"Sound of Silence" w/ Pikasso Guitar
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jwanka
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"Sound of Silence" w/ Pikasso Guitar
I must have Simon and Garfunkel on the brain tonight...so why not do a twofer...
This is one of the most amazing interpretations of this tune. I would love to see him play that 42-string guitar on this in person one of these days.
I really have to sit down one of these days and try learn some interpretation principles from this. There's so much going on in how he plays this.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDYd91xOE4[/youtube]
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Sun Sep 21, 2014 10:07 pm |
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kevin-c
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Joined: Wed Feb 02, 2011 6:57 pm Posts: 2213 Location: Brantford, Ontario, Canada
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Re: "Sound of Silence" w/ Pikasso Guitar
Another great find Joseph!
cheers, kev
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 8:58 am |
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Brett Bottomley
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Re: "Sound of Silence" w/ Pikasso Guitar
This is a great example of playing a cover with your own "voice". So often stickists try to capture as much of the original arrangement in their cover tunes (which is a wonderful learning device) while not trying to reharmonize and reinterpret. Greg Howard is great at this type of reinterpretation. Check out his "tomorrow never knows" as an example.
I'm not saying a straight cover is invalid, it's just nice to hear someone's unique twist.
Brett
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EricTheGray
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Joined: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:02 pm Posts: 1851 Location: Monona, WI, USA
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Re: "Sound of Silence" w/ Pikasso Guitar
I love this whole CD, it's one of my all-time favorites. For the curious who are not familiar with the instrument, it was made by Linda Manzer. Most of his acoustic guitars come from her. They are gorgeous. http://www.manzer.com/guitars/Here's the direct link to that YT video for the Un-Flashed among us, like me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDYd91xOE4-Eric jwanka wrote: I must have Simon and Garfunkel on the brain tonight...so why not do a twofer...
This is one of the most amazing interpretations of this tune. I would love to see him play that 42-string guitar on this in person one of these days.
I really have to sit down one of these days and try learn some interpretation principles from this. There's so much going on in how he plays this.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdDYd91xOE4[/youtube]
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Mon Sep 22, 2014 3:10 pm |
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jwanka
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Re: "Sound of Silence" w/ Pikasso Guitar
Thanks for the links Eric. Yeah, the Manzer guitars.....wow. Bringing it full circle, Paul Simon apparently bought a Manzer Metheny model once upon a time.
Just listened to this arrangement again....definitely one of those desert island songs.
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Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:50 am |
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jwanka
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Re: "Sound of Silence" w/ Pikasso Guitar
kevin-c wrote: Another great find Joseph!
cheers, kev Hey Kevin, you're welcome!
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Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:51 am |
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jwanka
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Re: "Sound of Silence" w/ Pikasso Guitar
Brett Bottomley wrote: Greg Howard is great at this type of reinterpretation. Check out his "tomorrow never knows" as an example. He sure is! I Just had a lesson with him last night and got a chance to see/learn the very basics of that type of strategy on "Kiss from a Rose".
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Tue Sep 23, 2014 7:56 am |
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sagehalo
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Re: "Sound of Silence" w/ Pikasso Guitar
I was reading what Brett said, and it reminded me what Kevin Keith said at FHA. You need to challenge the instrument to see what you can get out of it, not just take what it gives you. I think this is key when considering novel arrangements. If you start with what the song is, 1) you can work the Stick to play the key elements or 2) play it how the Stick makes it easy. I think if you start with (1) and then add things the Stick does well plus things where the Muses strike you, then you get great arrangements. If you only do (2), you get passable arrangements, but will miss the heart of it.
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