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Permalink How do you play Miserlou?

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B_Zilla
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Link Posted on Feb 06 2008 06:13 PM

revhank
One string on the low E for the first melody, then the E & F note on the B string (with a ringing open E), to the G# and beyond on the E string. It gives me more punch for that part.

Rev

I tried this out, and I agree it gives that part of the song a little something more.

Thanks for the idea revhawk.

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MikeyD
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Link Posted on Feb 12 2008 03:51 PM

High and low E strings for me.

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Link Posted on Feb 12 2008 04:20 PM

like this:
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Link Posted on Feb 12 2008 08:38 PM

One word comes to mind, when I see that picture connected to this thread, dp...innuendo. Embarassed

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Link Posted on Feb 19 2008 03:36 PM

I play it on the low and high e strings so I can throw in glissandos and background notes from an octave up above the 12th fret.

Still haven't learned the trumpet part, though. I can never get it to sound right.

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Link Posted on Mar 23 2008 07:21 PM

We cover the Lively Ones version, has a cool guitar break instead of the trumpet

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Link Posted on Apr 16 2008 11:29 PM

I suppose the right way of playing Miserlou (Dick Dale style) is using both E strings. On the trumpet part I still use the high E string coupled with some chords (on the three highest strings) to give it some punch and complete the harmony.

Yes, I think someone could go back to the source and rearrange it very differently from the Dick Dale version. But for me I'm used to play it on the encores to please the audience, so the I can make my impersonation of Dick!

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