Leo Kottke The Fisherman by tvarga

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Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:01 am

Great work Tom, you got it down pretty much, now it just needs to age! ;)

Ness


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Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:01 pm

Thomas,

Can always count on you to tackle the really hard ones- this one being no exception.

Great to see another upload from you and hope you are keeping well.

Happy New Year!


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Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:58 am

Man, oh. man, Tom, that was one impressible piece of playing on a song that's about as action-packed as anything I've ever seen posted on TG. Congratulations ... not just on tackling this beast, but on kicking its butt.


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Mon Dec 31, 2012 12:28 pm

Tom, lovely video, you did this with so much confidence, a steamroller !

You obviously are attracted to these more intricate songs ... do what you love !

... and inspire those that might noodle likewise :)

Pierre


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Mon Dec 31, 2012 12:43 pm

Hey everyone, thanks for all the nice comments.
I must have played this song nearly a thousand times over the past month or so.
Although I know I still have to work at it a bunch more, I just had to finally take a break from it, upload a video of it and start on something new.
That seems to happen to me every time. Oh well.

If anybody wants to work on a tongue twister equivalent for the right hand, this is the song for you.
It's a really good lesson forcing one to learn to play essentially two different things on each hand.
I found section 4 to be incredibly difficult. It feels to me like doing 3 different things at once.
The right thumb, the right fingers and the left hand are all doing different things. Ugh. :)
Maybe I get through that section once every 10 attempts.

Dean, as you noticed, I mostly didn't (couldn't) follow Neil's suggestion for using the left thumb on F.
It's just too much of a stretch for me.
So, I kept on trying various weird variants and hit on one that works for me ... mostly.
I did use my thumb on one part in section 1 because I couldn't get to any other fingering quick enough.

Anyway, it's a fun and seriously challenging song.

Hopefully Neil will be uploading a new 9er soon! :)

-Tom


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