Would this be at all fun?

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 19 Nov 2007 5:51 am

Good work Jamie!

That makes 11 contributions - all we need now is Jeff Au Hoy's rendition to make it an even dozen . .

George Piburn · Post by **George Piburn** » 19 Nov 2007 6:55 am

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Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 19 Nov 2007 7:18 am

George, I just didn't want to seem like I was trying to steal your thunder so to speak.
You've done so much for the Steel Guitar community with your beautiful guitars and your excellent tutorials. I hereby nominate you for the HOF . .

But since you asked - here are my CCH instructional videos for A6 tuning:
(it's my own arrangement - no attempt was made to emulate Don or Hank)

1 - Chords

2 - Intro

3 - Verse Part I

4 - Verse Part II

5 - Verse Part III

6 - Verse Part IV

7 - Entire Verse

8 - Ending

9 - Instrumental Version

10 - Version 2 - with Vocal

Download backup track:

Hawaiian Backup
Swing Backup
Full Backup

I have a feeling CCH will be one of the songs we jam out on at the TSGA Non-Pedal Session - everybody oughta know it inside out and backwards by then . .

George Piburn · Post by **George Piburn** » 19 Nov 2007 8:52 am

Everyone checkout Ricks A6th Videos, they are great

Here are a few more clips/tabs:

Ending Part 1
Ending Part 2
Ending Mute/Block

I will work on the remaining videos , please feel free to join in the fun and glory

GB

Michael Scdoris · Post by **Michael Scdoris** » 19 Nov 2007 9:45 am

Thanks again George for these very terrific videos.
The only section that I can't quite get right, is the "bridge or walk-up between verse one and verse two".

Jamie O'Connell · Post by **Jamie O'Connell** » 19 Nov 2007 11:06 am

Thanks! I still have tons to learn: I have been playing steel for a year and half, although bass and guitar for 40+ years. I love steel guitar :)

George, The TAB arrangement I used for Cold Cold Heart is available here in the forum: "Your Cheating Heart", by Don Helms. It comes with a great CD with both backing tracks and performances by Don, himself. The tuning that he calls E13 is really E6/Amaj7 in my mind (Hi-Lo: G#-E-C#-B-G#-E-C#-A). The top 6 strings are just C6 transposed up 2 whole steps, and are the only strings used in the song.

I may do another version with performed backing when I get a little time.

Ron · Post by **Ron** » 19 Nov 2007 1:22 pm

Norman Hamlet had a jamb sesson at his house a few years ago and a lot of musicans showed up and each song was maybe kicked off with Norm than some one sang a verse than another insterment would take a brake than another verse than another insterment, guitars banjo accordian fiddle and what ever. It was a different version and was very interesting.

Another time I was to a bluegrass get to gather and at one of the jambs along side a long moter home some one requested the wilde wood flower. He gritted his teeth and played one verse and passed it to his left than he to his left untill it went around the entire circle twice and I never heard the same version twice.

I think cool cold heart would be good!

By the way I cant find the notes in my machine. Could you bundle all the notes up and send them to me and I will see if I can find a place to plug them in

Robro Ron

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 20 Nov 2007 3:54 pm

Andy Volk's cool bossa nova rendition had to be relocated to an equally cool server.

So here it is:
COLD COLD HEART - Bossa Nova Style by Andy Volk.

Mitch Druckman · Post by **Mitch Druckman** » 20 Nov 2007 6:07 pm

I'm still on a slow dialup connection and can only view videos if I download them first onto my computer. Unfortunately the videos that Rick posted are at Utube and cannot be downloaded, only viewed. I can download the backing tracks but not the video instruction. Is there anyway that the videos can be made downloadable? I wonder if there might be others in the same situation.

Keith Wells · Post by **Keith Wells** » 20 Nov 2007 6:54 pm

Mitch Druckman wrote:... Is there anyway that the videos can be made downloadable? I wonder if there might be others in the same situation.

I am. You can go here to download YouTube videos to your 'puter.
Or you can order the vids direct from Rick and he'll send you a DVD. That's what I did. I think it was $20 -- well worth it.

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 23 Nov 2007 6:58 am

The Cold Cold Heart videos were created after my Steel Guitar Basics DVD, so they're not on it.
They are the beginning of a new project I'm doing, which will include a CD of backup tracks, a book with chord charts and a DVD showing how to play each song phrase by phrase (and more).

