Jeff Buckley Guitar Lesson 1f | Last Goodbye

[jamlemon]

Hi Mark. Is this in standard tuning? I've seen versions not in standard tuning that's all and would prefer to play it without messing around tuning.

[questionmarke]

@jamlemon - Oops! I thought my earlier comment to you was going on my video for Castles Made of Sand by Jimi Hendrix! So what I said was incorrect! In Last Goodbye, yes, the guitar is in a non standard tuning. See the first video lesson I did for the song to find out more details on the tuning. Sorry for the confusion!

[jamlemon]

@questionmarke No worries mate, you don't know a standard tuning version that sounds good do you?

[questionmarke]

@jamlemon - I'm afraid I don't!

[Agent0fCha0s]

Dear ?Me i have a delema I am a acting student in england our project for this term is a tribute to singers who have passed before there time I choose to honour Jeff and this song could you help me by guiding me through this song i e notes, cords, breakdown, tuneing anything that i can do to show this world what it has lost and what it still has to gain and as a truelly selfish request could this be done beyond soon as possible.

JB eternal 

[questionmarke]

@Agent0fCha0s - In total I now have 7 videos covering just this song. You should be able to find everything you need there to play at least a basic version. Good luck with your project!

[gmrhl]

como consigo esas canciones??

can you tell me where i find those butlegs?? pleas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[questionmarke]

@gmrhl - Just type "jeff buckley bootleg" into google and you can find all sorts of things on the pages it brings up!

[listyspisty]

Thank you so much bud, I've always played the Live at Sin-e version which is amaazing in my opinion and the little improvisations you have shown me are really going to spice it up even more. Thanks to you I have almost learnt all of Grace!

So much thanks and I shall be subscribing!

[questionmarke]

@listyspisty Thanks for the feedback!

[liamm5687]

i like you and i love Jeff Buckley. *subscribes*

[questionmarke]

@liamm5687 - Thanks!

[questionmarke]

@liamm5687 (smile)

[trcsbrian]

Hey Mark, I've been watching your videos for a while now and you're a great asset to people who love Buckley and want to learn how to play his music. I have a question though as far alternative tunings. How do you go about transcribing a song not knowing whether its in standard or not?

- Brian

[questionmarke]

That can be tricky. There are two approaches.

One, listen carefully throughout the song for notes that are ringing out alongside and behind the notes being played. If you have ever compared a G major barre chord to a standard open form G major chord you know there is a big difference between the sounds each chord makes. That is because the open chord is being played, at least partially, with open strings. When you allow those strings to play, unfretted, it produces a much fuller sounding chord.

[questionmarke]

In the same way, most alternate tunings make use of open strings played to the dominant tonal notes of the key the song is played in. Thus, listening for some of those open, ringing notes can give you clues as to what the tuning may be.

Two, and much easier, is to do a little searching around the web or in guitar books to see what other people have to say about the song in question. Often you will find your answer spelled out for you in a tab or even in an interview with the artist.

[questionmarke]

Aside from all that, though, I think there's something to be said for a person figuring out creative ways to package some form of the notes they are hearing from a song into their own concept, whether that concept be a strange tuning or even just their own inversions and translations of chords. You don't see much of that out there and I think it may be more common when transcribing from one instrument to another, but when done artfully you can really end up with a cool result, very different...

[questionmarke]

...from the original.

One example that comes to mind is this Russian kid who did a guitar cover of Regina Spektor's song Apres Moi. I don't think the video is around anymore, unfortunately, but it was really incredible! He came up with his own tuning, his own fingerpicking style that imitated the staccato piano part, and his own classical style chords to emulate the movement of the music that was happening. It was really a good cover. I wish I could find it again...

[Leanbb]

You know... I was gonna ask you to post another video explaining what you played. But after your little speech, I changed my mind. You are right.

[questionmarke]

Cool! Good luck!

[MrGuitarhelper]

Nice thanks for that

[casperorg]

hey.. i love the way you put all the thought and detail into Buckley stuff.. Really helpful thanks!

[questionmarke]

You're welcome!

[questionmarke]

@casperorg - I'm glad to do it!

[Jazzzystar]

OMG I love this version so much =D I've learned to play the other version but I'm definitely gonna give this one a try =) I appreciate so much what you said in the last part of the tutorial and I really agree, I'm leaning my way to train my ear, cause it's a bit rusty :p Thank u btw... xD

[restlesspride666]

:] Have you heard the recordings from the knitting factory? I loved the way Gary Lucas played 'Grace'.