Any Chet Left Hand Stretches You Just Can't Nail?

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Re: Any Chet Left Hand Stretches You Just Can't Nail?

Postby DagerRande » Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:22 pm

Doug, for maximal listening enjoyment the secret (in my estimation) to playing "Waltz for the Lonely" is to pay attention to the descending bass lines as well as using the proper inversions of those chords. It brought tears to my eyes when I first heard it, not to mention the second, third, etc.
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Re: Any Chet Left Hand Stretches You Just Can't Nail?

Postby Pickin Palmer » Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:37 am

7 - 3 - 0?

Doug, this is the "stretch" I was talking about: (if you read tab)

-------------------------------------------------0-----
-----------------------------------0-------3-----------
---------------------0--------3-------5------------------
---------0-------3-------7-----------------------
-----3-------7--------------------------------
--7----------------------------------------------------

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Re: Any Chet Left Hand Stretches You Just Can't Nail?

Postby Doug Working » Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:53 pm

Don't have my guitar with me as I am away from my house, and I'd like to actually finger it, but just from looking at it, trying to visualize it on the fingerboard, well, doggone it, it looks pretty gnarly. (Piece of cake, though, for Mr Guitar!)

Maybe I better not!

I see those open strings in there, and I know Chet used that all the time to great effect. I once learned "My Little Waltz", and those open strings inserted in the middle of some runs just sound so darn perty.
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Re: Any Chet Left Hand Stretches You Just Can't Nail?

Postby Doug Working » Tue Jul 03, 2018 4:56 pm

DagerRande wrote:Doug, for maximal listening enjoyment the secret (in my estimation) to playing "Waltz for the Lonely" is to pay attention to the descending bass lines as well as using the proper inversions of those chords. It brought tears to my eyes when I first heard it, not to mention the second, third, etc.


Yeah, it sure is one pretty tune.

What is that part during the bridge where Chet does a kind of "tremolo type" effect? Anybody figure that out? It sounds real nice.
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Re: Any Chet Left Hand Stretches You Just Can't Nail?

Postby emjaybee94 » Fri Jul 06, 2018 12:59 pm

Pickin Palmer wrote:7 - 3 - 0?

Doug, this is the "stretch" I was talking about: (if you read tab)

-------------------------------------------------0-----
-----------------------------------0-------3-----------
---------------------0--------3-------5------------------
---------0-------3-------7-----------------------
-----3-------7--------------------------------
--7----------------------------------------------------

Can't do them.. Never could... Never will


Chet does these runs a lot on his first recording of Cattle Call (not the Standard Brands version), both ascending and descending. Chet called them chromatic arpeggios. I could never handle them either, but then, I'm only 5-9 so I think I need to be over 6 foot to have hands big enough. I got round it by going further up the fingerboard playing the same open notes, but using a few hammer-ons on ascending runs and pull-offs on the descending ones, and cross picking a few notes as well. It's not quite Chet, but it works for me.

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Re: Any Chet Left Hand Stretches You Just Can't Nail?

Postby Doug Working » Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:19 pm

5 -9?

Lucky dude!

Where does that leave a guy like me who is only 5 -7?
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Re: Any Chet Left Hand Stretches You Just Can't Nail?

Postby ceciltguitar » Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:55 pm

Doug, sorry for the delay in responding to your question about the Parker Nylon Fly. I don't get here too often. IF the Nylon Fly is still made, it is only on a custom basis. Here are some links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K6XGyMAPwM

http://www.chorder.com/electric-guitars ... n-fly-1106
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Re: Any Chet Left Hand Stretches You Just Can't Nail?

Postby Doug Working » Tue Jul 10, 2018 7:41 am

Sounds pretty sweet in his hands!!
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