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Topic: Summertime MP3 Extended Leavitt Tuning |
Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2008 8:15 am |
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http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qzbwrk47yoj
I have not put an MP3 on for a while and all that time I had the Gershwin tune Summertime in my head as my choice to feature the Leavitt extended 12 string tuning I have been experimenting with. Most of the time when you hear this song done the original Gershwin chordal tonality and mood is sometimes put on the back burner for a different presentation. I decided to try to incorporate as much of the original chord and mood ambiance that Gershwin envisioned for this incredible standard. Frighteningly slow tempo, and nothing but a little bass in the track along with the solo steel. I used a few interesting licks where the melody note is an open string and the chords glissando downward and resolve while the open string sustains. Also at the end I used some bar vibrato against the natural open string for a nice effect. The improv section starts as a chord solo with some fun with #9 chords and then settles back into the melody at the end. I limited the track to just twice through the song. I tried to capture the mystic of the song as best I could. I hope you all like it. I appreciate your listening and your continued interest in the Leavitt tuning and support of my efforts. I cannot envision this type of chordal inflected playing with no bar slants done on any other tuning. Every thing I try to find on this tuning always seems to be there. I am always pleasantly surprised by it all the time, including the elusive #11 chord that you hear right before the singer would sing “So hush pretty baby”. Click on the link and then click on download. Please let me know what you think of this. |
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Terry Farmer
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2008 8:43 am
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| Exquisite! |
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Steve Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, GA
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 12 Aug 2008 12:45 pm
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Very impressive Bill!
Are you using a chorus effect on that?
Roy
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Drew Howard
From:
48854
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Posted 13 Aug 2008 7:22 am
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| Thank you!! |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2008 8:03 am
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| Wow Bill! |
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Roger Shackelton
From:
MINNESOTA (deceased)
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Posted 17 Aug 2008 2:45 am
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HELLO BILL,
The way you play this tune it's so "HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL".
Please let us hear more tunes from you.
Sincerely,
Roger |
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 17 Aug 2008 2:19 pm
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Bill...enjoyed the deep jazz approach...it may be the first time some of those chords/voicings have been presented on steel guitar without the use of pedals. Love that gliss against the open-string melody note... 
You're building a nice collection of Leavitt gems. I hope you'll consider putting out a CD. |
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Mike Ihde
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 18 Aug 2008 11:07 pm
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| The creativity of your arrangements never cease to amaze and impress me. Wonderful job. You made it really sound like a slow hot day down south when everything is just moving a little slower than usual. |
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2008 1:38 am
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| I tried to capture the mystic of the song as best I could |
You sure did... I can't stop listening to it. Beautiful and haunting. The dynamics and effects really make it unreal. Great tone too.. Perfect!
Here's more unusual Gerschwin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBhVX5HZYqw |
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Carroll Hale
From:
EastTexas, USA
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Posted 19 Aug 2008 4:41 am Re: Summertime MP3 Extended Leavitt Tuning
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| Bill Hatcher wrote: |
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qzbwrk47yoj
pretty cool stuff....always loved that song..used to play on reg acoustic guitar w a college blues band...nice job......ch
I have not put an MP3 on for a while and all that time I had the Gershwin tune Summertime in my head as my choice to feature the Leavitt extended 12 string tuning I have been experimenting with. Most of the time when you hear this song done the original Gershwin chordal tonality and mood is sometimes put on the back burner for a different presentation. I decided to try to incorporate as much of the original chord and mood ambiance that Gershwin envisioned for this incredible standard. Frighteningly slow tempo, and nothing but a little bass in the track along with the solo steel. I used a few interesting licks where the melody note is an open string and the chords glissando downward and resolve while the open string sustains. Also at the end I used some bar vibrato against the natural open string for a nice effect. The improv section starts as a chord solo with some fun with #9 chords and then settles back into the melody at the end. I limited the track to just twice through the song. I tried to capture the mystic of the song as best I could. I hope you all like it. I appreciate your listening and your continued interest in the Leavitt tuning and support of my efforts. I cannot envision this type of chordal inflected playing with no bar slants done on any other tuning. Every thing I try to find on this tuning always seems to be there. I am always pleasantly surprised by it all the time, including the elusive #11 chord that you hear right before the singer would sing “So hush pretty baby”. Click on the link and then click on download. Please let me know what you think of this. |
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