Copy Nick Drake With These 5 Easy Steps ★ Acoustic Tuesday 173

Summary

このエピソードでは、ニク・ドレイクの楽曲を演奏し、その独特のギターの響きを模倣する方法について学ぶことができます。ゲストのブランドン・Kが、ギターの旅を振り返り、達成した進歩と未来への期待を語ります。また、ニク・ドレイクの楽曲を演奏する際のギタリストの姿勢や、彼の音楽に対する独特のアプローチを紹介します。さらに、ギタリストの成長とコミュニティへの貢献を祝うセクションがあり、聴衆は様々なギターメーカーのコメントや、音楽を通じて結ばれた絆について学ぶことができます。

Takeaways

• 🎸 ニック・ドレイクは、楽器を手に取った中で最も評価されていないアコースティックギタリストの一人です。
• 🎶 今回のショーでは、ニック・ドレイクの音楽を学び、そのサウンドを再現する方法を紹介します。
• 📈 ブランドンKのストーリーでは、ギターの旅を振り返り、達成した進歩と未来への期待を語っています。
• 🎵 アコースティックギタリストとして、ニック・ドレイクのトーンを模倣する5つのステップを学ぶことができます。
• 📚 ジョシュ・ターナーのビデオと「ビニールリワインド」ドキュメンタリーで、ニック・ドレイクについてさらに学ぶことができます。
• 👂 ニックは非常にデッドなストリングを使用し、それが「ピンクムーン」の録音で聞こえます。
• 🎸 ギターの体型がサウンドに影響を与える可能性があり、ニックは小型ボディのギターを使用していたとされています。
• 🤚 ニック・ドレイクのサウンドを出すには、手の位置とピッキングスタイルが重要です。
• 🎼 ニックは多くの代替チューニングを使用し、ライブでのチューニング変更に時間がかかることで批判されました。
• 📝 作曲要素も尼克・ドレイクの音楽の重要な部分であり、アルバム「ピンクムーン」はギタリストにとって非常に重要です。
• 🌟 ニック・ドレイクには「Xファクター」があり、彼はギタと声だけで自己表現を行える独特の才能を持っています。
• 🎓 最後に、自分のギターの旅で創造的な音楽家として、否定的な内音に負けないで自分の「Xファクター」を活かすよう励まします。

Q & A

ニック・ドレイクが楽器を演奏する際に使用していたストリングの特徴は何ですか？

ニック・ドレイクは非常にデッドなストリングを使用しており、その結果として、レコード「ピンクムーン」ではストリングが鮮明さや輝きを失い、重厚で独特な音を放っているとされています。

ジョシュ・ターナーがニック・ドレイクのトーンについて述べたビデオは何について学ぶことができますか？

ジョシュ・ターナーのビデオでは、ニック・ドレイクのトーンを再現する方法が解説されており、特に彼が使用していたギターの種類やピッキングスタイル、そして演奏のテクニックなどについて学ぶことができます。

ニック・ドレイクの楽曲を演奏する際に使用される代替チューニングとは何ですか？

ニック・ドレイクは多くの異なるチューニングを使用しました。彼の楽曲を演奏するには、chris heatleyが作成したウェブサイト nickdraketabs.co.uk ですべてのチューニングとタブを確認できます。

ニック・ドレイクの音楽にはどのような作曲的要素が含まれていますか？

ニック・ドレイクの音楽には、非常にThumb Drivenなコンポジション、歌声とギターの異なるリズム、また楽曲のスパースさなどの作曲的要素が含まれています。特に「ピンクムーン」は、彼とギターのみで音空間を豊かにしているとされています。

ニック・ドレイクの音楽を聴いた後に、リスナーに残る最後のステップは何ですか？

ニック・ドレイクの音楽を聴いた後の最後のステップは、彼の「Xファクター」であり、これは彼がギターと声だけで表現していた独特の自己表現です。また、リスナーには自分の「Xファクター」を活かし、創造的な旅を続けることが勧められます。

トニーのアコースティックチャレンジに参加し、自分のギター演奏の進歩を実感したギタリストは誰ですか？

トニーのアコースティックチャレンジに参加し、自分のギター演奏の進歩を実感したギタリストはブランドンKです。彼は二年連続でメンバーとして参加し、自信を持って演奏できるようになりました。

ギターを通じて結ばれた絆について語っているコメントはどれですか？

ギターを通じて結ばれた絆について語っているコメントは、ラフィット・リー・セントからのもので、彼の古い友人兼メンターであるリック・マクbeanが語っているストーリーです。

