Hot licks in E (Rocky Top arrangement)

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Here is an arrangement I did of Rocky Top this morning. If you get anything from it, please comment or give the vid a thumbs on YouTube. Thanks! Harvey

Here is a link to the tab:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46473994/Foggy-Mountain-Breakdown-in-E-Tab

PS this was recorded with a 52 RI and a really cool DeLisle 15p amp. :grin: Hope you like it.

Wow. 85 views and not a single comment. Guess I know where I stand on this forum. :sad:

Okay, here's a comment. It sounds sort of like Rocky Top, but you need the chorus. It really is a little too fast and you can't hear the changes very distinctly. The bluegrass version is in Bb, so maybe if you tried it there...?:lol:

Sometimes, less is more! :wink:

Its just the intro, like the banjo break that opens the tune. Its in E like a lot of bluegrass that's been transposed to the electric. Didn't Gatton used to play Foggy Mountain in E for instance? which was originally recorded in open G tuned up 1/2 step. The original rocky top was in B I thought, at least the Osborne version I have is. Most male vocalist I have performed with had trouble singing it in that key however and I have played it out of D, E, and even F over the last decade.

I'll probably re-record it with back-up then if you are having a hard time making out the changes.

Thanks for the feedback.

Sometimes, less is more! :wink:

Can I hear your version so I can get an idea of what is the appropriate amount? :wink:

I'm well aware that Bb is not a guitar-friendly key. You are probably right about the Osbornes' version being in B, I'm sure I just misremembered. I am not trying to debate the merits of your rendition with you. If you dig it, go for it. I just didn't hear much of RT in it, and I believe it needs to be a little slower and include the chorus. In fact, if you did a complete version of it and stuck close to the melody the first time through, then went a little wild, it could be pretty effective.

That comment wasn't in any way intended as a critique of the playing so no disrespect intended.
I sometimes find that a piece of music that is that well known gets so fixed in my minds ear that it becomes dificult to ignore the original when hearing another version. My mind then begins to make a direct comparison of the two.
Maybe your sugestion of re-recording it with back-up would be helpful to me. As much as I like veiwing lessons like this I personaly find it helpful to also hear them in context.

Can I hear your version so I can get an idea of what is the appropriate amount? :wink:

As far as letting you hear my version.
I've always played Rocky Top on the banjo or flat picking it on an acoustic and if I could play guitar as well as you do, I wouldnt need to watch the lessons. :lol:

It's fine guys. I play this on banjo also, in B (g pos. capo iv). I also flatpick it in multiple keys depending on who I am playing it with. It is good to develop you ear (or your grasp of music theory) well enough to play things in different keys on the fly. I always encourage my students to play things in different keys.

Was just trying to share some licks I came up with, was looking for validation I guess. Just been kind of depressed lately and wanted to post some licks that I thought were fun and cool, for free, with tablature and fingerings etc. to strike up some good conversation about diff. playing techniques etc. Spent about 90 minutes tabbing it out, fingerings, recording, editing, etc... probably for all the wrong reasons.

Anyhow, thanks for the feedback. I posted this on my local facebook page and a local guitar hero I have admired for years now said "Good Job," that lifted my spirits.

I have noticed lately that this entire TDP site has started to seem hyper critical, lots of moralizing, fighting, judging, and constant criticism of posters and professional musicians, maybe it is the same amount as usual but my state of mind has changed, I don't know. Anyway, sorry for the crabbiness, just haven't been myself lately; guess that if you stare into the abyss long enough, eventually it will stare back into you.

Thanks for watching my video. I'm going to play my guitar now. She's always there for me, no matter what.

It's fine guys. I play this on banjo also, in B (g pos. capo iv). I also flatpick it in multiple keys depending on who I am playing it with. It is good to develop you ear (or your grasp of music theory) well enough to play things in different keys on the fly. I always encourage my students to play things in different keys.

Was just trying to share some licks I came up with, was looking for validation I guess. Just been kind of depressed lately and wanted to post some licks that I thought were fun and cool, for free, with tablature and fingerings etc. to strike up some good conversation about diff. playing techniques etc. Spent about 90 minutes tabbing it out, fingerings, recording, editing, etc... probably for all the wrong reasons.

Anyhow, thanks for the feedback. I posted this on my local facebook page and a local guitar hero I have admired for years now said "Good Job," that lifted my spirits.

I have noticed lately that this entire TDP site has started to seem hyper critical, lots of moralizing, fighting, judging, and constant criticism of posters and professional musicians, maybe it is the same amount as usual but my state of mind has changed, I don't know. Anyway, sorry for the crabbiness, just haven't been myself lately; guess that if you stare into the abyss long enough, eventually it will stare back into you.

