Scarborough Fair - Cover

[kingemerald1]

dude, this is EFFFF'N cool. sounds beautiful !!!!!

[doofus0123]

@kingemerald1 thanks!!

[eddysham0120]

Good job!

But your sitting posture affected your breath, that's why you had to stop in between a phrase. Try sitting properly next time and you'll sing a lot better.

Support :)

[doofus0123]

@eddysham0120 thanks!

[brooktz]

request- going to california by led zeppelin

that would sound awsome on your backpacker

[doofus0123]

@brooktz thanks! whew that one would take a bit of work, and a very high voice -- actually I would have to sing it an octave lower.

[doofus0123]

@jake110118 glad you liked it! i think it took me a couple of months to get comfortable with it. I put it on a casette, slowed down the recording, and practiced it that way, just picking out one or two pattern notes at a time, and eventually, figuring out all the notes, and putting a chord on them. there's not a whole lot of variety -- once you get the main 3 or 4 chord patterns down, it's just a matter of stringing them together to make the song.

[just4guitarz]

Awsome voice and guitar, please check out my cover and let me know what you think.

(scarborough fair carlos lastra)

[doofus0123]

@just4guitarz ok i will, and thanks!

[just4guitarz]

Awsome voice and guitar, please check out my cover and let me know what you think.

(scarborough fair carlos lastra)

[doofus0123]

@just4guitarz thanks! sorry somehow I missed this one....

[potlegalizer1]

Simply wonderful! both guitar and voice!

[doofus0123]

thank you very much!

[doofus0123]

thanks so much - glad you liked!

[B0ngSquad]

Gtreat voice and guitar ^^

[doofus0123]

thank you very much! and thanks for putting me out there on your page! lol....

[B0ngSquad]

if i like it i will favourite it :) i may have to learn it!, been looking for a new tune that i like!

[doofus0123]

oops this one flew under the radar...

good luck with the learning!

[accordianman5264]

nice, very nice,thank you

[doofus0123]

thanks so much!

[quietdiplomacy]

Great job, how lovely it sounds, you're a great musican :) damn it sounds so good! I've never heard this kind of pattern before, I wish I had these notes ^^ Great job and keep it up! :)

[doofus0123]

Thanks! this is how Simon and Garfunkel play it -- well, it's my best attempt at how they play it, I should say. I think there's a couple minor hitches in there where I just improvised. I saw how Simon played it on "Concert at Central Park", saw that his hand basically moves back and forth in 2 positions on the neck, and thought "I can do this". I spent many hours with a slow playback of the song, and a guitar, working out the finger patterns and the notes.

[doofus0123]

I'm considering putting up a "how to" on this, as several people have hinted at wanting to know how. There's not that many chords, the right-hand fingers are more-or-less doing the same thing thru the whole song, just a matter of knowing what to do and when, and lots of practice.

[quietdiplomacy]

It would be great, I would surely learn it !

[doofus0123]

Okay - I'll see what I can do (it might be a week or two, though...)

[quietdiplomacy]

So I guess I'll be waiting for this :)

[doofus0123]

sounds good.....let's hope I can actually crank something out. lol.

[PinoKakelkip]

Look for the lesson of 'goldhat3' on this one. He's great!

[doofus0123]

Thanks! I've seen his work, agreed, goldhat3 is very good.

[leobluesy]

I love the twiddly bits........

I should have worked them out on mine....... must be getting lazy in my old age........

sounds good..yes it was the central park concert that inspired me too.......

Leo

[doofus0123]

Thank you very much!

[kindertoten]

Love this song. Ever hear the Sarah Brightman live rendition? It's beautiful. I wish I could play it like you do.

[doofus0123]

thanks! I have heard Sarah Brightman's version -- my daughter really likes her music, and I heard it that way. I learned this from watching Simon & Garfunkel's performance at Central Park, Sept.19,1981. Paul Simon's just moving his hand up and down the guitar the whole time, so I tried to learn it. took awhile....but i don't think it's as tough as it might appear to be.

