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melodic vs. chordal guitar playing
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ryan Stephens Mar 31, 2009.
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Jim Walters replied to RIchard Burrell's discussion Composing instrumental acoustic guitar pieces discussion"wow . . . that is beautiful.
I have heard so much chunk a thunk guitar over the years (since the early sixties) that I have forgotten just how personal and lovely a guitar can be to a guy with talented fingers . . . very nice indeed."
Ryan Stephens replied to Jim Walters's discussion melodic vs. chordal guitar playing"Think Joe Pass."
Jim Walters replied to Jim Walters's discussion melodic vs. chordal guitar playing"thanks Ship. I'll take it over there."
Ship of fools replied to Jim Walters's discussion melodic vs. chordal guitar playing"Here is a great place to start with.
http://celticguitartalk.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=10&sid=aa7d75abcca38ef74aa6e4f07c005bbb
and another great chord chart for that D tuning and as you can see very little in actual open tunings…"
Jim Walters posted a discussionmelodic vs. chordal guitar playing
Hi . . ..new guy, but old (from the hippie days) guitar junkieanyways since I retired from home building and started building guitars I thought it would be nice to really begin to play one. I have been finger picking and goofing for many years. . . . but not on a serious level. I'm onto DADGAD now and absolutely loving it (celtic) music.Question: It seems when using open tuning you lose the need for chords . . . (you know, you pick a chord in EADGBE like C and play the notes around it to form…See More
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