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Too much time and effort being spent in trying to move house in the last month and no signs that it's not going to be a long haul. But it needs done if I'm to retire at a reasonable age. I'm hating it!
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Much to my surprise yesterday I managed to play something a bit bluesy
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Very basic though so don't expect much! In DADGAD - which has become my home base in all the tunings, but is not a tuning I've played much blues in.
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A couple of days earlier I managed my first recording for about a month, and there was precious little playing during that time. I tried to kick start playing again with a book of DADGAD Tabs by Mark Thomosn. "Sliabh Russell", the first piece in it, started to click, but I ended up not playing the notes exactly as per the tab - with extra notes added and phrasing and timing changed. I ended up with a lament. The original is a Jig! But the end result has more of me in it than if I just played the tabs straight. A more Scottish tinge to the tune now, due to the rhythm and note arrangement.
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I'll round off my update with the last piece I recorded before the house move stuff kicked off. I put silk and steel strings on my other Vintage Giltrap guitar - the VE2000GG which has a cedar top. Testing them out and recording to see how the strings sounded it ended up more a piece of music than a sound test. In DADGAD again and pure improvisation. My favourite way of playing when it works as it gives most room for expression and feel.
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