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Actually on second glance, it looks like Dick isn't playing at the
7th like I would have expected, but closer to the middle of the fret
board. That fingering forces him to move closer to the nut a few
times. I would not have guessed he played it there, but then again
I'm not Dick Dale, and I'm not playing with the strings reversed
either...
I often pick hand positions to minimize moving up or down the
fretboard. And I often find myself avoiding open strings, prefering
to play at the 5th fret on a lower string. Don't know why, maybe
because you have more note control (you can just lift up to stop the
note rather than move your hand to mute an open string).
I've often wondered about choice of fingerings and playing
positions. I think that you just use what you came up with when you
figured out the song, or the choices you made when you originally
wrote the song. Do you songwriters on the list go back over a song
you have written to find easier/better fingerings after the fact? Do
you ever find different fingerings when you are forced to re-learn a
song you wrote a long time ago?
BN
--- In , "Brian Neal" <bneal@i...>
wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Did you miss the video clip of vintage Dick? I used to play the
wedge at 2nd
> fret G string also. But old DD is playing it around 7th fret D
string. The
> clip is totally awesome, its from an Ed Sullivan show appearance.
Don't
> worry about the first 20 seconds of singing (although he does a
pretty good
> job at this too). He soon gets down to work.
>
>
>
> BN
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: urbansurfkings [mailto:surfkings@h...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:59 PM
> > To:
> > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: The Wedge - tab?
> >
> >
> > I just checked out the Wedge tab, and it differs from when we
play
> > it. Instead of starting on the 2nd fret G string, I start on the
> > 12th fret A string. Semantics I guess. I've never seen Dick
play
> > it.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
Brian:
Dick Dale is all about moving up and down the neck...single
string runs...open position spanish/byzantine riffs...
i really don't consider dick dale a "guitarist" in the
traditional, well-practiced guitar-player sense...he does
everything "wrong"...i think of dick dale as the "godfather
of loud"...the dude does
high-energy-strato-caster-sound-effects...he's sort of like
Pete Townsehend...except ten years before...and ten times
louder....
dick dale doesn't play guitar...he plays drums on guitar,
he plays bass on guitar, he plays guitar like Gerry Lee
Lewis plays piano....he smacks it around...he plays
screaming freaking desert storm winds...
he's a freak!
dp
--- Brian Neal <> wrote:
> Actually on second glance, it looks like Dick isn't
> playing at the
> 7th like I would have expected, but closer to the middle
> of the fret
> board. That fingering forces him to move closer to the
> nut a few
> times. I would not have guessed he played it there, but
> then again
> I'm not Dick Dale, and I'm not playing with the strings
> reversed
> either...
>
> I often pick hand positions to minimize moving up or down
> the
> fretboard. And I often find myself avoiding open strings,
> prefering
> to play at the 5th fret on a lower string. Don't know
> why, maybe
> because you have more note control (you can just lift up
> to stop the
> note rather than move your hand to mute an open string).
>
> I've often wondered about choice of fingerings and
> playing
> positions. I think that you just use what you came up
> with when you
> figured out the song, or the choices you made when you
> originally
> wrote the song. Do you songwriters on the list go back
> over a song
> you have written to find easier/better fingerings after
> the fact? Do
> you ever find different fingerings when you are forced to
> re-learn a
> song you wrote a long time ago?
>
> BN
>
>
> --- In , "Brian Neal"
> <bneal@i...>
> wrote:
> > Mike,
> >
> > Did you miss the video clip of vintage Dick? I used to
> play the
> wedge at 2nd
> > fret G string also. But old DD is playing it around 7th
> fret D
> string. The
> > clip is totally awesome, its from an Ed Sullivan show
> appearance.
> Don't
> > worry about the first 20 seconds of singing (although
> he does a
> pretty good
> > job at this too). He soon gets down to work.
> >
> >
>
> >
> > BN
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: urbansurfkings [mailto:surfkings@h...]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 7:59 PM
> > > To:
> > > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: The Wedge - tab?
> > >
> > >
> > > I just checked out the Wedge tab, and it differs from
> when we
> play
> > > it. Instead of starting on the 2nd fret G string, I
> start on the
> > > 12th fret A string. Semantics I guess. I've never
> seen Dick
> play
> > > it.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
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