Thanks for watching my video. I'm going to play my guitar now. She's always there for me, no matter what.

Hmmmm.... yup sounds like a bad day perhaps. I have noticed also that sometimes there is some "hyper-criticism" here but have always attributed it different levels of playing abilities so I just try to shrug it off. I also popped a bunch licks on the "Lick Of The Day" thread in hopes to get people sharing ideas, riffs etc.... but it is a pretty slow moving thread. In terms of your video, I just had a hard time hearing what you were playing. I am on a laptop with speakers the size of my thumb but I appreciate the work you did and plan on going through it regardless. My "Guitar Learning Philosophy" is just learn anything. I will probably go through your tab, not listen to the video, not attempt to play it to speed, not look up other recordings of this song, move stuff to different keys and just grab some ideas from it and make it something I can use. So with that said, Thanks for teaching me some stuff today. Cheers!

'blaster, I have observed from years of posting on music and instrument related forums that very often nobody wants to tell the emperor he has no clothes on. Basically, if I didn't want to hear anything but positive reinforcement, I would not ask for comments or I'd only play it for my 14 month old daughter.:lol: She always likes my playing.

Totally dig this! I will be copping some of those licks ;)

I have noticed also that sometimes there is some "hyper-criticism" here but have always attributed it different levels of playing abilities so I just try to shrug it off.

You have a point, this forum can be vicious at times.
I don't believe in this instance there was any "hyper-criticism". No criticism of the playing abilities and no criticism of the value of the lesson.

If you are going to ask for comments and then attribute any that you don't like to, "different levels of playing abilities", then maybe you should state that you only want positive comments from competant players. That doesn't seem to me to be a very useful filtering method in a forum where you have no knowlege whatsoever of of an individuals playing abillity.

Wow. 85 views and not a single comment. Guess I know where I stand on this forum. :sad:

You did ask Teleblaster.
I guess "Sometimes less is more" may have seemed like a throw away comment.
It wasn't intended to sound flippant or unconsidered.

You have a point, this forum can be vicious at times.
I don't believe in this instance there was any "hyper-criticism". No criticism of the playing abilities and no criticism of the value of the lesson.

If you are going to ask for comments and then attribute any that you don't like to, "different levels of playing abilities", then maybe you should state that you only want positive comments from competant players. That doesn't seem to me to be a very useful filtering method in a forum where you have no knowlege whatsoever of of an individuals playing abillity.


Drewgrass. The "hyper-critical" comment came from teleblaster1324's general observations of his time spent recently on TDPRI. It was a generalization and not really intended to be about his own video, tab and post. His opinion and I merely stated, that I have noticed the same thing.

The "different level of playing abilities" is admittedly worded wrong. I have read (well tried to read) a lot of post's here and have found that there are members that are far beyond my knowledge of music. You are correct though, knowledge does not necessarily equate to ability.

You did mention that this forum can be vicious at times. I come here to learn, share and encourage. In my opinion that means simply being positive. I am not sure if you are. Cheers.

Joel

Firstly. When I said, "You have a point, this forum can be vicious at times", I was responding to your post not Teleblaster!
I have noticed also that sometimes there is some "hyper-criticism" here but have always
attributed it different levels of playing abilities so I just try to shrug it off.

Secondly. You miss quote me and misunderstand me when you say,
You are correct though, knowledge does not necessarily equate to ability.
What I said was "That doesn't seem to me to be a very useful filtering method in a forum where you have no knowlege whatsoever of an individuals playing abillity". Nothing there about knowledge equateing to ability.

Thirdly. As to my motives for being a member of TDPRI. I too (like you) come here to learn, share and encourage.
That does not mean that I will respond to every post in a possative way. If as a member I am asked to comment on something, (as in this case) and I choose to do so, I will respond with my honest opinion. If the person inviting comments does not want anything that they may percieve as negative, then they should clearly state- No negative comments.
I still maintain that as I said earlied, "I don't believe in this instance there was any "hyper-criticism". No criticism of the playing abilities and no criticism of the value of the lesson".
I have viewed Teleblaster's other youtube videos and find them to be both technically well played and a useful source of information to me in my learning and playing.

Should you still be unsure as to my motives for being a member then I invite you to veiw my previous posts and let me know if you find any
that are in your opinion hyper critical.
Drew.

Drew, please check your inbox.

In Tennessee, we always played Rocky Top in G. Maybe in A if a fiddle was around, but then we capo'ed.

Wish I could do the banjo rolls. You're way ahead of me on that.

Cool sounding and well played, but I too had a hard time hearing how that was rocky top

Another cool video from Teleblaster1324!

I have enjoyed all of your instructional clips that you have posted here.
Pedal steel intro/outro in A is still a fave :)