livemusic Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I am wondering what tuning this is. He's quite a picker, you can see at about 3:20, he picks to the end. And plays behind the capo. Looks like that capo is fretting five strings. I don't know what kind of guitar that is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1DqlwD5dtY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I am wondering what tuning this is. He's quite a picker, you can see at about 3:20, he picks to the end. And plays behind the capo. Looks like that capo is fretting five strings. I don't know what kind of guitar that is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1DqlwD5dtY I can't tell the tuning but it's a quite sure it's a Martin guitar.......and man can't he play it! I'm a half a dozen years older than this guy and this is first time I've ever heard of Him.....Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livemusic Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 I can't tell the tuning but it's a quite sure it's a Martin guitar.......and man can't he play it! I'm a half a dozen years older than this guy and this is first time I've ever heard of Him.....Thanks! He's made a career for himself in the Americana genre. Good picker, writes some good storytelling lyrics. His dad is a prose writer, seems he wrote western novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Looks like open G . but the capo is only covering 5 strings , he's doing bass runs above the capo. I could be wrong , but the chord shapes say open G. Clever stuff and great playing. Thanks for posting that one ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 You sure thats not Jerry K ? Imagine if you didnt like the performance .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Been a fan for 25+ years.... Choctaw Bingo....gets me goin! Someones review of the song.....grain of salt.. http://www.slate.com...ctaw_bingo.html better version...if it plays. This, of course, a Martin twelver.....usually seen with a Guild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRC Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Well, the song is in C major and he's capoed on the 5th fret with the bass string tuned to C, so I think it's tuned CGDGGB. So with the capo on the 5th fret with the 6th string open, the open tuning sounds like CCGCCE from the notes I'm hearing. Sounds like a variation on the Stills tuning. One of the chords he's using a lot is fretting the 4th string on the 7th fret and 1st string on the 6th. DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 He's made a career for himself in the Americana genre. Good picker, writes some good storytelling lyrics. His dad is a prose writer, seems he wrote western novels. His dad is "Larry McMurtry", he wrote Terms of endearment, & Lonesome dove. He's actually more famous, than James! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemoonofky Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 Lonesome Dove is such a GREAT Western series I have all the DVD .....no geetars though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David L Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 RNC is on the right track, with a little adjustment. The tuning IS in open C. I'm pretty sure it is (low to high) CBDGBD, which with the capo makes it CEGCEG. This way only three strings are different than standard. His F chord uses 6th fret on the second string and 7th fret on the fourth string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I am wondering what tuning this is. He's quite a picker, you can see at about 3:20, he picks to the end. And plays behind the capo. Looks like that capo is fretting five strings. I don't know what kind of guitar that is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1DqlwD5dtY Not sure what brand it is.....but for sure....it is one that won,t stay in tune during this song... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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