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Hi AM friends,
While I was playing around with drop D tuning, a brilliant idea came to my head that I might as well tune down the top string to D and make it a Double Drop D tuning. Then I googled it and of course, there is such thing already and apparently it is useful for occasional slide playing while the middle 4 strings are still in standard tuning. Pretty cool.
Then I thought ML045 was an easy one but to this day I struggle with the A chord on it. Brian just collapses his pinky to bar the top 4 strings and lifts it again to play the chord – but I wonder if there are any humans who can actually do that??
OK, enjoy your weekend, everyone!
♪JoLa
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Hi, Jolanta!
It’s very clever to choose the classical guitars for EP-085 ‘cos this is a very finger breaking lesson, for me at least.
But MPA-70 is the most coolest parlor guitar in the world by my opinion. Even better than Petros or John Mayer 00-45.
Your playing and mixing was perfect, was great pleasure to listen.
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Reaaly nice work. Loved the feel and dual recording. very slick!!! And what a beautiful guitar. Great tone.
How did you record? DI or mic?
Wish You Were Here
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Double D, double video, double guitars. That was fantastic playing. Can appreciate your fingerstyle work and the speed at which you sustained this, that is a feat in itself. Great control, you made it effortless. Enjoyed the combination of your second video with the complimentary slide work, suited it so well. A double gold star, you nearly hit the ball out of the park only your cute dog caught it.
'To learn the language surround yourself with better players ... I think it's rubbing off'
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Aw man, that was AWESOME!!! Timing sounds flawless – do you play to a click track or anything?
"I hear you talkin' son, but you 'aint sayin' nothin'" - Will McFarlane quoting Muddy Waters hearing a really fast guitar player
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Hi Jola….so where did this finger style officianado come from?….This is a whole nother level of play that you’ve pulled out of your bag of tricks….a jaw dropping performance….and I loved the sneaky little bit of slide that you plugged in…Once again you’ve nudged your personal bar just that much higher….
Bravo!
Marty
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Your playing and videos are alway so good and fun listening to and watching! Really like ur nylon string guitar. What is the make/model?
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JoLa, your playing has improved massively over the last few months since I’ve been watching your submissions. Well done. My hot take on playing the A chord is to use your thumb on the bass instead of your ring finger and make the chord that way, more like Hendrix style. That way you’ll be in position to flatten your ring finger.
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Hey really well played I have been playing 085 for a while but never at the insane tempo Brian plays it 😃 but you managed it fine well done. I like it slowed down. I know what you mean with that A chord in ML 45 It is getting my fingers in the right position to play it that I find hard and slow but it’s coming I think.
Vorocnan
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JoLa
Your productions are always a breath of fresh air. I am not sure there is a metric for improvement but you are setting the bar very high. Not only do you play well you compose nicely and seem to tackle more challenging arrangements. Great subtle use of the slide. Duane Allman and Mark Knopfler would be proud. Love the tone quality of those guitars. Very fun and inspirational…. you rock sister!!!John
Thank you always!!
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Very nicely done Jola! Switching from a classical guitar to a parlor guitar had me confused until I went back and looked again. Both guitars sounded great and your playing was very fluid. I enjoyed your slide playing as well. Double Drop D is very close to Open G (just 5th string different) so there would be a lot of slide potential for the upper four strings. – Bret
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Two for the price of one this month! Loved that Jola. The first piece is my favorite of Brian’s drop D lessons, not only sounds good but feels good too when you get it going and you really had it going there, it had a momentum all of its own.
I’d not heard the micro lesson before but will need to go and look it out you’re slide lead was really cool and well controlled.
I know what you mean about Brian’s pinky. I thought if a spent a couple of weeks bending back on a table it would work……but no doesn’t 🙂 -
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