cellodude
Joined: Feb 14, 2007
Posts: 3
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 12:26 PM
Hi Folks! 1st time poster here. I search the net to find this site. I've lurked for a few days now.
I play the Cello...all classical music. I'm in an Orchestra.
In the middle of a rehersal, I would love to break out into a "surf" solo on the cello. Like Lisa Simpson does with her sax.
So. I'm looking for some simple single note cord progressions that have an underlying Surf-rock rythym and feel. The cello is fretless and tuned in 5ths. Most music needs to be written in single notes.. and maybe a few double stops.
Can anyone point me to some simple sheet music to get me started..?
Sincere thanks!
-Rob
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surfneptune
Joined: Mar 16, 2006
Posts: 923
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 12:45 PM
I would love to hear the Miserlou riff on a cello! please keep us posted on what you end up with!
— THe NEpTuNeS
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wooza
Joined: Apr 24, 2006
Posts: 1618
Ithaca, NY
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 01:11 PM
Phil Dirt's current reverb dream includes a cut of Miserlou Twist by a string quartet (with Martyn Jones on drums). Check it out (it's track 18 ). It's pretty sweet.
Cellodude, I don't know where to find surf sheet music. If you end up pointed toward a song that sounds worthy, you might want to contact the band members themselves.
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surfneptune
Joined: Mar 16, 2006
Posts: 923
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 01:16 PM
Can anyone say Apocalyptica?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zybAvZdUolk&mode=related&search=
Not surf but could be...
— THe NEpTuNeS
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cellodude
Joined: Feb 14, 2007
Posts: 3
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 02:06 PM
surfneptune
Can anyone say Apocalyptica?
.....Not surf but could be...
You bet!! Apocolyptica is the source of my inspiration!! I understand that they are very accomplished Classical Cellists.
I really appreciate the "cross over" thinking. For example, I loathe at the thought of playing Pachelbel's Canon because the cellos got hosed with the most boring and basic harmony for a piece that has such a wonderful melody. It's so refreshing to see something like this:
(A rocking arrangment on electric Guitar):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8
-Rob
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3546
mojave desert, california
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 04:26 PM
i would love to here a liltingly slow version of the Chantays "Pipeline" on 'cello...
-dp
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Tuck
Joined: Sep 02, 2006
Posts: 3166
Denver, CO
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 06:33 PM
wooza
Phil Dirt's current reverb dream includes a cut of Miserlou Twist by a string quartet (with Martyn Jones on drums). Check it out (it's track 18 ). It's pretty sweet.
Ah, the Kronos Quartet. Great band.  They cover Purple Haze, too.
I once heard a violinist do a great Black Magic Woman at part of a Denver Hispanic theater production called La Carpa Aztlan. I don't know if she was winging it or even if it's a fixed part of the production.
Given the propensity of surf groups to cover classical numbers, it's only fair that the classical repertoire groups should occasionally return the favor.
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RobbieReverb
Joined: Feb 28, 2006
Posts: 2346
San Jose, Ca.
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Posted on Feb 14 2007 08:00 PM
Welcome CelloDude!!! I'm no expert on where to find
sheet music for surf, but there is a wealth of great surf
tunes that would lend themselves well to what you want
to do. I'll bet Music Dispatch/Hal Leonard has a Dick Dale
book of sheet music. I think most of us here would love
to hear what you come up with. Good luck!
Bob
— Bob
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Joelman
Joined: Sep 07, 2006
Posts: 1488
Redlands, CA
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Posted on Feb 15 2007 12:19 AM
Holy cow! My wife just bought a cello this last sunday at Sam Ash! I never thought to try surf on one. I think Pipeline might just work.
I'll give it a try and see.
Oh cellodude Welcome to 
Joel
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cellodude
Joined: Feb 14, 2007
Posts: 3
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Posted on Feb 15 2007 09:45 AM
Everyone, thank you Kindly for the warm responses!!
I've collected a handful of midi files online that I can study now.
I think Pipeline looks doable in a Duet arangement. It'll probably take a few weeks to work it out....then a few weeks to get enough nerve to post a recording online 
Sincerely,
Rob
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Anonymous
Joined: Nov 10, 2000
Posts: -180
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Posted on Feb 15 2007 08:23 PM
 welcome to sg101 mr. cellist!! i tried the violin for awhile---na damn frets, couldn"t get anythings but dieing cat screams out of it--my hat's off to you!! i do know however that a guitar can be bowed. saw jimmy page do it with the yardbirds years ago so i tried it. great on the top and bottom strings but kinda narly in between. part of my bands thing in '69 then in '71-'72. haven't done it since. but if you cqan do surf on a cello----then get it son!!! would love to hear it! peace pardon my typing mistakes==past my bedtime!
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tonybologna
Joined: Mar 06, 2006
Posts: 796
Oakland
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Posted on Feb 15 2007 09:35 PM
cellodude
(A rocking arrangment on electric Guitar):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjA5faZF1A8
-Rob
that was so RADICAL!
— Science friction burns my fingers.
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Surfabilly
Joined: Apr 21, 2006
Posts: 852
Connersville, Indiana, USA
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Posted on Feb 16 2007 10:06 AM
I found this one called Yakety Axe, from watching a couple of videos linked from the Canon one. Chet Atkins playing.
Matt
— Fast Cars & Loud Guitars!
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dragonfly
Joined: May 25, 2006
Posts: 134
Orange County
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Posted on Feb 19 2007 11:44 PM
I bought the "Best of Dick Dale 15 Classics from The King of the Surf Guitar" at my local music store a couple of months ago. This book is produced by Hal Leonard ISBN 0 - 634 - 06468 - 1 with notes, tablature and words by Dick Dale himself. You might try www.halleonard.com for info regarding this book and another one called "How to Play the Surf Guitar by Dick Dale. Happy hunting.
— I'm a lover not a fighter, a hugger not a handshaker and I take friendships very seriously...Love the life you live, live the life you love. 
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LHR
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
Posts: 2123
The jungle
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Posted on Feb 24 2007 06:38 AM
Penguin Cafe Orchestra did a cello version of "Walk Don't Run". Haven't heard in a long time but I remember thinking it was pretty cool. Yep, in fact here is a snippet:
Walk Don't Run
— SSIV
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MelWaldorf
Joined: Mar 03, 2006
Posts: 648
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Posted on Feb 28 2007 12:37 PM
Don't forget Good Vibrations - that the great chugging "DU DU DU DU DU DU DU..." under the theremin isn't a guitar, it's a CELLO.
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Joelman
Joined: Sep 07, 2006
Posts: 1488
Redlands, CA
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Posted on Mar 06 2007 01:27 AM
ok, i tried it when my wife wasn't around. i couldn't get pipeline to sound right.
i am not a celloist though. heck it seems not even much of a guitar player lately.
joel
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