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Hi Dave.
Fantastic job. Recently I’ve discovered a JJ Cale live album and I’m countinuus listening it.
this is a really lovely theme, in fact, I was thinking to “cover” the “Sensitive Kind” or this one.
really well done.
Did you take the licks by yourself of any tab?rgds
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Dave Dave Dave!!!! Beautiful. So enjoyable. Loved the arrangement. What did you use to create the video?
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Dave, this is magnificent ! I am in awe :-). Excellent choice and a cool production. At times the blended video is kind of spooky 😉 with a ghost-like lead player fading in and out. Very nicely done !
A have a few questions:
– Did you manage to find reasonable tablature for this or did you have to transcribe ?
– Did you get YouTube warnings about copyright issues (due to it being a cover) ?
– How did you produce it ? I mean the audio sounds very fluent, still you must have had at least two video recordings to blend between. Tell us a bit more. What software did you use ?
I hope I can someday do something like this …BR / Peter
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Wow, thanks Peter! To answer your questions…
– for the lead, I did not use tabs, I just improvised using the C major pentatonic scale (same as A minor).
– no YouTube warnings, but I uploaded it as ‘Unlisted’.
– for the audio, I used a mic (at2020) plugged into my interface (Scarlett Solo), and recorded using Ableton lite. For video I just used my phone to record, and iMovie for editing. You are right, the lead and Rhythm/Vocals are two separate videos. The lead video was overlayed ontop in iMovie and I mostly used the Crossfade option to fade it in and out. At times I used to green/blue screen option to give it a different effect.You can definitely do this, Peter! And I look forward to seeing it if you do!
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Just as an addition to Dave‘s reply, Peter. Do not be afraid of YouTube-Warnings when uploading cover versions. YouTube will realise it is a cover, but in most cases it is allowed to upload covers, as long as you do not use them for earning money. Even then YouTube will give the money earned to the owner of the rights and you will simply earn nothing.
I uploaded several covers and always just get a notice that it is allowed to upload the cover. (In fact it is the first quality check when doing a cover – if YouTube realise it’s a cover, you are not too for away from the mark 😉)Bluesige Grüße
Juxi
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That was pretty playing Dave and great vocals also.
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You Sir have created one sensational track which holds its own with any other cover I have heard of this song.
I was trying to figure out the chords as you played, Fmaj7, Cmaj7, Am, and G is what I’m seeing and hearing for this laid back haunting acoustic rhythm?.
I hope you don’t mind if I download this song and turn it in to am mp3 to add to my in-car playlist.
Congratulations yet again on producing a sensational track...Billy..
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That was a reall cool performance well done you also got me thinking with your comment C major same as A minor I am lacking in theory so found this on Quora by Yvette which had me thinking more
From Quora differece between C major and A minor.
There’s actually 3 common minor scales, the natural, harmonic and melodic minors however I will omit the melodic minor from this answer because I can assume that’s not the minor scale you were thinking of – it’s a fairly uncommon scale compared to the natural and harmonic minors.
In Classical music the harmonic minor was the most common minor scale. A harmonic minor, mostly referred to as simply A minor in Classical theory goes like this:
A – B – C – D – E – F – G#
Notice the sharpened 7th. This is what ‘cements’ the scale in the minor key as opposed to the natural minor which is fairly ‘fluid’ and can slip easily in between the C major and A minor tonal centres. Baroque and Classical composers especially used this scale in chord progressions especially since the V chord leads better in harmonic minor to the tonic.
It is very common in Classical music – the instant you see a sharpened 7th you know you’re in the minor and perhaps that’s why they also used it in the Classical period – because you know that you’re firmly in the minor and not just floating gin between tonalities.
That being said, Classical composers did also use the natural minor too, especially for melodic passages.
In popular music especially, when we say A minor, we tend to refer to the natural minor instead. The natural minor is actually an Aeolian mode too. The scale simply goes:
A – B – C – D – E – F – G
The difference between this scale and C major is simply the relationship of the chords in your progression. When you compose in the natural minor, it is important to use the right chords otherwise you end up ‘floating in between tonalities’, as I say.
Referencing back to what I said earlier, this scale isn’t as well ‘cemented’ as the harmonic minor. I like this scale personally because it’s so easy to switch between minor and major – but that’s the danger of writing in the natural minor though.
Notice the V chord is a minor in this scale whereas in the harmonic minor it’s a major chord. As I said earlier, Classical composers preferred the sharpened 7th because it makes the V chord a major chord which leads to the tonic a lot better – good for cadences and such.
Neither scale is right or wrong, in fact, both are used in Classical and Pop music fairly often. It does help to know why each scale is preffered.
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Vocrocnan, thanks for your comment! Honestly, that quote you shared here is way over my head. As far as scales go, I only really understand the pentatonics in the 5 positions, and the major scale in one position. To answer your question as to what makes it a C major pentatonic or an A minor… It is all relative to the key of the song. It’s all the same scale and same notes (1st position on the 5th fret), but if the key is C major, it’s the C major pentatonic, and if the key is A (minor or major) those same notes become the A minor pentatonic scale. This is how I understand it, and if I am not describing it correctly hear hopefully someone will correct me. Thanks again!
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Billy, good to hear you are playing again and would love to hear what you come up with with this song! I’ll be looking out for it.
Just you be careful what you wish for man…hahahaha
I’m going through sore finger tip syndrome right now, its taking an age to build up the callouses in my fingertips...Billy..
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Dave, great to hear from you again!!
Your cover was awesome. I particularly am in awe regarding your precise, crisp and clear strumming on the acoustic guitar. Fantastic tone. Of course, your lead playing was great, too. But your rhythm playing was the fantastic!
Hammergeil. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽👍🏽👋🏽Bluesige Grüße
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