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Topic: More Extended Leavitt . "Nearness of You" |
Bill Hatcher
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 7:24 pm |
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http://www.mediafire.com/?ejnmjjfmm0h
Great standard "The Nearness of You".
10 string lap guitar. Extended Leavitt tuning.
When you get to the site just click on " Click here to Download". Sometimes takes a bit for the filehosting site to come up.
Thanks for listening!!
Last edited by Bill Hatcher on 12 Apr 2007 5:12 am; edited 3 times in total |
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Richard Sevigny
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Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 7:52 pm Thumbs up!
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Very pretty.
What's the extended tuning version you're using?
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2007 7:56 pm Re: Thumbs up!
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| Richard Sevigny wrote: |
What's the extended tuning version you're using? |
Richard. The top note is G and then Eb. The lowest note is Eb and then G#. The inner 6 strings are standard Leavitt. |
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Stephan Miller
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2007 3:37 pm
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| Just gorgeous. |
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Bill Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, Ga. USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2007 3:46 pm
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WOW!!! That's beautiful. Are you considering teaching Bill?
A really nice sounding instrument also. What is it?
We want more.
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Chet Wilcox
From:
Illinois, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Apr 2007 5:14 pm Levitt tuning
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| Bill, I think that is the best version i have ever heard, you are a great talent,and really make the guitar sound good, Thank You, |
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Bernie Gonyea
From:
Sherman Tx. 75092 ,U.S.A. (deceased)
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Posted 12 Apr 2007 5:28 pm The Ten String Lap Steel
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Yes, Bill, your rendition is so beautiful; tone, quality, sustain, you name it, you have it all.. Please let us know what you are playing; guitar & model..O.K?.. Bernie 
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Mike Ihde
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 12 Apr 2007 10:13 pm
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| Is there a TAB version of that available? |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 12 Apr 2007 10:24 pm
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| AWESOME ! |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 12 Apr 2007 10:43 pm
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Thank you guys so much. It is a pleasure to be a part of the sharing of music and knowledge here on the forum.
Bernie. If you look at the other post I made here in this section under the title "10 string Leavitt tuning demo" you will see a pic of the Wilcox guitar I used. A guy was selling it awhile back in the Buy/Sell section of the Forum and was not asking much for it. I did some tweaking on it and got it playing very nicely. I plan to add another pickup at some time.
Mike I. You and Roy T. are one of the main reasons I got interested in the Leavitt tuning. There is no tab for this. I just sit down and work out a verse and hit record, work out another section and hit record. Then I listen to what I have come up with and try to develop the ideas that pop up so that there will be some sort of consistancy. I am no good at writing out tab anyway. It would take me days to try to figure that out as opposed to a couple of hours to think up an arrangement and develop it and record it. My problem is that I can come up with the musical ideas much easier and faster than I can find where they are on the guitar. More practice and work needed! I probably really should try to notate this at some point to be able to share it with others in a written out form.
What I have found is that selecting the right key for a song is very important. Combinations of open strings and barred strings will be much better if a good key is chosen. What I am trying to accomplish here is to stretch out and explore the complex chord possibilities the Leavitt tuning offers. |
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Lee Gillespie
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Cheyenne, Wy. USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2007 5:52 am Nearness of you
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Hi Bill... great job. Like a steel player friend of mine in Tenn. said.... Here I've got 7 pedals...5 knees, and guys like Roy Thomson and Mike Ihde and your self play all those big sounds with 6 strings.
and in your case 10. I think he's become another Leavitt fan. Lee |
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John Ficken
From:
Sunny Southern California, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2007 8:57 am
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That was just beautiful! I wish I could figure out how to play that tuning--I just don't know what to do with it beyond getting the guitar tuned up!
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OK...I'm gonna try and tune this thing...again! |
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Mike Ihde
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 13 Apr 2007 12:05 pm
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John,
I offered a free version of "Moonlight in Vermont" in the Leavitt tuning. E-mail me and I'll send it to you. Then, after you get the guitar tuned up, you can try it out.
Mike |
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John Ficken
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Sunny Southern California, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2007 9:11 pm
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LOL! Mike--you DID send me Moonlight (and I thank you!), but the Leavitt is such a dangerous tuning for newbies, that I sound like I'm steppin' on the cat's tail 
Be that as it may, I have dreams of arranging all my fake books and jazz charts for steel guitar, and I'm convinced that this tuning will go along way toward simplifying the process.
...that being said, I have way more sheet music than talent! 
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OK...I'm gonna try and tune this thing...again! |
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Chris Walke
From:
St Charles, IL
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Posted 14 Apr 2007 8:05 am
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| superb. |
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Wayne Cox
From:
Chatham, Louisiana, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 14 Apr 2007 8:38 am
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BILL, your rendition of "The Nearness of You" is absolutely beautiful! It really showcases your talent and the Leavitt Tuning as well!
~~W.C.~~ |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 14 Apr 2007 8:57 am
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Two thumbs up!!! 
Aloha,
Don |
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Terry P. Miller
From:
Vancouver, Washington, USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2007 9:57 am
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Bill,
The superlatives have all been said-----anything else I would offer might sound trite, but here goes anyway---that was indeed fantastic. Please give us more!!
BTW, I did a similar thing with Jazz, Swing and Latin fake books using tunings from a lesser universe. I don't read or write tab, so It's all arranged from the written note and memorized (and tends to fade from memory with time). Ah for a younger brain.
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Marc Weller
From:
Upland, Ca. 91784
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Posted 14 Apr 2007 5:53 pm
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Bill,
Just fabulous. How did you record your steel. Direct in? microphone w/amp? any effects? The tone is just incredible.
MW |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 14 Apr 2007 8:45 pm
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Marc.
The guitar is direct into the console. I used an old Seymour Duncan tube preamp that has been in my stack-o-junk for years. I have not used it in so long I don't even remember. I usually use my Alembic tube preamp for direct stuff, but it needs some tweaking, so I just grabbed the Duncan piece and fired it up. I remembered that it had a much better clean sound than the overdrive sound so since I did not need any chainsaw sounds I thought the clean tone would be fine for a steel. Worked very well. Straight to the console with some Alesis Wedge plate verb for some ambient effect. The E66 pickup has to be attenuated on the high end or it can bite you a little. I just rolled off the highs. Jerry Byrd said he did not like a lot of highs on his recorded sound and I can understand why.
Thank you guys again. I am honored that you would like the track. The tuning is really the main focus. Pretty amazing what you can come up with. I think I will explore what kinds of country E9ish things I can come up with on the Leavitt tuning. |
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