January 2019 - Cherokee

**M-ster** · 12-31-2018, 12:11 PM

Happy new year, fellow forumites!

Our standard for Jan 2019 will be Cherokee (Ray Noble, 1938).

Background:
Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Cherokee (Indian Love Song))

**ragman1** · 01-01-2019, 06:59 PM

This is my man of the moment. I didn't find any of the guitar versions particularly interesting, even the Joe Pass one which was a bit irritating (sorry).

But this is good, several choruses of good lines at breakneck speed and not a note wrong. My hero!

**kris** · 01-02-2019, 07:15 AM

**kris** · 01-12-2019, 05:13 AM

**pauln** · 01-13-2019, 01:26 AM

Anyone notice what happens at the 1:11 mark in the Bireli clip when he jerks his right hand away from the strings for a second?

Before that point he is holding the pick between his thumb and second finger...!?
After that point he is holding it between his thumb and first finger.

**kris** · 01-14-2019, 05:52 AM

**kris** · 01-14-2019, 05:53 AM

**DonEsteban** · 01-15-2019, 08:11 AM

The masters ....

**kris** · 01-15-2019, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by ragman1

This is my man of the moment. I didn't find any of the guitar versions particularly interesting, even the Joe Pass one which was a bit irritating (sorry).

But this is good, several choruses of good lines at breakneck speed and not a note wrong. My hero!

"I didn't find any of the guitar versions particularly interesting, even the Joe Pass one which was a bit irritating (sorry)."
ha.....

**KirkP** · 01-15-2019, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by DonEsteban

The masters ....
Louis Stewart Martin Taylor Cherokee

I’d forgotten how great Louis Stewart was. I didn’t realize he died in 2016.

**Hatim** · 01-17-2019, 08:26 AM

Work in progress...
I set myself on a tempo of 226, but it is where my limits are for sure

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I really have to practice.
But isn't that just one of these great things of this forum/ thread.

Hans

**Hatim** · 01-19-2019, 07:19 AM

Here is my Cherokee at 226.

Ofcourse it is all about the high tempo and how to play on that.
I am not blessed with amazing speed chops, so I can't play 8ths all the way, so I had to find a way around it.
I found out not to play too many 8ths in a row, otherwise I would tumble over them.

On 1/3 rd of the video, something went wrong with the video/audio synchronization.

Hans

**kris** · 01-19-2019, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by Hatim

Here is my Cherokee.

Ofcourse it is all about the high tempo and how to play on that.
I am not blessed with amazing speed chops, so I can't play 8ths all the way, so I had to find a way around it.
I found out not to play too many 8ths in a row, otherwise I would tumble over them.

On 1/3 rd of the video, something went wrong with the video/audio synchronization.

Hans

Hi Hans,
Nice sound and playing.
Best
Kris

**ragman1** · 01-19-2019, 12:27 PM

Nice one, Hans. More enjoyable than some professional versions.

**kris** · 01-20-2019, 02:42 AM

It is easy to coment fast but it is not easy to play fast...

**kris** · 01-24-2019, 08:34 AM

**Hatim** · 01-24-2019, 10:53 AM

Fast Tal Farlow
That is crazy fast!

Hans

**Hatim** · 01-24-2019, 10:59 AM

Here is my 2nd upload:
bpm= 240

Ofcourse for me is to see if I can avoid too many 8ths.
Also I notice that I have a tendency to start the 8ths on the beat, instead to start the 8ths on a more swinging off beat.

Hans

**Runepune** · 01-24-2019, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by pauln

Anyone notice what happens at the 1:11 mark in the Bireli clip when he jerks his right hand away from the strings for a second?

Before that point he is holding the pick between his thumb and second finger...!?
After that point he is holding it between his thumb and first finger.

Yeah, first thing I noticed was that thumb/middle finger grip, as I've never seen him use that before. And then the switch in the middle... Show off