アコースティックギターニュースで触れられたギタリストの一人、サラ・ボスが抱えていた事故とは何ですか？

ギタリストのサラ・ボスは、ギグかリハーサルを終えて離れる際に氷を滑って転び、ギターケースの上に落ちて二つの肋骨を骨折し、肺を一部萎縮させました。

サマンサ・ライアンがデザイナーとして描いたアイリスギターは限定版としてリリースされましたが、彼女は最初はどのような反応を示しましたか？

サマンサ・ライアンは最初、アダムからアイリスのアコースティックギターに絵を描いてほしいと頼まれた際、何度か断りましたが、最終的に描くことにしました。

ギルドギターズについて言及されていなかったが、彼らは最近どのような新しい製品を発表しましたか？

ギルドギターズは最近、非常に素晴らしい音質のバーitoneギターとして、BT 240EとBT 258Eという二つのモデルを発表しました。

「Nathaniel Murphy has questions」というシリーズで、ナサニエル・マーフィはどのような質問を専門家に投げかけていますか？

「Nathaniel Murphy has questions」というシリーズでは、ナサニエル・マーフィはギタリストであり、様々なスタイルの音楽を非常に上手く演奏することができます。彼はギタリストのセットアップに関する質問を専門家に投げかけています。

アコースティックギターカバーで描かれている「クレイジートレイン」のカバーバージョンは、どのようなアイテムを使った演奏ですか？

アコースティックギターカバーで描かれている「クレイジートレイン」のカバーバージョンは、二つのボウル、二つのアコースティックギター、そして二つのウォーターボトルを使いました。

Outlines

00:00

🎸 ニック・ドレイクのギタースタイルを模倣するための5つのステップ

この段落では、ニック・ドレイクのギタースタイルを模倣するための5つのステップが紹介されています。まず、ギアの選択が重要であり、ドレイクが使用していたとされる小型ボディーギターと大型ボディーギターの比較が行われています。次に、演奏技術が触れられ、手の位置とピッキングスタイルが解説されています。また、代替チューニングの重要性と、ドレイクが使用していたチューニングのリソースが紹介されています。さらに、作曲の要素として、ドレイクが使用していた要素が説明され、最後に、ドレイクの音楽には独特の「Xファクター」があると語り継がれています。

05:00

🎓 ギタリストブランドンKのギタージャーニーの振り返り

パラグラフ2では、ギタリストであるブランドンKが自身のギタージャーニーを振り返り、これまでの進歩を認識し、さらにギターへの情熱を高めることができました。ブランドンは、2年間Tac（Tony's Acoustic Challenge）に参加し、自信を持って演奏し、歌を歌うことができるようになりました。また、15のカバーソングを覚え、ほとんどの曲を記憶して演奏できるようになったと語っています。さらに、弾き語りができるようになり、ギターのセットアップやメンテナンスも行えるようになったと紹介されています。

10:00

🎸 ギター屋さんの推薦とコミュニティからのフィードバック

この段落では、以前のエピソードで紹介したギターメーカーに続いて、リスナーから寄せられたコメントや感想が紹介されています。セーガルギタースやフォートギタースなどのメーカーが好評で、また、新しいリューザイヤーであるトム・サンズが紹介されています。さらに、音楽が人々の絆を築く力を持ち、人生を豊かにする力を持ち合わせているというエピソードも語られています。

15:02

🎨 ギタリストのニュースと芝加哥ミュージックエクスチェンジの新作

パラグラフ4では、ギタリストのニュースが绍介されています。デッドホースのサラ・ボスが事故を経験し、リハビリ中であることが伝えられています。また、ギタリストであるサラ・ライアンがギターをキャンバスとして描き、アイリスギタースとコラボレーションして限定生産のギターをリリースしたことが紹介されています。ギルドギタリストが新たにリリースされたバリトンギターについても触れられ、その美しい音に触発されます。

20:02

😄 ギタリストの面白おかしいカバーと来週の予告

最後の段落では、面白おかしいギタリストのカバーが紹介されています。それは、二つのボウルと二つのアコースティックギター、そして二つのウォーターボトルを使った「クレイジートレイン」のカバーです。また、来週のアコースティック火曜日のショーでは、手軽なトーン実験について語り合う予定であり、それを楽しみにしています。また、ショーは毎週火曜日の午前10時にYouTubeで配信される旨を告知しています。

Keywords

💡ニック・ドレイク

ニック・ドレイクは、このビデオの中心となるミュージシャンであり、アコースティックギタリストとして非常に評価されていないとされています。ビデオでは、彼の音楽をリスナーに紹介し、彼のサウンドを模倣する方法について学ぶことができます。ニック・ドレイクの音楽は、ビデオの主題に深く関わっています。

