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So I've been into Hiram Stampers tunes here lately and was trying to play something other than a generic version of Brushy Fork of Johns Creek when I kinda discovered this tune here. I call it Lincoln b/c that's where I live.I know how pristine/Richard feels...when I make up a tune it's a little more personal than playing a store bought one and I'm a little leery of other people hearing it....worried it may not be any good......uh....yeah.....Dorian mode tuned DGCd...but down a step or so b/c it records better....
Randy - I *really* like this. Great mellow, almost melancholy vibe to it. Kind of promotes introspection...
Very very nice.
Randy, I have adopted the same credo for my own playing over the past year or two...if i'm not really enjoying what I'm playing, I just work on something else I do enjoy. Life's too short to be 'short-sheeting' ourselves, right? lol!
You are much more proficient than i in terms of playing more complex melodies, flatpicking, etc. I wish I had the skill to play and record as well as you can. I don't have those skills and so I tend to simply avoid playing tunes that I can't streamline quite a bit. I think the mandolin and fiddle are better suited to those 'machinegun' style Irish tunes (not talking about what you are doing here). The banjo and mtn dulcimer are mostly open tuned and so suited to taking advantage of the open strings. Fiddles are too, when they are cross-tuned.
I find great satisfaction in being able to milk as much as I can out of as few notes as possible...
Wind chimes huh? I would have liked to syncopate, or accent, those notes in the "wind chime" measures but can't do it. Those measures require a picking hand 'backwards roll' or whatever you might call it. I have practiced the maneuver 1000's of times and have never achieved proficiency with it & my right hand doesn't enjoy doing it. Happily only a few other tunes I play use it. I can barely do it without screwing it up twice in a row much less the whole song 3 times thru .... I'm glad you appreciate it for what it is. I like that "wind chimes"... & I'm happy you like the tune....f'sure .... yeah I am starting to sound like Richard.... : )....
Along the same lines...about 3 or 4 years ago I made a choice, or gave myself permission or something, to play the simple tunes in a simple way....you know....just play the tune & don't get real fancy with it.... and my musical satisfaction level....or my 'fun meter'.... has been high ever since. I ain't against technique & am not averse to learning new ways of doing things but, for right now anyways, it's gotta come somewhat easily.
Thx for watching my friends....f'real....
Very nice Randy, you have a truly unique sound going these days.
I like the knocking of the noter as added percussion, and the constant 8th notes remind me a little of wind chimes. Very haunting and nice! That dulcimer has a very nice tone.
That's some high quality stuff right there...kinda mellow, but it's got some spice to it. You played the dog out of that one!