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December 2008
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Location: Texas | Originally posted by dobro:
As a kid I obsessively studied LPs at 16 rpm--half speed--which dropped the pitch exactly an octave. I almost think of Pat Martino as a bass player!!! Oh yeah, old turntable tricks! I did that too… I tried a slower RPM on the Supreme's "You Keep Me Hangin' On" and it sounded almost exactly like the (later) Vanilla Fudge version; vocals and all, just slower and lower than the original…
…and then there was the James Gang LP that frustrated people with "automatic" turntables since it had silliness recorded in the very last grooves on each side… side one had "turn me over , turn me over , turn me over …" side two was something like: "We're done… We can't be done!… Why Not?… Because Dunn is in California!" ;) |
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March 2007
Posts: 698
Location: Cork, Ireland | Originally posted by David Van:
Lessons? When I was learning to play, my dad was wanting me to do something constructive with my time like playing football or basketball, NOT playing music! It was either teach myself or not learn, period. That was a running battle throughout my youth. Unfortunately, my marriage has a similar theme... sigh, does it ever end? Well, maybe not lessons as such. Am doing an evening class in Playing & Backing Traditional music. Not everyone is playing guitar on the course so its more playing together can be more like a jam session - get a new tune, one guy plays the melody, another adds suitable chords, someone else does something in between. Teacher dos play guitar and banjo-guitar so he does have some suggestions for technique. We've started going to a quiet pub afterwards and playing a few tunes - not just 'trad' but anything that comes into our heads. We outnumbered the other customers but they appreciated our efforts (might have been the beer talking but who cares) |
Slowing down music for learning
