bluez
Joined: Jul 11, 2010
Posts: 135
Norway
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Posted on Aug 09 2011 05:44 PM
In the orignal notes on walk don't run there are some double notes that are played with open strings like open D-G, and some times semi chords like F-A. In the original record (1960) it sounds more like he is just playing solo note by note.
The first time i learned Walk don't run, i played just note by note on higher strings. Now that i look at tab music for the song, they play it with a lot of open stings. I have managed to play like that with open strings and double notes, but it just doesn't sound so good when i do it.
So my question is should this song be played close to the nut with open stings and semi chords, or isn't it so importante. How to you play it? 
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2688
Ventura, CA
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Posted on Aug 09 2011 06:03 PM
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bluez
Joined: Jul 11, 2010
Posts: 135
Norway
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Posted on Aug 09 2011 06:33 PM
Stormtiger wrote:
Like this:
Walk Don't
Run
He plays it differently than the 1960 version :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I0jy1H5qTo&feature=related
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elreydlp
Joined: Sep 04, 2009
Posts: 1800
Temecula, CA
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Posted on Aug 09 2011 06:34 PM
Stormtiger wrote:
Like this:
Walk Don't
Run
Nice (although I prefer Bob Bogle's simpler, more straitforward playing on the original). The double-stops and triads are in there as well. Listen again
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Stormtiger
Joined: Dec 12, 2006
Posts: 2688
Ventura, CA
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Posted on Aug 09 2011 06:53 PM
elreydlp wrote:
Stormtiger wrote:
Like this:
Walk Don't
Run
Nice (although I prefer Bob Bogle's simpler, more
straitforward playing on the original). The
double-stops and triads are in there as well. Listen
again
Yes, but you watch this video and see how Nokie plays it, it's like a little lesson, I used it recently to learn the arrangement.
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bluez
Joined: Jul 11, 2010
Posts: 135
Norway
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Posted on Aug 09 2011 07:15 PM
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Ron-Rhoades
Joined: Aug 19, 2006
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Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Aug 09 2011 07:20 PM
Nokie Edwards has to be the most "comfortable" guitar player i've ever seen...thru all these years it seems nothing ever rattles him...amazing.
I also prefer Bob Bogle's version...he was such a soulful, original sounding guitar player and nobody ever felt, or played that song like him.
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
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Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Aug 09 2011 09:17 PM
That link is blocked by YouTube. Is there another way to see it?
bluez wrote:
He plays it differently than the 1960 version :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I0jy1H5qTo&feature=related
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Stokemon
Joined: Feb 09, 2010
Posts: 413
Goleta, CA
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Posted on Aug 09 2011 09:49 PM
I'm with Stormtiger and Ron on this in that I prefer Bogle's version of "Walk Don't Run" as well as his renditions of "Perfidia" and "Lullaby of the Leaves". However, I think Nokie's take on "Apache" is the penultimate version...after the Shads of course!
What the hell is that guitar Nokie was playing in the video of WDR?
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3546
mojave desert, california
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Posted on Aug 10 2011 10:10 PM
Nokie's playing some sort of custom humbuckered B-bending guitar machine...and he's playin' through a Peavey!...
Man, Nokie is breaking every single "rule" of Surf there ever was!....and that HAT!
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Ron-Rhoades
Joined: Aug 19, 2006
Posts: 958
Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii
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Posted on Aug 10 2011 11:23 PM
Nokie is not a surf guitar player...he's a country boy...hence the Peavy and the hat!!
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Last edited: Aug 10, 2011 23:24:22
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Stokemon
Joined: Feb 09, 2010
Posts: 413
Goleta, CA
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Posted on Aug 11 2011 01:16 AM
dp and Ron had the cojones to say what I was thinking....Nokie's a great player, there's no denying that..but chickin' pickin' licks and surf music are mutually exclusive IMHO.
I still love Nokie's version of "Apache" circa 1963 from the "Telstar" album..but Apache ain't really surf music, either. It's the second version in this clip. The first version I think is an omen of the country style that would dominate later Ventures tunes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWGIbomacsM
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narciso
Joined: Mar 29, 2010
Posts: 324
Spain
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Posted on Aug 11 2011 07:38 AM
I prefer Bob Bogle's playing on the original. And I play it that way too. Sometimes I think that Nokie's playing is quite cloying IMHO. As ElReydp, I prefer a simpler, more straitforward playing.
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revmike
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
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North Atlantic
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Posted on Aug 11 2011 10:03 AM
I play it with the open strings, mostly in 1st position. To my ears it sounds like the Ventures.
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FooserTom
Joined: Apr 04, 2011
Posts: 16
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Posted on Aug 16 2011 03:11 AM
Bob played it as a chord-based tune. He basically held the C chord and made the changes within the chord structure. There is some jumping from C to F. Play around with it and you'll find it.
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