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Did Charlie C. use his thumb only ala Wes?
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09-09-2015 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by MarkRhodes
Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander - Swing Guitar Blog - The Internet Archive saves Charlie Christian sites!
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Originally Posted by edh
According to Barney Kessel (-who spent time with Charlie and watched him play), Charlie used a large pick (-one of those triangle-shaped ones, maybe?) that was thick and he played mostly downstrokes.
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Originally Posted by pubylakeg
Yay! Jonathan is a great resource in his own right. I need to visit his blog more often.
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
List of popular music songs featuring Andalusian cadences - Wikipedia
From another wikipedia article on this subject:
>>>The Andalusian cadence may be notated vi - V - IV - III (if in a major key) or i – ?VII – ?VI – v in a minor key. This ?VII note and chord is called the subtonic. [4][2] In the final chord (III or V, depending on key signature) the leading note replaces the subtonic in order to lead back into the minor chord that begins the sequence<<<<
In C major that would be: Am G (7) F Em. In Bb minor it would be: Bbm, Ab Gb Fm.
I think the chords Kessel uses for "Salute" are "Bb minor Bb/Ab Gb6 and F7....
Might as well throw in "Sultans of Swing". Though not a jazz tune per se, it is about a jazz band and Knopfler's solos are killer. (And the dude plays with his fingers, no pick, which always amazed me.)
Last edited by MarkRhodes; 09-10-2015 at 09:56 AM.
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Here's my pdf's of Topsy and Salute to Charlie Christian.
https://app.box.com/s/pwle223n4heumxwa4yvxrnohsmnq9qsa
https://app.box.com/s/kminsgkuvqyviwhsl26o9cib2ktqq37j
Here I'm playing Topsy. Showing this so gggomez can see how I play the chords. Good tune for us beginners.
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From 1969, the Newport All-Stars version of "Topsy" feat. T Farlow & B. Kessel as the soloists.
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A short video of me showing how I play the bridge of Kessel's "Salute To Charlie Christian" (-which, like "Pickley Wickly", is based on the "Topsy" changes.) Might as well learn both tunes, right? ;o)
Chords: Bb7 / Bb7 / Eb7 / Eb7 / Ab7 / Ab7 / Db / Cm7b5 F7
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This has been great guys, level 1 done.
How about we take this to the next 3 levels:
2. transcribe Herb's solo (I will aim to have the first 16 bars done on weekend, just working on getting the rhythm of those slides to Bb up to tempo)
3. comping (our own and the piano has some nice ideas in there)
4. our own improv
Cheers
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Originally Posted by gggomez
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Wow this was two years ago!
Looking back through the posts there is so much tasty learning in this thread. Tremendous.
I am back on this tune with I think much better ears.
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