💡ギタリスト

ギタリストとは、ギタを演奏する音楽家を指します。ビデオでは、ニック・ドレイクのギター演奏スタイルと、そのサウンドを再現する方法について説明しています。ギタリストとしてのニックのスキルとセンスは、ビデオの核心的なトピックです。

💡アコースティックギター

アコースティックギターとは、電子楽器を用いない伝統的なギターです。ビデオでは、ニック・ドレイクのアコースティックギターのサウンドを模倣する方法が特集されています。アコースティックギターは、ニックの音楽の中で不可欠な要素です。

💡サウンド

サウンドは、楽器や歌声が発する音を指します。ビデオでは、ニック・ドレイクの独特のギターサウンドを再現するためのステップやテクニックに焦点が当てられており、サウンドはビデオの中心的な概念です。

💡ギターチューニング

ギターチューニングとは、ギターの弦の音高を調整することを意味します。ビデオでは、ニック・ドレイクが使用した様々なチューニングについて触れており、これは彼の音楽を模倣する際に重要な要素となります。

💡ギターの弦

ギターの弦は、ギターで演奏される細い金属線で、音を出すために使われます。ビデオでは、ニックが使用していたとされる「非常に死んでいる」弦について説明し、これは彼のサウンドの特徴の一部です。

💡ギターのボディタイプ

ギターのボディタイプは、ギターの形状とサイズを指し、サウンドに影響を与えます。ビデオでは、ニックが使用していたとされる小型ボディギターと大型ボディギターの両方を紹介し、それぞれのサウンドの違いについて議論しています。

💡ピッキングスタイル

ピッキングスタイルとは、ギターの弦を弾く方法を指します。ビデオでは、ニック・ドレイクが使用していたとされるピッキングテクニックについて説明し、これは彼のサウンドを模倣する際に重要な要素です。

💡コンポジション

コンポジションは、音楽作品の構成や楽曲の作り方を指します。ビデオでは、ニック・ドレイクの楽曲におけるコンポジションの要素に焦点が当てられており、これは彼の音楽の魅力の一部です。

💡ギタリストのジャーニー

ギタリストのジャーニーとは、ギタリストが音楽を学び、成長し、自己表現を通じて創造的な道を歩む過程を指します。ビデオでは、視聴者がニック・ドレイクの音楽を通じて自分のギタープレイの旅を反映し、インスピレーションを得ることができるようになっています。

