| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3280 |
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Does anybody know how to play the solo part of a hit called "swallow
my tears" from the group QUATERFLASH (about 10 years ago), it's now
on CD.
Such a great 'nasal' sound... if I remember, in the video, it was a
black Telecaster with rosewood touch (brown) and a third pick-up
between the two others, slanted in the opposite direction of the
treble one... (looked fine).
I purchased a Fender Telecaster, '52 reissue, blonde, it's my favorite
now (I used to be fond of Stratocasters before, I had 3 of them).
The question is : it seems that near the end of the solo, the phrase
is made with natural harmonics (minor pentatonic of B).
I cannot find on the neck all the harmonics, nor in standard tuning,
neither in Open G ("a la" Keith Richard).
Any idea ? perhaps it's simply "re-re"/overdub with different
guitars...
Thanks from a french guitarist (Toulouse)
Eric
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| 3009.1 | RANGER::WEBER | Thu Dec 15 1994 08:52 | 6 | ||
The tune is called "Harden My Heart".
It's been awhile since I've played it, but I seem to remeber that the
harmonics are not played on open strings.
Danny W.
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| 3009.2 | KUZZY::PELKEY | Life, It aint for the sqeamish! | Thu Dec 15 1994 11:00 | 12 | |
Actually, back when these guys were hot, I was in a band that did 3 or 4 of there songs.... From what I recall, for that Album, the guy used a reverse cut (almost strat style) Yamaha... (In fact, I had one exactly like it for a few years.... can't recally the model number...) can't help you on the solo, that copy has been flushed from my long term memory banks... but Danny's right, there not played on open strings. I seem to recall using a little but of thumb skin to get the overtones... | |||||
| 3009.3 | FRETZ::HEISER | Grace changes everything | Thu Dec 15 1994 12:49 | 2 | |
They had 1 other hit besides "Harden my Heart" but the title escapes
me now.
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| 3009.4 | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Thailboat!! | Thu Dec 15 1994 13:08 | 5 | |
"Find Another Fool"
GTI
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| 3009.5 | Hardened my............ | GIDDAY::KNIGHTP | There's room for you inside | Thu Dec 15 1994 14:39 | 6 |
Re "Harden my heart"
Remember the film clip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whoa!
P.K.
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| 3009.6 | Play it again, SAM... | TLSE01::CAMILOTTE | Fri Dec 16 1994 02:40 | 6 | |
Thanks for the help...
Does anybody, who played the tune, remember if it was standard tuning
or open tuning...
Thanks again...
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| 3009.7 | USCTR1::donip9.mro.dec.com::pelkey | we be jammin | Sun Dec 18 1994 18:53 | 1 | |
standard tuning... | |||||
| 3009.8 | I like my new Flying V | TLSE01::CAMILOTTE | Mon Dec 19 1994 03:56 | 20 | |
Hi,
I spent some times this week end to carefully listen to the solo part,
with a guitar and I dare to say :
- yes, it's standard tuning
- no, I think it's really open strings harmonics (typical sound, not
faked harmonics with the flesh of the thumb).
In fact, it works perfectly well, because on the first four strings
(E, B, G, D), 7th fret, you get every note of the "harmonic" run :
<B, D, B>, <F#, A, F#>, <D, F#, D>, <F#, A, D, B> -> then fretted
It's a kind of fast skip between strings (1st - 3rd / 2nd - 4th, and
so on) on the same position, "a la Van Halen" (I don't speak of two
hand tapping, I refer on VH II, where there is a lot of open strings
harmonics)
Thanks for the help, and perhaps somebody have another solution...
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| 3009.9 | Black Gibson Flying V | TLSE01::CAMILOTTE | Mon Dec 19 1994 04:06 | 7 | |
A precision : the harmonics run works because the tune is in Bm
(Bm / A / G mostly), the Bm pentatonic is : B, D, E, F#, A, and the
open strings harmonics on the 7th fret are B, F#, D, A, E, B (from treble
to bass), it's the fifth of each fundamental open string.
Bye
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