Nuages on C6th

Patrick Harison · Post by **Patrick Harison** » 27 Jan 2014 3:54 pm

I've been lurking around here trying to learn how to play steel for the last couple of months... When I saw Doug Beaumier posted some gypsy jazz with those awesome Stephane Wrembel backing tracks, I had to try my hand at it too. I'm no steel guitar pro, but here is a halfway decent rendering of Django Rheinhardt's Nuages: http://youtu.be/TlrHEOXbxSw ... I've only been playing a couple of months, so go easy on me! What I learned from watching this video is that I've got a little bit too much arm in my forward slant, ha!

Oh yeah, just a cheap Chandler RH-2 ----> Roland Microcube (Jazz Chorus Setting + Reverb)

I'd definitely love to hear some of you seasoned guys play some of these gypsy jazz tunes... It's definitely nice having at least acoustic backing tracks to play with, more human than band in a box!

Regards,
Patrick

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 27 Jan 2014 4:34 pm

Hi Patrick. That's pretty cool, man, nice job!

I recorded a version a while back--I really dig the tune, but I wanted to create my own rhythm track instead of using Stephane's (I think I lowered the key 1/2 step, too).

Anyhoo, here it is: https://soundcloud.com/mdneer/nuages-arr-mike-neer

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 27 Jan 2014 4:34 pm

Nice job, Patrick! You're on the right track and you're getting a beautiful sound from your Chandler. I think we'll be hearing more from you in the future!

Patrick Harison · Post by **Patrick Harison** » 27 Jan 2014 5:33 pm

Thanks for listening Mike and Doug, you guys are both shredding HARD all the time on C6! It was oh... -40 or so with the windchill here in Minneapolis today so I had plenty of indoor time to work up a tune!

Mike, enjoyed listening to your version. Super nice chord voicings and substitutions. Wish I could get some of those on a 6 string! I also found this version of "Nuage" you played (on fretted guitar) with Bob Hoffnar on steel: http://youtu.be/iOuaUhNpRR4

At any rate, I think "Nuage" is such a great tune for steel with it's chromatic melody and ethereal texture. It's kind of reminiscent of "Sand" to my ears.

Stephen Abruzzo · Post by **Stephen Abruzzo** » 27 Jan 2014 9:10 pm

Very nice. Good playing. You get a nice, mellow tone from your Chandler thru the MicroCube.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 27 Jan 2014 9:35 pm

You guys all blow me away!

Here's a live version I recorded in a restaurant a couple of years ago. I'm playing my S-8 Desert Rose (D6 with pedals), and the guitarist is Hugh Harris.

https://soundcloud.com/b0b/nuages

Nate Hofer · Post by **Nate Hofer** » 28 Jan 2014 5:21 am

Patrick, a couple months!? Nice playin'! I really dig your tone. I have this song on my to-learn list but hearing all you guys play it makes me wanna bump this to the top!

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 28 Jan 2014 7:35 am

https://soundcloud.com/bill-hatcher/nuages-lap-steel

forgot i had done this a while back also. leavitt tuning extended.

enjoyed your version pat.

Jim Williams · Post by **Jim Williams** » 28 Jan 2014 7:36 am

Wow great job, and you look like you are really enjoying it.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 28 Jan 2014 9:40 am

Is this song becoming a steel guitar standard? So many excellent renditions!

Jerome Hawkes · Post by **Jerome Hawkes** » 28 Jan 2014 10:05 am

I always thought this tune would be sweet in B11 - it sounds so much like "Sand" intro. I heard Eddie Rivers do this live with Asleep at the Wheel - he played it in A6.

Patrick Harison · Post by **Patrick Harison** » 28 Jan 2014 10:58 am

B11 would definitely give it an awesome fuller voiced rendering! This tune does have a certain magic on C6th tuning though.... In the STOCK key of G, the first chords are a ii-V from Bbm7 - Eb7. There are a lot of nifty open string voicings and runs for this progression on a standard C6 neck.

Rose Sinclair · Post by **Rose Sinclair** » 28 Jan 2014 11:02 am

I'm enjoying listening to these different versions and am inspired by the various musical ideas!
Here's my take on Nuages, played on an A6 neck.
http://www.reverbnation.com/rosesinclai ... 032-nuages

Roy Thomson · Post by **Roy Thomson** » 28 Jan 2014 11:09 am

I do it on the 6 string Leavitt tuning which is just around the corner from C6th. Link:..
http://picosong.com/YYWd