Here's That Rainy Day - Leavitt Tuning

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Therman Jones
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Here's That Rainy Day - Leavitt Tuning

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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
Customized 8 string Artisan lap steel....it will have to do until I hit the lottery...
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Jeff Strouse
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Nice, Thurman! I love acappella steel, and this is a beautiful song. Sounded great!
Bill Hatcher
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Post by Bill Hatcher »

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.
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