobsart Return-path: From: Bobsart48@aol.com Full-name: Bobsart48 Message-ID: <212.8c4fff2.3055100f@aol.com> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:43:59 EDT Subject: Re: Blackbird & Yesterday To: olszer@xlsecurity.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5200 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain Hi Laurent, Sorry I could not make it to your Jonifest. My loss, I know. In open G, I start by sliding on the D string from the 12th fret down to the 5th fret (not really sensitive to how far) then (with A, B, C as 10th 11th and 12th frets): 000000 022010 044030 0CC0C0 Blackbird singing dead night 055050 060005 077070 080007 099080 088080 (this last chord could be 089080, but I like the harmonic quality of the 088080) 077070 099080 055050 055040 044030 022020 020210 000000 055050 044030 022020 020210 000000 0AA0A0 099080 077060 055050 033030 055050 0AA0A0 099080 077060 055050 033030 022020 020210 000000 I like to hit the high D string in the chord shape 0AA0A0. I also use the low D judiciously in the shape 022010. The high D can be added as a color note/drone in several places to good effect. in the chord progression 055050 060005 077070 080007 I hit the G string for the first two shapes as the "in between note" but prefer to hit the middle D (3rd string) and the B string as the middle notes in the second two chord shapes, respectively, to add color. I think there is a lot of color available from this. What do you think ? Bobsart ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:01:53 -0500 From: Steve Jerrett Subject: Re: Fwd: Blackbird I used to perform this one. I used standard because the voicing of the G in the base sounded fretted, not open. Worked for me. Bobsart48@aol.com wrote: >I am forwarding an e-mail I sent to Laurent last night, with some open G >chord shapes to Blackbird. > >After practicing this over the past week, I am now quite facile with the >movement among the shapes, and feel that - even if this is not "how Paul did it" >(of which I am not completely convinced yet - let me know what you all think >after hearing it) - it is at least as good to the ear and perhaps better. > >Moreover, the opportunity to add some additional colors - a la Joni - is >available in this tuning, and I have been enjoying adding some judiciously >placed drones on the high D string in my past couple of 'sessions', just for >kicks. > >If I overcome my inertia, perhaps I will tab my "Paul" version and my "Joni >variation". > >Bobsart >Return-path: >From: Bobsart48@aol.com >Full-name: Bobsart48 >Message-ID: <212.8c4fff2.3055100f@aol.com> >Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:43:59 EDT >Subject: Re: Blackbird & Yesterday >To: olszer@xlsecurity.com >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5200 >X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/alternative by demime 0.97c-p1 >X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain > >Hi Laurent, > >Sorry I could not make it to your Jonifest. My loss, I know. > >In open G, I start by sliding on the D string from the 12th fret down to the >5th fret (not really sensitive to how far) then (with A, B, C as 10th 11th >and 12th frets): > >000000 022010 044030 0CC0C0 > >Blackbird singing dead night > > >055050 060005 077070 080007 099080 088080 > >(this last chord could be 089080, but I like the harmonic quality of the >088080) > >077070 099080 055050 055040 044030 022020 020210 000000 > >055050 044030 022020 020210 000000 > >0AA0A0 099080 077060 055050 033030 055050 > >0AA0A0 099080 077060 055050 033030 022020 020210 000000 > > >I like to hit the high D string in the chord shape 0AA0A0. > >I also use the low D judiciously in the shape 022010. > >The high D can be added as a color note/drone in several places to good >effect. > >in the chord progression 055050 060005 077070 080007 I hit the G >string for the first two shapes as the "in between note" but prefer to hit the >middle D (3rd string) and the B string as the middle notes in the second two >chord shapes, respectively, to add color. > >I think there is a lot of color available from this. > >What do you think ? > >Bobsart > > > > - -- Steve Jerrett Folk Alliance KOPN Music Director KOPN's Sunday Morning Coffeehouse Missouri River Cultural Conservancy Columbia, MO A Sing Out! 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