Highlights

Nick Drake被认为是史上最被低估的原声吉他手之一。

无论你是Nick Drake的长期粉丝、新发现他的音乐，还是从未听说过他，今天的节目都适合你，因为你将发现一个惊人的吉他手，并且你将学习如何复制他的声音。

节目中将介绍如何通过五个步骤来复制Nick Drake的吉他音色。

Nick Drake使用的是非常死板的弦，这可以在《Pink Moon》专辑的录音中听到。

Nick Drake可能使用的是小体吉他，尤其是在录制《Pink Moon》时。

手的位置和拨弦技巧对于实现Nick Drake的音色至关重要，他可能在音孔上方拨弦，并且使用指甲进行拨弦。

Nick Drake在他的音乐中大量使用替代调弦法，这在他的现场表演中曾受到批评，因为他在歌曲之间花费了太多时间来调整吉他的调弦。

Chris Heatley创建了一个网站nickdraketabs.co.uk，提供了Nick Drake使用的所有调弦方式以及他几乎所有歌曲的吉他谱。

Nick Drake的音乐作品中，贝斯音符非常突出，他的拇指在低音部分非常活跃。

Nick Drake的歌曲中，他的声音和吉他部分的节奏往往是不同的，这增加了边弹边唱的挑战性。

《Pink Moon》专辑非常简洁，Nick Drake仅用他的声音和吉他就占据了大量的音乐空间。

节目中首次布置了作业，包括观看关于Nick Drake的纪录片和听《Pink Moon》专辑，并在评论中分享看法。

Nick Drake拥有独特的X因素，他能够用吉他和声音以一种无与伦比的方式表达自己。

即使面对外部压力和商业上的失败，Nick Drake依然持续创作，留下了丰富的音乐遗产。

鼓励吉他手们拥抱自己独特的X因素，并在吉他旅程中不断探索和创新。

介绍了吉他手Brandon K的吉他旅程，他通过反思认识到自己的进步，并对未来充满期待。

Christopher Howard分享了他的吉他收藏，包括多种品牌和型号的吉他。

节目中还提到了其他吉他制造商和吉他相关的新闻，如Sarah Voss的事故、Sarah Ryan在吉他上的艺术作品，以及Guild吉他发布的新巴里通吉他。

Transcripts

in my opinion nick drake is one of the

most under-appreciated acoustic

guitarists to ever pick up the

instrument

whether you're a long-time nick drake

fan you've newly discovered his music or

you've never heard of him

today's show is for you because you're

going to discover a guitarist who's

quite simply amazing

and you're going to learn how to

replicate his sound

heytak family welcome to episode 173 of

the acoustic tuesday show

this show is designed to bring fun focus

and progress to your guitar journey

through my weekly guitar geek lists

plus success stories from your fellow

guitar geeks this week you're going to

be learning about tac family member

brandon k

who after reflecting on his guitar

journey so far realized how much

progress he's actually made

plus it got him super excited about his

guitar journey's future

you're going to learn about brandon here

in just a moment plus you're going to

get some acoustic guitar news you can

use

including an artist you need to send

some get well wishes to

another artist who uses guitars as her

canvas

a cover of crazy train which is

undeniably

hilarious plus a new video series that i

just

i just discovered and want to share with

you but first and foremost let's dig

into how

you can replicate nick drake's tone on

your guitar there's only five steps

so let's dig in we're about to go on a

quest to discover nick drake's tone

i've divvied this up into five steps to

help this process be a little bit more

digestible for you

and before we dig in i want to mention

two things i learned a lot about nick

drake in researching this episode and

every video that i learned from i've

linked to in the description below

the one standout video that i'll mention

is the vinyl rewind documentary

it's a 20-minute documentary that gives

you everything you need to know about

nick drake

the second thing i want to mention is

this i think the trailblazer of this

topic

is josh turner josh turner some years

ago released a video about nick drake's

tone

and i learned a ton from that video so

i've linked to that in the description

as well i'll be mentioning that video

quite a few times throughout today

but we'll go beyond it as well looking

at some compositional elements and

things like that

so with all that being said let's dive

into the steps

step number one to sound like nick drake

is gear you have to have the right

equipment to emulate his tone

now i'm not saying drop everything and

go out guitar shopping right now

although if you want to do that i

certainly won't be the one stopping you

but there's two elements in this

category i want to discuss number one is

strings and number two

is guitar i'm going to do them in that

category because strings are the least

expensive thing

on the list nick used extremely dead

strings and you can hear that on the

recording pink moon and i'm talking

about the whole album

the strings lack clarity they lack shine

they lack brilliance

they're thuddy they're funky and i mean

i mean this in a very good way

in fact in doing more research on josh

turner's video

he verified this as well i

doubt if you mean he may never have even

changed his strings during the whole

time that he was recording like they're

so dead

now that doesn't mean you have to go you

know rub your strings in the dirt

you can get nickel strings or something

like that that emulate a more

warm or vintagey sound those are the

strings

let's move on to the guitar now in

josh's video he thinks that nick used a

small body guitar

i personally am of the opinion after

listening to his recordings extensively

that at the very least

pink moon was recorded on a small body

guitar well then i see nick playing

a larger body guitar and i saw him in a

picture i didn't see him in person

so we've got a dreadnought over here

speculation of a small body guitar over

here what is it

well this is where you come in because

i've recorded the intro to the song

rode on two different guitars one of

them is a vintage martin

single 0-18 the other is a santa cruz

vintage southerner

so a small body and a large body guitar

so i want you to listen to both and in

the comments below

let me know what you think sounds more

nick drakish

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step number two to achieving nick

