Also I think with Yank being "up on the down stroke" so to speak he would emphasis different chord tones by hitting thin string first.
Yank tuned so his when he played a G chord it was really E....being that playing blues in E ain't the easiest thing on mandolin is that cheating ? :) On Oct 31, 2:51 pm, Mark Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > Bluesy upstrokes, i know that means one thing Mr. Yank Rachell! > > Thats the funny thing about it all, i've been aware of Yank's upstroke > thang for a few years now, i had a fit of mandolin blues fever a while > back, but, it just never occured to me that you could also play > downstrokes... just one of those moments of daftness. > > Thanks for the video link, it was a treat to watch that clip again > > On Oct 25, 3:13 pm, Tud Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bluesy > > upstrokes..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN4XhZF-sx8&feature=player_embedded#! > > > On Oct 24, 8:35 pm, Linda <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yep, similar story here, just now got that feeling like going > > > nowhere...so something good must be just around the corner. > > > Sigh....... > > > linda > > > > On Oct 25, 11:51 am, Holstein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I remember that feeling, and wait until you put it into practice! I > > > > love it when you jump a hurdle and get that exhilaration of success, > > > > until you realise how much more is ahead :) My first experience with > > > > this was in April 2008 when MC sent me my very first tune, True Life > > > > Blues, and I had to play it all in down strokes, lots of fun. After > > > > that I experimented often and I'm only just starting to get that > > > > "digging in" sound. Ask me in a year & I'll probably laugh at my > > > > progress in review. > > > > > The most recent bridge I crossed was when working out one of Mike's > > > > solos on Darlin' Corey from the Little Grasscals: Nashville's > > > > Superpickers cd. There's a solo with a flurry of strumming that has a > > > > certain pattern to it. It took me a while to get it so that it felt > > > > natural and I could reel it off as required. I've been trying to build > > > > up a bank of proficient "licks" so I can use them on call but it's > > > > hard going....and totally worthwhile. > > > > > Just keep going, the rewards are there. > > > > > Holstein- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
