Cicero

And... Back to the music.

Here's another example... Even if you're not a fan, this young man is quite impressive. In this tune in particular, what he is doing rhythmically and harmonically is quite beautiful.

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

What happened to this thread ? its went a bit astray by sound of it. 

Dave

Friday night randomness happened, aided by gin.

24 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Something like this :

 

 

That dude could do a masterclass in Eyebrow Agility & Facial Expression.

Counts as 60 units towards any OU undergraduate course, incidentally.

5 minutes ago, Teebs said:

I'm reminiscing now, but I'll never forget the gig I covered Shabba Rank's Mr Loverman at Oud Night... the audience literally had tears in their eyes.

Quite, quite moving...

Shabbat Ranks was once a popular cover artist in Tel Aviv.

1 minute ago, Teebs said:

... my Raqsat al Gamal 

Is that grilled or fried? And does it come with Humus?

10 minutes ago, Teebs said:

I am known for it

Lyre...

9 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

Your lack of reggae influence is disturbing... 😁

Have you ever tried playing Reggae on an Oud? 🙉

On 28/11/2018 at 08:19, SH73 said:

What instruments can you play?

Glockenspiel, Marimba and the Oud, mostly in the capacity of performing post-modernist marxist neo-soul jazz opera in the style of the Gypsy Kings meets Pantera.

7 hours ago, ahpook said:

Me too I'm afraid, they're amazing musicians, but not my cup of tea at all.

Try the Coffee!

16 minutes ago, Earbrass said:

Is it, though? Who's playing the bass from 2.30?

It's looped.
He does everything live, using live recorded looping and sequencing, of real instruments.

24 minutes ago, thepurpleblob said:

A Vibrophone.... I always wanted a Vibrophone 😫

Buy one!

8 minutes ago, Teebs said:

Pardon?

Padron? I didn't quite catch that...

4 hours ago, Teebs said:

Terrible as an organic in-ear monitor - all I can hear is buzzing 🐝

Gotta be careful - it can get waxy in there.

1 hour ago, gpw5150 said:

Neither of them have a partner as beautiful as yours, or a car as cools as yours, or can drink the amount you can without passing out though....and they are definitely not as good in bed....

**Barstewards!

 

I guess I should be very concerned... 🤔😂

... You know, the ridiculously creative, talented multi-instrumentalist types.

Nope... Not jealous 🤔

1 hour ago, bakerster135 said:

Think of it like this - if you were doing root-root-octave-octave 16ths, you'd more than than likely do them 1-2-1-2. With the DGHAC-style gallops you're just removing the second note, i.e. root-break-octave-octave.

So, basically, River People... Which is another piece I'm working on 😁

17 minutes ago, lownote12 said:

A whole new world of self-defecation.

Why would being bad at the bass and the sax make you caca your pants?

Do you perhaps mean self-deprecation? That would be less messy, at least...

5 minutes ago, paul_c2 said:

I'd do it T-3-2 but both 1-2-1 and 1-3-2 make sense and are probably technically better.

I can pretty much play it perfectly using T-2-1, but, it seems like cheating to me!

As you say, I'm trying to be as technically proficient about it as possible.

13 hours ago, paul_c2 said:

What right hand fingering are you using?

1 minute ago, Cicero said:

Currently I'm playing it as 1-2-1 1-2-1 finger-wise, if that makes sense.

3 hours ago, bassjim said:

Did you know....I only found this one out two weeks ago!........

When using youtube....Bottom right there is a wheel/cog/settings sign next to the YouTube logo.

Click on that and you will find Speed. Click on that and you can slow it down to 75 % which also keeps it in tune. 

I never knew this all this time and have spent many extended  hours trying to catch micro snippets of something going back and forth. Learning things slowly really gives me a chance to grasp exactly whats being played. Once I really know it slowly, I find it a lot easier to bring it up to normal speed. I can learn something I find complicated so much faster overall using this. 

Probably a bit of stating the obvious for a lot of folks but its a new discovery for me so if that helps anyone who like me didn't know🤩

Yes, I've known about this for some time. Amazing tool for learning and practice. 

If only I had this when I was a teen! With youtube and so much online content, they don't know how lucky they are!

My main issue is sounding out the notes on the third string as clearly as possible at speed, and not sounding out the second string (muted, nonetheless) when returning to the first string.

Currently I'm playing it as 1-2-1 1-2-1 finger-wise, if that makes sense.

I just can't work out if it's supposed to feel that unnatural, or whether I'm doing it wrong!

I'm working on 'Don't Give Hate a Chance' by Jamiroquai... 

I can kinda do it, but it's taken a hell of a lot of practice, and still doesn't sound 100% there. Something about the technique - or at least my technique - needed to play this seems unconventional / unnatural.

Anyone else tried this / have any tips? I'm specifically referring to the verse 'galloping' bits.

Cheers

Bienvenue 😎🇫🇷

Didn't think this was the place for a banjo string query... 🤔