April Kisses - Eddie Lang

[MrPino58]

hello',very good ,do you have a score?

[KnockelII]

Fine guitarplaying, thanx. Add some recording technique, whip up a rhytm guitar in the background, and it will be perfect. Best of luck.

[dashoos2006]

Great playing!!! Beautiful song and interpretation; thanks for working on it and posting it, it is an inspiring video. Loved the old time titles too & that lovely Gretsch :)

Congratulations!!!

[curzmg]

@snorkelbda03 how did you learn this piece? Lang was a genius and I'd love to learn this but I can't find any tabs. I suppose I could attempt to watch you but I fear in some places that would be impossible and it would certainly be incredibly time consuming.

[snorkelbda03]

@curzmg ...when I learned it a fwe years ago I painstakingly went through it one phrase at a time for an entire Summer until I figured it out.

Then one day at a flea market I found a music book of Langs work published back in the 30s with this and several other songs printed. Someone has scanned that and posted it on the internet. I hate to braodcast this but all you have to do now adays is Google "eddie lang april kisses music" and there it is.

[curzmg]

@snorkelbda03 I certainly admire your dedication! I couldn't find it anywhere about a year ago but I just searched it after I posted that and it turns out that someone has set him up a website on which they have uploaded scanned sheet music. Since then that same scan seems to have spread around a little bit so there you go! Great interpretation, hopefully now in the not too distant future I'll be able to upload my own. Perhaps the wizards at Youtube will eventually link us through related vids!

[mokeyjim]

Man. Looks like you mastered the guitar the right way. The hard way, that is. Great job.

[jazzayr1]

Realy nice playin mate

[callasexperience]

Eddy is back from the grave?

[pencap23]

Keepin' it alive! Rest in peace Eddie!

[georgebanksesq]

Gretsch G400... so cool.

[jazzguitardotcom]

@BixLives.. dude put up a video of your playing.

Snorkel, I love this tune and your playing is wonderful! This can be found in the Mel Bay book "Masters of the Plectrum Guitar".

[markymarketing]

This is awesome!! I've been dying to find the tab for this song but can't find it anywhere on the net. do you have it?

[snorkelbda03]

@markymarketing

I dont believe there is any tab for it anywhere. I figured it out myself a few years back-painstakingly :) - and then just as i figured everything out I found the original book published back in the 30s "Eddie LAng Guitar Technique" and it - along with others- is in there....not in tab, but in written notation, whiich is helpful if you read.

[n64wilbert]

@snorkelbda03 Thank you for presenting your interpretation!!

[jellycracker]

not smooth enough. But it's on the way and that's not a bad thing...

[snorkelbda03]

@jellycracker Not "smooth" enough? This isnt a James Taylor song, I played it with the same rhythmic timing as the original version.

[jellycracker]

What I mean is that you need to build up more confidence in your playing.

[Corrie121]

This IS a compliment. I think this is superb, and I thank you for sharing your talent with us.

Keep them coming!

[BixLives32]

Isn't it a shame that people seem more interested in the guitar than the music? Come on people -it's about the music!

[snorkelbda03]

You would think huh? :)

Thank you !

[BixLives32]

great song. Keep working and post again, You'll get it smoother.

Try not playing the exact notes that Eddie did. Try putting some of your own stuff in there and it will sound better! Heck, Eddie never played it the same way twice.

[thejazzman8]

beautiful gretsch synchromatic...love the cats eyes...what finish is that? Mine is cherry burst

[snorkelbda03]

Its just a standard blonde finish. Nice guitar, but plays too soft for my taste actually.

[snorkelbda03]

Oops...I didnt look before I lept :)

That was the dark brown/yellow burst.

That one was stolen from my house...I now have a blonde Syncro Jimmie Vaughn model. (See me playing "Aint Misbehavin" with Leon Redboone.

This gretsch had great action and played and sounded great.

[sclogse1]

Lovely. All guitar players should toss a little paper in the guitar with their info on it...if they have a hole to do so...otherwise, I recommend a high end picture of some detail of the guitar that shows it must be yours....whatever...this is only good if it hits a local pawn store, etc., of course....

[jazzbox111]

pretty good... but I think you need to practice a bit more: to really OWN it and get it under your fingers well. Then you can start to play with the dynamics a little more.

[bunchie1966]

You did well to work it out yourself.

[LordBoognish]

Its a fake Eddie Lang!!!

[snorkelbda03]

Im not sure if this is supposed to be a compliment?

[captfig]

Great job!I just found by record of it and I was just learning this out of the Mel-Bay Masters of Plectrum Guitar book. Where did you get your ideas from? Eddie Lang was the Man!!Incredible only made it to 31!!

[snorkelbda03]

I figured it out by ear, tried several inversions of chords. this was a rushed job, my first post to my new youtube acct...Id liek to redo it and make it a little neater.

[skateeatsleep44]

Hi

im trying to work this song out and and was just wondering what is the chord you use at the start?

Great playing

Thanks

[snorkelbda03]

It took me a while to learn it on my own. I start with a simple A chord with the pinky on the 5th fret for the high A. It then starts in Bm which is more like a D chord with the thumb forming the low F#.

Im considering making a "how to" video.

[fridrikur]

Great playing. What kind of strings do use for your archtop? Is is also electric or 'just' acoustic?

[snorkelbda03]

usually martin medium or heavy. this model is just acoustic, no pick up. Unfortunately it was stolen form my house a couple months ago. I have a new Gretsch Jimmie Vaughn model, non cut away, with a pick-up( only to be used for louder big jobs, which Ill be posting songs with soon.

[gretscher]

Nice playing. Love that guitar. Gretsch archtop. G400 is it? Is it a reissue or original?

[snorkelbda03]

its a reissue...G500 I think? I used to have an original 1945ish G400 non cutaway. SOld it like an idiot. This ones still nice though.

[bunchie1966]

My dad used to play this on his guitar. He was a great Eddie and Django fan. Brings back memories.

[campocat]

you did good dude

[goshajazz]

very nice

[b5b9]

Nice job on a very difficult piece.

[AlexGronstad]

nice man!

[snorkelbda03]

I had to comment on myself. How can this video have over 450 Views and not ONE comment?