drake's tone is technique

and there are two things i want to

discuss here number one is hand position

and number two is picking style let's

start with hand position

to get the sound that really brings out

the body of the guitar

with less definition nick is likely

picking over the sound hole

now i got this tip again from josh

turner and after trying it out myself i

can definitely say that

it adds to the body of the instrument or

rather the body of the tone and

after listening to pink moon again the

full album i believe this is dead on so

hand over the sound hole to bring out

the body of the guitar

the next thing is picking technique and

i do believe nick drake is using

fingernails you get this subtle amount

of attack on the front end of his notes

that indicate that there's some harder

surface being used and being that nick

played predominantly's fingerstyle

chances are he had his fingernails in

play now some of you might be thinking

there

might be sitting there thinking you know

i'd love to

you know go after nick's tone but i

don't have fingernails and quite

honestly i can't grow them

well there's a couple alternatives that

you can use to help you on your path

and one of them is is by the company pro

pic

they make finger picks called finger

tone finger picks

which allows you to get some of the meat

of your fingertip on the string

but also gives you a hard edged surface

so you can get that clarity and attack

the other option is another pit company

called alaska pix

and these truly do emulate a fingernail

meaning you can put them on and they

kind of wedge under your existing

fingernail to

simulate well a fingernail that's a

little bit longer

so a couple different options for those

of you looking to well go after nick's

tone

but aren't well endowed in the

fingernail growth department

is that a thing i don't know i've always

had fingernails so i feel like

i've been lucky in that regard step

number three on our journey to achieving

nick drake's tone is embracing alternate

tunings

quite honestly he used a ton of

different tunings so much so that early

in his career when he was performing

live

there was critiques on his performance

saying he took too long in between songs

and he never talked to the crowd

well that's because he was changing the

tuning on his guitar

i want to share a resource with you that

will not only give you all the tunings

that he used

but also the tabs to nearly every song

he wrote and recorded

but first we have to thank the

individual that's responsible for

for putting this resource together his

name is chris

heatley and he put together an amazing

website the url is

nickdraketabs.co.uk

when you go to this website you'll not

only see all the tunings you'll see tabs

for every

i was going to say every single song i

don't know if it's every single song but

there's a huge amount of songs there and

an incredible resource for anybody

trying to attack any of nick drake's

songs

in fact i've used that website a ton of

different times and i used it in

preparation for the show

because i wanted to learn the intro to

the song road and

well it served me pretty well great tabs

great resource

make sure to check it out step number

four in emulating nick drake's tone and

playing style

is composition the compositional

elements that nick drake used

are present in all of the albums that he

recorded five leaves left

brighter later and then lastly pink moon

i'm gonna target pink moon because to me

it's the most guitar heavy album meaning

it's quite simply nick and his guitar

there's no other production

really on that entire album that being

the case

some of the compositional elements that

you can include in your playing

are an incredibly thumb driven

composition

if you listen to pink moon i want you to

take note as

to as to how pronounced the bass notes

are and how active his

thumb is presuming that he used his

thumb for his bass notes and i'm pretty

sure that he did

the second thing i want you to notice in

terms of compositional elements

is how his voice often times

was a different rhythm than his guitar

work

which makes singing and playing these

songs a whole challenge in and of itself

but

so often when you listen to artists

their voice

mimics the rhythm of the guitar and

that's okay that's not good or bad

but i think one of the things that

separates nick from other musicians

is that he had this knack for treating

the vocal melody very different from the

rhythm guitar part

which i think is is so cool and again a

huge challenge if you try it on your own

another thing i want to mention is the

sparseness of his compositions

pink moon is quite sparse and again i'm

talking about the full album

not just the song but i don't say sparse

in that it's lacking

i think nick did a great job of

occupying a ton of sonic space with just

him his voice and a guitar a pretty

amazing feat if i do

say so myself and of course i was going

to throw in tunings here to the

compositional elements but as guitar

geeks

i thought that deserved its own category

okay we're on the final step step number

five but before i get there

i have some homework for you yes this is

the first time i've ever issued homework

during the acoustic tuesday show

and it contains two things number one

check out the vinyl rewind documentary

that i've linked to in the description

below

you're going to learn a ton about nick

drake and i thought it was captivating

all 20 minutes of it so cool great

pictures amazing footage

and just just a cool story

the second thing i want you to do is

listen to the album pink

moon and while you're doing so i want

you to

see if you agree with me on these points

or not and it's okay if you don't but

let me know in the comments below if i

missed anything and if i did

you'll be benefiting all the guitar

geeks that watch the show

okay on to step number five on our quest

to sound like nick drake

step number five is nick drake's x

factor

yes nobody really talks about this and i

think it deserves the spotlight

because nick drake did indeed have an x

factor

he was able to express himself with just

a guitar in his voice

in such a way that i would dare to

venture out on a limb and say

no other artist has in the way that he

did

let me explain i want to dig a little

bit deeper here now ultimately and if

you watch the vinyl rewind documentary

you'll learn that

ultimately external pressures led to

nick

being self-medicated and ultimately

ending his

life that being said

his albums that were released five

leaves left brighter later and pink moon

each was released to commercial failure

and during his active time as a musician

that can weigh on you in a big big bad

way

but he kept composing he kept creating

and i thought that's so amazing because

now we have this vast catalog of music

that we get to just simply relish in

because he kept

creating which begs the question

which actually i should say brings me to

a question i have for you

on your guitar journey as a creative

guitar player when you're creating

something there's this little voice that

sneaks up that says oh that's no good

that's not worth continuing to pursue

and i want to ask you this question what

if nick drake

gave into that voice after just five

leaves left his first album

well we wouldn't have two more albums

worth of amazing songs

and that's a pretty crazy example but i

want you to think of it

as apply to your own guitar journey what

if you're on the cusp of creating

something great

but you give in to that voice it'll

never see the light of day

