Searcy Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Always liked Roundabout. Can play most of it decent but my favorite Steve Howe number is still "The clap". The more recent youtube recordings are not nearly as clean unfortunately. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Always liked Roundabout. Can play most of it decent but my favorite Steve Howe number is still "The clap". The more recent youtube recordings are not nearly as clean unfortunately. Dave I still use the opening section of 'Roundabout' as a warm up exercise for the fingers every day. He was one of the guitarists who I listened to carefully even before I owned a guitar myself. I hope I'm not going too far off topic here... When I was young, I copied something I'd read about that he'd done. He once took his heavily customised 4-pup(!) black beauty along to a show where Les Paul was going to be playing and had Les sign the TRC. By a happy set of circumstances back in the mid '80s I worked with Steve Howe's father-in-law who was an art-director. To cut a long story short I ended up with the TRC of my first guitar (a mid '70s Japanese gold-Top copy) signed by Steve and it's still on the guitar to this day! Here it is; My favourite Howe track is 'Mood For A Day', FWIW. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I still use the opening section of 'Roundabout' as a warm up exercise for the fingers to this day. My favourite Howe track is 'Mood For A Day', FWIW. P. Great idea Pippy. The fast chord changes near the beginning are a real challenge if you are not warmed up. I find as I age, a little warmup is needed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Loved seeing that video again!! Amazing how they pulled off such an intricate composition like that live and made it look easy and fun... They don't make groups like that anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Nice. Yeah Steve Howe doesn't get as much credit as some other guitarists. Without a doubt a gifted writer, arranger, and player. I was able to see Steve Howe for the Drama tour just before his departure and Trevor Rabin (another tour I was fortunate to see) took six-string duties at 90125. Check out the slide work on "Into the lens". His interplay with Chris Squire is also featured on this album. Squire's driving lead base lines and Howe's punchy chord work are great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VZW-FmzWTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnorthw Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Goto YouTube using the following link and Mr Steve Howe will show you how to play several of his most famous riffs. It's well worth a look. Enjoy :) http://www.youtube.com/user/HoweEs175?blend=1&ob=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfox14 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Steve Howe playing a very cool Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Steve Howe is one of my favorite guitarist's. And YES is one of my favorite groups. Mood for a Day & The Clap are two of my favorites along with many of the classic YES Songs, too many to name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valeriy Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I looked with pleasure,thanks, I have Yessongs a long time in audio and I am also practicing some guitar parts from there. It is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Yes, a very popular group of the '70s, seems to have been all but forgotten. Steve Howe has always been a favorite of mine. I don't hear them much on classic rock stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 I forgot how much I liked that song, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexri Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Yes is the Mozart of the 20th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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