[garth8062]

thnx for the reply.

mine are 18, 17, and 14 years old. now cant wait till they leave on there own and i get a guitar room.

still you make me whant to practice more.

im 47 year old carpenter and been playing for over 38 years. i whant to get into making guitars.

any ways your doing doing great.

Garth

[doofus0123]

Thanks!

mine are 23,21,20 and 15. hehe my guitar room used to be the walk-in closet in our bedroom (sometimes it still is). one night about 5 years ago i think, our oldest came in with a cam-corder and videotaped me playing a bunch of stuff. it's still around here somewhere. now my guitar room is the former bedroom of child #2 where i can have my laptop and webcam. making guitars eh? that sounds really cool. keep jammin (or the fingers will soften up!) 38 years-wow! about 28 years for me.

[doofus0123]

but I should add, it's not an exclusive guitar room, there's a bunch of other stuff in here too. I guess it's the "when I play guitar, I go there" room.

[garth8062]

one of the best remakes of this song by simon and garfunkle. just missing the mandalin.

very very nice.

i need to practice more.

three kids, good resone, bad exscuse

[doofus0123]

Thanks so much! whoa, there's a mandolin cover of this out there??

>>i need to practice more.

>>three kids, good resone, bad exscuse

Ah......I have 4 kids, and I think I did loads more guitar playing/learing back when they were small, than now? having the kids may be just the excuse TO practice. I expect yours will, as mine did, have a very positive reaction :o) I learned the songs Scarborough Fair, Bye Bye Love, Under the Boardwalk when they were all little, and they love these songs!

[shanegalang2]

Awesome cover! I love this song. Can you tell me where to find the tab for the correct chords that you are using? Did you learn it by ear? Thanks, Shane

[doofus0123]

Thanks! Basically, I learned it by ear, listening over and over to a slightly slowed-down recording, until I could isolate notes/patterns, then picking one or two notes at a time out on the guitar, then picking a couple more notes out....and coming up with suitable chords. Eventually, it all came together, maybe after a couple months? I'm not sure exactly how long it took me to learn it.

[thelonewayfarer]

dude, you rock. I wish i could play like you. Your voice actually sounds a bit like Art Garfunke's and that's no small feat. 5 stars to you

[doofus0123]

Thanks! glad you enjoyed it.

[sausagerollnah]

I seriously wish i could play this now; very smooth cover youve got here.

[doofus0123]

thank you very much!

[pabloamnesiac]

great cover!!! i really enjoyed listening =)

[doofus0123]

That's great -- Thanks!

[pabloamnesiac]

woooow... realy good!!! im speechless

[doofus0123]

thanks! sorry I misssed your comment -- looks like it was a month ago, and I just found it!

[333gus]

nicely done enjoyable to listen to

[doofus0123]

thanks for watching/listening!

[Mrocker144]

dude......this is beautiful

[capice84]

awesome cover....awesome vocals and guitar...this is the best cover of this song on youtube in my opinion and needs more views...come on ppl

[doofus0123]

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it.

[paralyzer2k]

really good cover. perfect timing on guitar and you can hear you play it with alot of soul:) rock on dude!

[doofus0123]

Thank you very much!

[23Locks]

Like your soul in the hammer on pull off right before the lyric "then she'll be a true love of mine" and bass line transition during the lyric "Remember me to the one who lives there".

Kudos,

[doofus0123]

Thanks! nice observations, you are clearly paying very close attention!

[bigbondo77]

5* Perfect my friend

[doofus0123]

Thanks so much!

[shipp007]

makes me feel batter

[doofus0123]

that's great! thanks for watching. (i assume you meant "better".......:)

[nozomi0228]

Great job!love it.

[doofus0123]

thank you very much!

[rockerz9]

man this sounds really great...youve got great voice for this.

[doofus0123]

Thanks!

[Eddie629]

Glad to see you uploading man !!! great picking man...love this S&G tune....Excellent...gonna be checking more of yer vids!!Cheers*****

[doofus0123]

Thanks!

[Jazzguitman]

Great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!5 Stars!

[doofus0123]

thanks!

[mackshkatz]

great job man, reminds me of the graduate

[doofus0123]

thanks! there will be more from the graduate (and all their other albums) coming soon....