and us guitar geeks we want to help each

other out and support each other in our

creative endeavor so please

try and silence that voice as much as

you can yes

step number five to sound like nick

drake is his x factor but i truly

believe that all of us guitar geeks have

an x factor

and it's unique each of us have our own

unique x factor so please on your quest

for nick drake's tone

yes go after it try and sound exactly

like him if that's

if that's your end goal but do embrace

your own x factor

i know that turned into maybe a little

bit more of a coaching session

than a true step in the right direction

but i think it actually is a step in the

right direction for your own guitar

journey

on that note i do have a question for

you two questions as a matter of fact

number one are you a long time nick

drake fan or did you just discover him

because of the show

let me know in the comments below and

bonus points if you can go ahead and

leave

your in the comments leave your favorite

nick drake song to help other guitar

geeks

discover a song that you might like i

want to introduce you to an inspiring

guitar geek

a guitar geek whose reflection allowed

him to recognize the progress he's

experienced but

also it allowed him to get excited about

his guitar journey's future

this is brandon k and he just celebrated

his second

tackiversary yes he's been a tony's

acoustic challenge member for two

straight years

and let's have a quick sneak peek into

his reflection right now

i can't say enough how much tack has

changed my life

it really is a wonderful ride i feel i'm

where i'm at in the journey because of

this site and all that tony and the

behind-the-scenes staff

offer along with all the wonderful

people i've met this still rings true

today

the environment and people i've met made

a huge impact on my life

when i started guitar well i was a total

beginner i had owned a guitar for a

while but it was basically just a

decoration

just sat on its stand and looked pretty

i had actually started to damage it by

not knowing about climate conditions and

it started to dry out

when i joined tac and started to put

forth some effort to learn to play

i was able to revive it and it now is as

it should be

my skill level was basically zero i

could finger two chords but could not

strum or transition at all

the focus and learning path did not

exist until tech

i was leery about joining a forum based

community as i have built a few myself

and know how they can run down the

negative path quickly but that is not

the case

here which was a very pleasant surprise

starting year two

it's hard to believe where i was and all

the thoughts of i will never get this

the play everyday motto is definitely

not a problem thank you all for that

i've become more confident with both

playing and singing my guitar skills

might not have increased all that much

but i feel i have a much more solid

foundation to build upon

my goal in 2020 was to learn five cover

songs

i have learned 15. i can play most of

them by memory

and those that i can't only take one or

two go throughs to refresh my memory

the virtual open mics played a big part

in this

at this point in my guitar journey i can

now zip around using four chords with no

effort

i have some basic finger picking skills

and can strum some cool rhythms

some other things i can now do include

hammer-ons change strings and general

guitar setup and maintenance

i challenge myself every string change

to try and tune the guitar without a

tuner and i'm getting closer

i can sing and play while i can't

technically sing but i can sing and play

i re i can recover a pic from the sound

hole i can keep track of a pick for up

to three days

i can remove the drum of my dryer to

stop the clicking noise and retrieve the

picks making the noise

i can walk into and out of my practice

area without tripping over a cable and

ripping my music stand down

and i have a good working knowledge of

the electronic side of recording and

performing

okay i made a few jokes about losing

picks but one thing i really need to

work on

is playing with a pick i've avoided it

to this point but i really need to get

that learned to be able to do some of

the things i would like to do

playing and singing is something i have

come to really enjoy the virtual open

mics have been a lot of fun and have

pushed me in new directions

i should also add that learning songs

within my chord bank come much faster

now

it's days versus months looking forward

to next year is really exciting

i've already knocked songwriting off the

list which is very rewarding and

something i truly enjoy

so much so that i have a few more in the

works now i'm still working on

increasing my chord library

so many things to learn but i really

concentrate on getting down what i know

and trying to really use different

techniques

you know a full package type of thing

i'm looking forward to live jams again

but until then i always look forward to

the virtual

alternative thanks again to all that

make this place tick

cheers to another great year i want to

thank brandon so much for sharing his

story and i think it really underscores

the power of reflection

it's so important to look back and see

how far you've traveled in your guitar

journey so far

as guitar geeks we're very guilty of

focusing on the next best thing

but taking that moment to pause and look

back and feel those awesome feelings of

how much you've accomplished

so far is pretty darn incredible i mean

in brandon's case

he was a total beginner he didn't even

know how to take care of his guitar

and now he's writing his own songs and

attending virtual open mics

pretty darn stellar and again huge

thanks to brandon and congratulations on

your two-year tackiversary

now you know what it's freezing cold in

bozeman and i want to go down to texas

and visit a fellow acoustic tuesday

family member

and see what he has in his guitar sonal

this is christopher howard from san

marcos texas and here's what's in his

guitar snail

the top row left to right we have a

close hybrid deluxe full-size guitar

a handmade nylon strung six string loot

and an eca banjo

the middle row again left to right is an

andrew white freya 102

he's holding his newest edition a martin

d16

gmg cgt which is a full depth guitar

center version of a d16e

and lastly a fender jimmy vaughn

stratocaster the bottom row again left

to right is an epiphone g400 pro

sg a taylor academy 12e a taylor 214

ce and a 1980 alvarez yairi

dy87 double neck and lastly a seagull

entourage

talk about an awesome guitar snail from

christopher i never knew that in the 80s

alvarez made a double-necked guitar i

had never even seen one i didn't know it

was a real thing

until he submitted his guitar snail so

huge thanks christopher for doing that

and if you're sitting at home thinking i

have a guitar snow that i want to share

well i'm encouraging you to please do so

there are three simple steps that you

have to follow

step number one go to acoustic tuesday

dot store and pick out your favorite

guitar snow shirt

step number two put that shirt on and

take a picture amongst

all of your guitars and step number

three upload that picture at

acousticlife.tv

once you're there click on the submit

link in the top menu and then go ahead

and follow the instructions upload your

picture tell us your story and i'll

feature you on an upcoming episode of

acoustic tuesday

now it's time to hit the rewind button

and head back to episode 171 of the

acoustic tuesday show

where i talked about guitar makers you

should be on the lookout for in 2021.

