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VikingBlues
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Two Acoustic Numbers

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In the absence of recent blues playing (swollen / sore little finger on the left hand makes this difficult) and as I haven't posted anything in the Blues Room for a month, here's a couple of acoustic numbers if anyone wants a listen - both with the Lowden S32 guitar.

An attempt at a self penned "tune" in DADGAD.
:music1: "Cold Spring Rain" http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13089943
I seem to be attempting to play slower and slower.

An attempt at an improvisation in Open Csus2 tuning (CGCGCD)
:music1: "Early Days on the Open C" http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13092463
I love the extra resonances from the lowered C G and C on the bottom strings.

From a personal point of view I prefer the improv, but the self penned tune seems to have attracted more positive responses. :icon_whoknows:
An improv a day keeps the demons at bay!
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I like both songs. The sound of the guitar is fantastic...... :pray:
You made yourself and the world a great service when you bought the guitar.............. :clap: :thumbsup:
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Both are very nice and this acoustic sound is so classy! :music1:
Jan 15th 2007
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I agree both are great songs. The guitars seems to be great for those tunings, I always have the Highlands in mind when I listen. Wonderful. :pray:
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Thank you for your generous responses guys! :D

The Lowden guitar does make things easier for me - I can understand why it's most popular amongst fingerstyle players, particularly those with a liking for celtic style tunes.
12bar wrote:The guitars seems to be great for those tunings, I always have the Highlands in mind when I listen.
I've played so much from the Rob MacKillop Scottish Guitar tunes book this last year that a Scottish musical tinge appears in much of my playing. Putting the guitar in open tuning really makes the instrument come alive - a testament to the skill of builders who allow enough flexibility of the guitar body for extra sympathetic resonances. :clap:

I will try and get a bit of something more bluesy to my next upload here (if I can).
An improv a day keeps the demons at bay!
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