In keeping with all the storms here in Oklahoma and across the midwest, I recorded this song using my 8 string Artisan with extended Leavitt tuning. I use F D C Bb G E C# A High to Low, but the song can be played with the 6 string Leavitt by making a couple of changes. My tab arrangement is available in the Tablature section.
About the recording.....I used my web cam again, just to keep it simple, and it developed a sort of 'doppler effect' at about 1:15 of the video. Weird...I may have to get out my video camera for the next time.
The usual apologies for clumsiness and pitch inaccuricies...I would blame it on 'getting older' but I never was very good to start with. Your comments, both kind and constructive, inspire me a lot. Thanks for watching.
Almost forgot...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG_HCFDxJ9o
Here's That Rainy Day - Leavitt Tuning
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Therman Jones
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Customized 8 string Artisan lap steel....it will have to do until I hit the lottery...
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Therm. NICE job. You are having too much fun with the Leavitt tuning!
Good work with the open strings. There is so much you can do combining open and barred strings. I always try to pick a key for the song that gives me some of the open strings as the melody so I can use those open strings to make bar movements and to set up moving lines under the open string melody.
Good work with the open strings. There is so much you can do combining open and barred strings. I always try to pick a key for the song that gives me some of the open strings as the melody so I can use those open strings to make bar movements and to set up moving lines under the open string melody.