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Topic: Sheherazade on Weissenborn |
Andy Volk
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Posted 20 Mar 2021 4:28 am |
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I recorded this about 10-12 years ago on my Bear Creek Weissenborn but recently re-mixed it. This is my arrangement for Weissenborn in Open D of some of the main themes in the beautiful, iconic classical piece Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsikov. I was inspired by Larry Coryell's arrangement which he serialized in Guitar Player something like 30 years ago and I had saved. There's a section missing from this recording and I never wrote any of it down so I'm now trying to figure it out all over again. Larry's performance of this and the Rite of Spring opened my eyes years ago to the fact that the only limits to what you can play on a steel guitar are the ones you impose on the instrument.
https://soundcloud.com/aev/scheherazade-weissenborn-in-open-d?fbclid=IwAR19dGsvAimpvkcXDFFSZ24eBsUN1tuYdY03NGyB7NydxGm8wuFhJWmNJGY
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Last edited by Andy Volk on 20 Mar 2021 4:06 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Bill Hatcher
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Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2021 10:35 am
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| how cool is that! |
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Joe Cook
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Lake Osoyoos, WA
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Posted 20 Mar 2021 3:07 pm
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| I love it! What a great sound. Yes, I used to think lap steel was a one trick pony. I've since learned that I was wrong, thanks to some great players on this forum. Really beautiful, Andy. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 20 Mar 2021 5:39 pm
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Thanks kindly, Joe. Bill, I’m in awe of every song you’ve ever posted. Thanks.
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Glenn Wilde
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California, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2021 8:05 am
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| Very cool. |
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Dan Koncelik
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New Jersey, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2021 9:07 am
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This is great! Thanks flor sharing...
You make a strong case for the non-pedal lap steel having a full range of musical expression only limited by the mental and physical constraints of the player and are persuading me to embrace learning open D tuning, which seems to be much more flexible than I would have thought. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 21 Mar 2021 10:37 am
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Thanks, Dan. Yeah, Open D tuning offers a wide range of powerful and beautiful sounds. You have a strong root-5th-root on the bottom that works as a power chord and a substitute minor, as well as for bass lines or drones. When the melody is in the treble, the lower strings work well for drones and bass lines.
Open D is very versatile for many genres of music because of the power you gain with changing one string as little as 1/2 step. For example, lowering string #1 1/2 step gives you Dmaj7 tuning. Raising string #3 1/2 step gives you DADGAD. Lowering the 3rd string 1/2 step gives you an open D minor chord. Raising the 2nd string to B affords a D6th tuning, etc. So there's a lot of hidden power in there.
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