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Dadfad's major genres are acoustic old-time and folk styles.
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Peak #182
Peak in subgenre #45
Author
Dadfad Re-arrangement
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January 30, 2006
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Lyrics
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Pearline Licks
(In the style of Son House)
Open-A EAEAC#E
Tabbed by Dadfad (John M)
I've tabbed first the intro, which is the main-theme of the tune. Virtually
every other part can be played by using those licks or licks very closely
related to those. I also tabbed the little rhythmic note/strum/note/strum
section near the end of the tune and then the little end-tag lick.
I first recorded these sections played by him from the recording itself,
and then I did the same licks played slightly slower than his the recording.
Above each tab-line I put the approximate time-location of that line in
the recorded sound-byte that goes with this tab.
Several things to be aware of regarding his style of playing: I don't know
if you've ever seen videos of him playing or not. I've seen him perform
live before (and actually met him a number of times not too long before his
death, when he was beginning to suffer from dementia and no longer able to
play). He played in a very loose, almost sloppy, style. He was not precise
usually as to where he strummed and used a very powerful heavy-handed and
percussive rhythmic beat. He used his guitar almost like a drum, which gave
his tunes a very powerful feeling. Only in his single-note playing did he
really use any kind of accuracy at hitting specific strings and notes.
His slide technique was extremely vibratoed, and he moved his slide up and
down rapidly in a very "wide" kind of movement. Another thing that should
be noted is that he often wore his slide on his index finger, which is fairly
uncommon among slide players who, for the most part, wear their slide on their
pinky (traditional) or their ring (rock-based) fingers. Since he played in a
very loose style with very few finger movements,it worked well for him. He
could use the slide to hold bars (like those used on the fifth and seventh
frets) and then his other fingers to hold the note-changes on the 1st-string
as he did so. The same kind of effect can be done by guitarists who wear their
slide on their pinky-finger by just using the index finger as a bar that slides
into the fifth and seventh frets and then using the ring and/or middle fingers
to play the 1st-string note-changes. I used both the symbols "v" and "~" to show
vibrato of different intensities. I use the symbols ">" and "<" to indicate the
direction of the slides to reach that note (> is sliding toward the saddle; < is
sliding toward the nut).
The strums (which he made by flailing his hand back and forth, almost "slapping"
the guitar) as I said before are pretty loose. I tried to show which strings were
used as best I could and included some strings in parentheses which he may or may
not have included. It's best to try it for yourself and see which sounds best to
you, using the same loose strumming technique and just generally aiming for the
right approximate area. In some places I gave an approximate slide-from location,
but these are just approximate. Go from wherever sounds best to you.
He usually used an open-hand slapping kind of rhythm as he played, usually in a
more or less down-up-down-up action, slapping the strings with the back of his
nails on the down-stroke and sort of pulling up on the strings for his up-stroke.
I tried to show the probable directions in one area which seems to fit the rhythm
and end up in the right direction, but this is again just a guess and should be
experimented with to see what works best for you.
The address for the sound-byte that goes along with this tab is:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=83982
Well, that's enough of my over-explaining! I'll just get on with the tab...
-INTRO (PART 1)
(0:41-0:48)
-------------------->12--12-12<11->12------------------
->>-12-->12--------->12--12-12<11->12--11>12--12-------
->>-12-->12->12~v--->12----------------11>12--12--
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