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Topic: Another Ronstadt gem with Buddy Emmons! |
Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 13 May 2018 7:53 am |
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Another Linda Ronstadt CD has made it into my car's CD player the one with the woodgrain cover ,There's some incredible Buddy Emmons on the James Taylor song "In my Reply"sounds like same guitar that is on "Someday Soon"by Judy Collins.
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 13 May 2018 10:14 am
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News flash b0b ... you ain't Buddy!  |
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 13 May 2018 10:58 am
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With his fingernail?That's how I do Em' I've seen a few different techniques?
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Douglas Schuch
From:
Valencia, Philippines
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Posted 13 May 2018 4:44 pm
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For the record, that is a Livingston Taylor song - James' brother.
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Stu Schulman
From:
Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 14 May 2018 1:58 am
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Douglas,Thanks for pointing that out,I used to have a Livingston Taylor recorded"City Lights"a duet with him and James that was awesome.
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Greg Derksen
From:
Alberta, Canada
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Posted 14 May 2018 4:31 am
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Two of the best voices EVER,
Linda and Buddy,
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Paul Norman
From:
Washington, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 14 May 2018 4:48 am
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b0b Secret to the great harmonics.
Recording studio sound. |
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Brint Hannay
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 14 May 2018 1:43 pm
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I don't know if you meant literally "How did he do it?" or "How the heck did he do it so well?", but as to the former, according to Buddy (in the "Ask Buddy" pages):
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I use the knuckle of the pinkie for harmonics. When I started learning in 1948, there were only two ways harmonics were played, and both were uncomfortable to me, so the pinkie method was an experiment to keep the hand in a more normal position over the strings. When you start, curl the pinkie under and visualize an imaginary string running from your pick to the knuckle, and that should be the position of your hand when you place it over the string. I recall I had better luck stabbing at the string in a downward motion at first rather than try to pick across. I also remember my hand being very tense, which is necessary to keep the proper alignment between thumb and pinkie. In time, your accuracy will increase and the tension will go away.
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Don R Brown
From:
Rochester, New York, USA
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Posted 14 May 2018 2:29 pm
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Holy crap, Brint, you have just made my day. I have been "sort of" working on harmonics for quite some time. Along the way I somewhere must have heard that because I use the pinkie knuckle method. Was getting a lesson, and the guy teaching does very well using the edge of his hand and I felt I "should" be learning to do it that way.
I'm not saying that guy was wrong, but now I can say that I'm not, either! 
(I will say that the pinkie knuckle seems to give a clearer sharper harmonic than the side/heel of my hand, but maybe that's just me.)
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Kenneth Kotsay
From:
Davie/Ft Lauderdale, Florida
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Posted 19 May 2018 5:06 am
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What's Linda doing these days, any more new recordings????
Her recordings in her early days was totally amazing, gone are the good old days of country music. |
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Russ Tkac
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Craig Stock
From:
Westfield, NJ USA
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Posted 19 May 2018 6:00 am
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I got to see the R&R Hall of Fame induction of Linda at the Barkley Center in Brooklynn, sadly Linda did not attend, but the tribute band was great, Emmylou, Sheryl Crowe, and a bunch of others. Really nice tribute.
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Donald Brigner
From:
Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA
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Greg Lambert
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 27 May 2018 12:29 pm
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The wizardry of the recording engineer... |
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