Do you play Here Comes the Sun? Fingers or Pick?
I used to visit this forum regularly around 4 years ago, and have recently returned. Hi everyone, it's nice to be back!Anyhow, one the songs that I play best is Here Comes the Sun. I play it pretty...
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I flatpick it Dave1964 Jaguar (Candy Apple "Red") 1973 D-41 (Lila; she glimmers in the bright lights)2005 Elite 1778 LX (Toto the Travler)
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I've played it for years with a flatpick, although I have fooled around with fingerpicking. Quote:Probably not what you had in mind though.......He did finger pick the sitar....... Sort of....sitar is...
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I've been practicing it now with a flatpick and I like the tone I get better than when fingerpicked. The trick is hitting the right notes at the right time.
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I've fingerpicked it for 10-15 years, capoed to suit my whim at the time, with mostly alternating bass, usually on guitar but occasionally on uke banjo. I've never seen a written arrangement for it,...
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In The Concert For George they used two parts - either a simple guitar or mandolin played by the singer - and a guy playing the harder part with a pick AND his fingers, like Elvis' guitar player,...
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1) Me and my friends that I've seen play the song do it with a flatpick.2) Not a clue... but he seems more like a flatpickin' guy, at least back then."I am Everyman and the things inside of me are in...
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Fingers. Here I am performing it that way with Michael Thompson (MichaelBT) at one of the MartinFest '06 open mics.Missing from the shot is Rick McLay (McThistle), who played bass. The song a regular...
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I use dropped D and a capo at the 7th fret....fingerpicked.GregRomoOM-42OM-18VOMC-28M (Laurence Juber-Madagascar) National "O" StyleLes Paul Standard '59 Reissue
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Where can i find chords or tabs and lyrics and whatnot for this tune?DavidHarp, a J-40, perfect and beautiful/1957 00-18/OM-21/1944 0-18/1947 0-17T/D-16A/SWJGT cherry/D-18GE/00C-16DB...
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David send me your email in a PM- and I'll send you it in its entirety this week. Hopefully my scanner is still working.Bill
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I would go with the plectrum to get more powerful strum potential. Rick000-15SMasterbilt D500M"But God..." Ephesians 2:4
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I use a pick on this version. I'm neither witty nor resourceful enough to insert an original quip here.
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I used to flatpick it on guitar, capo 7, but now I fingerpick it on the uke in D tuning.There is a commonly held belief in the uke community that George may have originally written it on the uke...
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Rick Ruskin did the first great fingerpicked version of this tune, IMHO, in the mid-1970's. I recorded a version fingerstyle on my 2001 CD, called The Lea Rig. it's in CGDGAD tuning.I've since...
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MAF, sweet guitar. What model is that?
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I play it with fingers, either in Drop-D or standard tuning. I need to try it capo'd up. David
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I first learned this song as a fingerstyle piece...then I found Richie Havens' interpretation and completely fell for it. I love the song and have looked for as many different versions as I could...
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Yeah Capo 5 for me so my voice fits.
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I've always played it fingerstyle because of the same reason El mentioned, Rick Ruskin. I saw him play it in the 70's, all fingerpicking, and it was incredible. Still play it the same way though not...
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