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I think H5O is one of the most difficult of the surf standards. The chords go
way beyond the usual I-IV changes, and the melody changes a little for all three
verses, not to mention 3 modulations, and an odd bar of 10/4. Trying to pick
out the melody from the original Ventures version is hampered by the horn
harmonies. With all due respect to the Mermen's beautiful version, they do
embellish the melody a bit so if you want to do a fast version of the song, you
might not want to learn from them. I have heard so many versions of H5O, my
current faves being Bernard Yin of the Migs and Dave Wronski of Slacktone (but
it has to be a 3 set night for them to pull it out of the bag. And, of course,
you have to have a killer drummer!
Ferenc
PDM wrote:
> Brian,
>
> Thanks for the recommendation...I honestly don't get it I've learned
> tougher songs than this by ear but for some reason I'm having a hell
> of a time picking it all out.
>
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
>
>
> --- In , "Brian Neal" <bneal@i...> wrote:
>
>>You may want to check out The Mermen "Live at the Haunted House"
>
> CD. They
>
>>play a super slow version of Hawaii 5-0 (pretty cool how they did
>
> it). I
>
>>learned the song from that version; the slow speed helped me get
>
> all the
>
>>notes.
>>
>>BN
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: supertwangreverb [mailto:supertwangreverb@y...]
>>>Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 4:53 PM
>>>To:
>>>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Hawaii Five 0
>>>
>>>
>>>For some reason I cannot get the guitar part in this song from
>>
> about
>
>>>22 secounds in to about 30 secounds. I've checked online and all
>>
> the
>
>>>tabs are wrong for this spot. What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Bill
>>>
>>
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