The Steel Guitar Basics DVD doesn't assume the student knows anything at all about Steel Guitar - it explains everything from scratch.
But this new project builds on the material in the Steel Guitar Basics DVD.

If anyone would like a DVD of the Cold Cold Heart videos and a CD with the backup track, just let me know.

Mitch Druckman · Post by **Mitch Druckman** » 24 Nov 2007 8:26 am

A generous offer from Rick. Thanks.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 24 Nov 2007 11:22 am

Rick Alexander wrote:Good work Jamie!

That makes 11 contributions - all we need now is Jeff Au Hoy's rendition to make it an even dozen . .

They say, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". I've been intending to get round to it since the thread started, and I've played around with various ideas, but with my workshop/recording studio full of half completed projects I just haven't gotten round to it.

The good thing about the Forum is that subjects don't go away: as long as someone remembers them and gets back to them they can be resurrected at any time.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 25 Nov 2007 11:03 pm

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=121269
Does this make 12 ?

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 26 Nov 2007 4:07 am

No.
That version wasn't submitted here - and it uses pedals.
It is interesting though . .

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 26 Nov 2007 4:24 am

So, are pedals out in this exercise ?
Just as I was about to do a version..
What if I play my pedal guitar but don't use the pedals ?
Baz

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 26 Nov 2007 4:29 am

Chuck S. Lettes wrote:I had some fun working up my arrangement for Cold, Cold Heart, featuring my Dobro, lap steel and (gasp!) pedal steel. Thanks, Rick, for the rhythm track and for all of your efforts to promote the lap steel.
Chuck
http://rickalexander.com/BigSteel/ColdC ... Lettes.mp3

Is this disqualified then ?

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 26 Nov 2007 4:51 am

Jeff's second (And last) post in this thread that he started says :-

Jeff Au Hoy

From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
Post Posted Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:04 am

Hmm... I had it in mind that the control in this experiment would actually be the song itself. I think we should allow for different kinds of accompaniment...different rhythms... and even reharmonization... but not too much straying from the melody.

Maybe the thread has strayed a bit TOO far from the original concept.

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 26 Nov 2007 5:38 am

Sorry Bas, I'm not trying to make rules, I hate rules.
By all means pedal away if you please.
Ricky Davis has an incredible pedal version of it somewhere on YouTube I think . .

But neither of those versions were entered here, so it might be presumptuous to put them on the list.

I'd love to hear your rendition, whatever instrumentation you employ.

Maybe the thread has strayed a bit TOO far from the original concept.

Maybe it has. I bet Jeff's rendition would get it back on track.

The good thing about the Forum is that subjects don't go away: as long as someone remembers them and gets back to them they can be resurrected at any time.

True enough Alan, no time limit was ever mentioned.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 26 Nov 2007 6:24 am

Rick, I was waiting for Jeff's version before tackling it myself just so I could get his perspective and maybe it would color mine..BUT, I'll do mine AFTER this :-

http://www.hsga.org/forum/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1195829051

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 26 Nov 2007 6:40 am

Now that looks like it'll be a ton o' fun!

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 26 Nov 2007 11:51 am

I don't think pedals vs non pedal was ever considered. As the original Hank tune was a non pedal recording I would think that even played with a pedal steel that a non pedal feel can still be attained but I'm not against hearin a full on pedal steel sound at all

Bas, get it on bro! and Happy Birthday.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 26 Nov 2007 12:02 pm

Thanks Andy, it's actually the 3rd of December but gigs and all prevented the ACTUAL day, this is a compromise..
(I've just found a set of Sennheiser HD 600's hidden under the bed, probably Pat's present for me.. Unless someone has been recording !!! )

I played my version of CCH at the last convention and disguised it as a Hollywood Hawaiian tune ... NO ONE guessed it's name..yet they all recognized it when I played it straight..

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 26 Nov 2007 6:02 pm

basilh wrote:...I've just found a set of Sennheiser HD 600's hidden under the bed, probably Pat's present for me.. Unless someone has been...

According to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", if enough scientists believe and can prove something exists, then it will spontaneously appear ...viz the Quantum Impossibility Drive. Maybe enough people believed that you had Sennheisers under the bed that they spontaneously came into existence...

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 25 Dec 2007 12:52 pm

Here's my contribution ----> <b>Cold Cold Heart</b>

E6 tuning. 6-string Valco lap steel.

The Steel Guitar Forum

Would this be at all fun?

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Ambassadore' Rick --

Cold Cold Heart