John Renbourn Teaches "Sandwood Down to Kyle" (Pt 1 of 2)

[SquigglyJ0e]

Celtic blood of the ancients projected to the year 3000.

A vibe of heart and intelligence.

One of the few guitarists capable of delivering pure emotion on DADGAD (mastering it), in a time of often boring random tappers.

[booksteve]

a brilliant piece of work here by John. Fascinating stuff.

[fingerstyleguitarman]

as ever john's mesmerising touch and deftness make it look so fluid but simple it is not!! How one creates an arrangement like this is mind boggling. I am speaking as someone who has written tunes and songs but how does one achieve beauty and subtlety like this? JR is a maestro. I must get my name down on his Andalucia guitar workshop . . . and get closer to the magic

[Rikk303]

I can sort of play like this...to sing as well would tax me dearly....being a non-singer, I sometimes wonder why words mess up good guitarring.It's always something about a lost love or an escaped favourite sheep. Both if it was a Welsh tune I suppose.I play mostly in DADF#AD,tuned down a semi with the capo on the 2nd fret to get up to concert pitch....leaves the strings slack enough for my wussy fingers to bend and slur the notes a tad without bloodshed.Just a hint...try it

[Danofstockport]

Brilliant guitarist! I arranged a guitar workshop with him in Stockport. He was great...more so because he didn't sing ha ha! Really nice guy and played some amazing tunes.

[BMXER1987]

He is amazing, such little effort yet he produces a picture of the trail down the western isles that is as vivid as being there... even with his poor singing lol. still great though!

[squeakymonkfish]

The master of the acoustic guitar.

[RaysTrack]

In 1967 a friend loaned me 'Another Monday' by JR when I was only into rock and Tamla Motown. It was my introduction to acoustic guitar and I have been hooked ever since. This reminds me of that first encounter - mesmerising - made the hairs on my neck lift.

[paddyfrogfart]

Learning the tune is one thing. Getting your fingers to dance on the strings like him is quite another.Breathtaking fluidity

[endymione63]

Vibrations of this song touch the shadow of the Absolute!

[rigidarm]

All through my thoughts were of the graceful ease of his hands, his rich calm vocals, and the peaceful mood that left me with the realization of WOW!!

[MikeConnehaye]

This man is absolutely breathtaking. What beautiful music!

[petersuki]

Renbourne' music always worked for me since I was a lad. I'd like to ask him, did he know Davy Graham personally? One of his (John's) Early albums graciously mentioned Davy as I recall.

[heliotropezzz333]

@petersuki . There's local music club where I live and both Davy Graham and John Renbourn have played there in the same year. I'm sure they do know each other.

[lejoe48]

the best

[irelephant]

Quite a spell this master weaves.

[simonhayden]

nice1 John

[bobbyatopk]

its awesome! but he doesn't reaaally teach it lol :p

[MrTruthpatrol]

See part 2

[canedintotnes]

I love this track; Renbourn is a legend!

[Rainman270]

wow.

[FENDIN10]

Have made that journey.

[CrimsonThorne]

Ok so is the beginning part not technically part of the song? Because I can't find a tab of that section (and it's my favorite part!)

[theflyingglove]

singing and playing it at the same time boggles my mind

[joeninetyjoe]

Wow. Hypnotic stuff.

[lukeinlondon]

this guy is my hero he inspired me to go acoustic many moons ago

[thebluesbrother]

There are songs you here that take your breathe away, this song is one of them.

[taylor355]

Wonderful. Thats one of my favourites. I've never used DADGAD but I might give it a go now.

[ThePeacefulCat]

You still see the love he for these songs..!!!

[ThePeacefulCat]

tx for this post.. I love this song..!!

John does have a bit of an medieval look to him I must say..