there were a couple of comments left on

that show that i want to highlight

because well they're darn awesome

in fact this first one comes from ds and

they say this

i'm quite partial to segal guitars

located in la petri quebec canada

robert godin is the mastermind behind

this company bringing his expertise to

all of the seagull models

siegel utilizes non-conventional tone

woods for unique full-bodied sound

i own a six-string mahogany model and a

12-string wild cherry and cedar model

a lot of guitar for the money and

fantastic quality i purchased my six

string when i was shopping for a martin

guitar

i actually preferred the playability and

sound of my mahogany six string

seagull over the martin's six string

mahogany model i know martin fans will

wish me dead

that is not true d please don't worry us

guitar geeks just want to see fellow

guitar geeks find a guitar that's right

for them

let's go ahead and move on to our next

comment and i think you'll actually know

the commenter

because it's one of the guitar makers i

told you to look out for in 2021

this comment comes from fort guitars and

they simply say this

great video tony thanks for having us on

the list and greetings

well greetings back to you everybody at

fort guitars keep doing the awesome work

that you're doing

our next comment comes from edward

peterson and he has a luthier

recommendation he says this

i have discovered the luthier tom sands

former apprentice to irvin simoji

he builds guitars in north yorkshire

england but imports to the world

yes indeed edward i am aware of tom

sands and for those of you who are not

please check him out check him out here

on youtube check out his website because

he builds

amazing instruments in fact he's got a

great

great video series about tone woods that

i think you'll find

incredibly informative especially if

you're a tonewood geek

like i am in fact that's a great

follow-up to a last week's episode the

tonewood episode

but thank you very much edward for

sharing your luthier knowledge and

recommending that we check out an

amazing luthier

in fact tom is a great individual tom

and i communicate quite frequently and

it brings me to the point of

it's so cool to meet fellow

guitar geeks it just opens up this

interesting avenue of communication that

i think if it weren't for the guitar may

not be there

which leads me to the next comment

brought to you by lafayette le

saint and this is more of a story than a

comment so let me go ahead and read and

it really does involve

the friendship and bonding that music

creates here it is

hey tony i know that you geek out about

guitars i'm a guitar geek too

but i also know that you're into bonding

as well and besides that the banjo is a

good friend of the guitar

here's a true story from my old friend

and mentor rick mckean

who has taught guitar and banjo he gave

me permission to share this story with

you

and our guitar geek community here's a

touching story

i used to teach banjo classes at the

glendale community center

two of my students were a guy named mark

and his dad well after several years of

group lessons

mark became a private student of mine

and took lessons at my home for several

more years

even after i had taught him everything i

knew he still wanted to come over and

jam

and talk about his gold mining hobby i

would draw images of scales chords and

key signatures on the whiteboard

and he would draw images of his gold

mining equipment we had many wonderful

evenings of music

jams and discussions when his dad died

he played his favorite banjo in the

lobby of the funeral home until it was

time for the funeral

then he slipped that banjo into his

dad's casket he always said that i gave

him and his dad such a great bond

through banjo music

what an awesome story and really it just

it goes to show and and

really highlight how incredible bonds

that are created through music

are i mean i can think of so many people

in my life that i've met

solely because of music and i feel

quite simply fulfilled and enriched

because those people are in my life so

huge thanks to

music and this guitar community for

creating that bond

time and time again pretty amazing stuff

and i also want to thank everyone who

left comments on that episode

i don't have time to feature them all

but holy smokes what awesome discussion

some great guitar manufacturers were

brought up

and i just i'm always amazed at how you

interact with this guitar geek community

and when i say you i mean all of you

uh such a great group of people and i

cannot thank you enough

now it's time for one of my favorite

parts of the show and that is acoustic

guitar news you can use

yes i'm trying to keep you on the

forefront of the happenings within the

acoustic guitar industry and very first

on my list today

is an artist that recently had an

accident and it's requiring you to send

her some get well wishes

