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Topic: Sol Hoopii tunings |
Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2015 7:53 pm |
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
| I'm no expert in any real sense |
Don't sell yourself short, Mike. You're a helluva an expert. (Paraphrasing Cornelius Crane Chase, Caddy Shack, circa 1980) |
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2015 8:07 pm
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
I love this stuff! |
Ain't no lie!
After some years of pumping pedals on a D-10, I purchased an LP called Hula Blues that featured Sol (among others). The D-10 went into the closet, I purchased a 1929 Style 1, and never looked back.
Doesn't get much better than that, IMHO. |
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Guy Cundell
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More idle ramblings from South Australia
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Posted 25 Mar 2015 8:23 pm
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Mike, I think that you are right about the open 2nd string at 0:39 in Lady Be Good. That certainly is a simpler way of executing it. The bass notes of the run are so strong, particularly the second one, that open strings seemed a strong possibility to me, though very tough to play cleanly.
I have been going through some of Sol's tunes that I had put down to E or E7th tuning previously and find that I may need to reassess. For example I had I Ain't Got Nobody, 1927, down as E7 at first glance but that opening 7th chord is gettable with a reverse slant at the 12th fret on strings 2, 3 and 5. A great tune for closer inspection.
An advantage of high A over low A can be seen in the availability of many more dominant options. No wonder it flourished in the jazz environment. [/quote] |
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Sebastian Müller
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Posted 27 Mar 2015 8:58 am
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In my opinion LowBass A has only two real advantages: Self accompaniment and bluesy fifth bass intervals. As for solos A Highbass is much more playable.
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 27 Mar 2015 10:25 am
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Man, I love acoustic Hawaiian music. Kanui and Lula are great. Just a handful of recordings, but they're all good.
| Sebastian Müller wrote: |
| In my opinion LowBass A has only two real advantages: Self accompaniment and bluesy fifth bass intervals. As for solos A Highbass is much more playable. |
Low bass A seems to have been quickly superseded. I can't say that I have any old recordings of low bass A that I'm aware of. I think I have some old Oahu lessons that feature it.
I would point out that Bob Brozman played low bass G Hawaiian almost exclusively. I have his instructional DVD, and as you already no doubt know, he gets around quite well on it. He teaches some cool turnarounds and endings which utilize it, and I don't think anyone would describe his repertoire as limited.
That said, there's obviously a reason all the greats of the '20s and '30s played the high bass version. |
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Sebastian Müller
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Posted 27 Mar 2015 12:08 pm
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Kanui and Lula are fantastic, he was a master in the self accompaniment style. I think there is a practical reason that Brozman played the lowbass version, the hawaiian style was just one of the many styles he played, for Blues for example, the Lowbass G and D tunings are perfect. And you are right, it seems the biggest portion of recorded acoustic hawaiian steel guitar music seems to be Highbass A.
Actually, that could be an idea for a new thread, Acoustic Hawaiian Steel guitar solopieces.
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