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Iron 12-04-2003 09:37 AM

Good for You Dmd3....Was You lucky enough to end up with the Martin??

Cathy 12-04-2003 07:17 PM

quote:Originally posted by DMD3:
I'm learning to play at long last. It's a slow process but so far I'm on the right track. Right now I'm learning to do something called "walking the board".

I've been meaning to ask, in the original 'Canadian Railroad Trilogy' is Gord playing guitar alone or does he have backup because the reason I want to play is to sound almost identical to the way Gord plays it. http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif


Gord plays CRT in dropped D tuning, meaning he tunes the 6th string (the thick one) down to a D instead of an E, or an octave lower than the 4th string, which is also a D. Then he puts his capo on the 3rd fret.
Dropped D tuning gives it a nice low bass drone. He uses dropped D in several of his strumming songs. Early Morning Rain is another dropped D song. I think I have a file with chord diagrams, lyrics and chords for EMR. If you want it, e-mail me at cathy@cathycowette.com.

Cathy http://www.cathycowette.com


DMD3 12-05-2003 08:06 AM

quote:Originally posted by Iron:
Good for You Dmd3....Was You lucky enough to end up with the Martin??

Nope. It's my dads. He doesn't know I'm using it, but thats alright, because I take good care of it.

(Thanks, Cathy) http://www.corfid.com/ubb/smile.gif


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