sarah voss of dead horses was leaving a

gig or a rehearsal i can't remember

which

and she slipped on some ice and fell on

top of her guitar case

and the result was two cracked ribs and

a partially collapsed

lung so she's going to be out of

commission for some while so if you're

on the social medias if you're a dead

horses fan

please send her your best healing vibes

and good energy because she certainly

needs it we got to get her back and

writing those amazing songs

again next news item on my list involves

another artist named sarah

this time i'm talking about sarah ryan

who's an amazing visual

artist and she happens to use guitars as

her canvas while the guitars aren't made

of canvas she just simply

paints amazing designs on these guitars

so here's the story

she started out painting guitars for

creston electric guitars

adam from iris guitars which i featured

a couple episodes ago

caught wind of sarah's work and asked

her hey would you mind painting an

acoustic guitar to which she said no

multiple times

but adam finally convinced her to do

some of her paintings on iris acoustic

guitars and lo and behold they just

released a limited run of sarah ryan

painted iris guitars

they're absolutely gorgeous and to me

they conjure up this

imagery of old regals and old stellas

you know the kind that had

the really cool painted designs on the

front yeah they're that cool and i gotta

tell you

having her artwork on an iris guitar

it's like a match made in heaven

a couple episodes back i talked about

guitar makers you should watch for 2021

and i left guild guitars off the list

and i shouldn't have

because they just released two baritone

guitars that are absolutely mind-blowing

they sound

incredible you've got the bt 240e

and the bt 258e these guitars are

purely stunning and you have to listen

to them so let's go ahead and do that

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i just found this new guitar geek series

that you absolutely

must be aware of it's brought to us by

our friends at chicago music exchange

and it involves

nathaniel murphy now that name might

ring a bell because we featured

nathaniel before as an artist on the

show

and you also might have seen him on many

of the chicago music exchange demos

he's the type of player that plays every

style and he plays it

incredibly well well this new series is

called nathaniel murphy has questions

and he goes about posing questions to

experts in the field

and this most recent episode has him

asking questions about guitar setup

and we're going to look at a clip here

in a moment but what i love about the

series

is the conversational element of it

quite simply you're a fly on the wall

while nathaniel talks to the guitar

setup expert

and you get to learn a ton let's have a

look i've been taught

so many ways how to put on a string that

i i was just left confused by the whole

thing all right i've heard of nashville

not

let's clear it out right let's let's

clear it up all right so here's the part

you need to know about

okay so i like to start with the high e

string it literally does not matter

right um okay a lot of people tell you

you have to like alternate you know

start with the low one and then do the

middle string

yeah it's kind of an urban see this is

the thing i've been told

so many things that i should do the low

even the high i'm work

my way no it's not going to hurt your

guitar to do this

okay you're going to pull this tight

each string make sure it's in its little

saddle slot make sure it's

the ball is not like hanging out or

anything so we're good here

the final news item i have for you is

maybe less news and

more laughter inducing this is a cover

an acoustic guitar cover of the song

crazy train that i just found

it had me in hysterics because it

involves two bowls

and two acoustic guitars and two water

bottles

you'll see what i mean

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and on that note yes pun intended i

think it's a great time to wrap up the

acoustic tuesday show

but let's take a quick sneak peek into

next week to see what i'll be chatting

to you about then

next week on the show i'll be talking

about inexpensive tone experiments

you can do right now to unlock your

creativity and bust yourself out of a

guitar rut

make sure to tune in to acoustic tuesday

next week and actually

you can catch acoustic tuesday every

single tuesday at 10 a.m mountain time

here on youtube i want to thank you so

much for joining me today i want to

thank you for being a guitar geek and

remember

your guitar success your guitar progress

however you define it

is directly related to your guitar

routine so please take the time and

invest in your guitar routine

and have fun every single day that you

play again thanks for joining me and

i'll see you next tuesday on the

acoustic tuesday show

cheers and guitar geeks unite

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