Colours - Donovan (cover)

[thomassneade]

Great cover... I wish I'd have found this BEFORE I put my version on youtube!

[LiteGauge]

@thomassneade Thanks very much, Tom. I love you version!

[MrLeejs26]

open d capoed at 2.donovan plays it in open E.EBEG#BE

[epworthslim]

thanks for this vid learned and reproduced with harmonica to great effect

[danielc121162]

Nicely done, you sure that isn't Open G tuning,... in any case really enjoyed your cover of a really cool Donovan song

[LiteGauge]

@danielc121162 @danielc121162 Definitely Open D - DADF#AD. I'm playing the IV chord 020100 not 002010. The tunings are structurally very simillar R5R35R (Open D - DADF#AD) rather than 5R5R35 (Open G - DGDGBD). Open C is R5R5R3 (CGCGCE). Open D has the 3rd scale tone on the 3rd string, with Open G it's on the 2nd string, Open C on the 1st. Chords looks identical because the chords are simply shifted one string across the fretboard. The tunings have a very different colour tho'.

[danielc121162]

@LiteGauge thanks fro the reply I play some open G stuff and it kinda sounded like an open G to me,...glad you explained all that to me

[LiteGauge]

@danielc121162 I also play mostly in Open G and DADGAD when I'm not in standard. The interesting thing about the D based tunings is that you can switch very easily from one to another just by changing the 3rd string : DADGAD, DADF#AD (Maj), DADFAD (Min), DADEAD, DADDAD and even DADAAD (though it's better to tune to C for this (CGCGGC), otherwise you're putting a lot on tension on the 3rd string. You can probably do the same in Open G by changing the 2nd string, but I've never really tried.

[LiteGauge]

@danielc121162 If you watch the live video of Donovan on the right, you'll see that he's in Open tuning with the capo on the 2nd fret. The difference between our versions is that he's flat-picking and I'm finger-picking. With the capo on the 2nd fret, it changes the key to E of course.

[Sunambra]

Can't be bettered

[alalalana]

oh my gosh. amazinggggggggg

[LiteGauge]

@alalalana Thanks very much :o)

[DAFUNK213]

That was very nice,You're an Irishman like myself. Donovan is a Hero. Thank you for this.

[DAFUNK213]

@DAFUNK213 No,not irish,sorry bout that.Great guitar playin tho.

[superleague100]

excellent version..well done!!!

[LiteGauge]

Cheers :o)

[TheZimma2]

Hi there brilliant cover,of a classic donovan song,well done regards Tony

[LiteGauge]

Cheers, Tony

[mohansen11]

Love the slides. Nicely done!

[LiteGauge]

Cheers :o)

[aahjimlad]

You're not using standard tuning are you?

Can't really see which you're capoed on either.

But it sound great though. Well done.

[LiteGauge]

Cheers :) Open D, capoed on the 2nd fret probably. I prefer to tune down to D rather than tune up to E.

[Frankieireland]

Really enjoyed that. Great song. Thanks.

[LiteGauge]

Cheers :o)

[whofelix]

wow man. brilliant cover

[LiteGauge]

Thanks :o)

[dohertykaki]

Fantastic!!!!

[LiteGauge]

Thanks very much :)

[CowFarmMan]

I've been trying to learn this from your video, i think I'll give in now. Your so prolific, it staggers me.

better than the original

[LiteGauge]

Thanks very much :)

[colmo1992]

This is very good!! It deserves more views than it's got so far.

[LiteGauge]

Thanks very much :)

[garibelon]

Wonderful cover of this lovely song.

Got the stars... :)

[lsdmadman]

love it...i've learned scads of goodies from yr vids...dare i suggest "widow w a shawl' or the indelicate "isle of islay"???

[LiteGauge]

Thanks, I think I did a cover of Widow With Shawl about a month or ago. Isle of Islay is definitely on the waiting list ;)

[sinawava42]

Nice performance

[LiteGauge]

Thanks!