where's the ha!!!!!! ya know take dis hamma haaaa!!!! and more chords and when your playing for kids its good to let the guitar do the singing so it cancles out the voice ya sound good but no matter how good. kids dont appreciate music and always laugh at a live performance, real good but theirs this indian kid out of oklahoma who played all leadbnelly songs ill post info on that later
Thanks very much for commenting, I appreciate it. It does prompt me to make a couple of points that might be of interest to others: about the "Ha!"—I love Leadbelly's version and listened to it thousands of times as a kid, but if you watch any of my other adaptations, you will notice that I do not attempt to imitate the original. I don't try, with either vocal or instrument, to sound like Woody, or Leadbelly, or Pat Sky, or Mark Spoelstra, or anyone else. These are original arrangements.
The laughter? It's a response to the humorous introduction (#11 Intro). This was a surprisingly savvy group; they only laughed at the one, original humorous line that I threw in ("Don't tell 'em which way).
Secondly, this is a song sequence: it started with "Linin' Track (#10)," which uses hand claps to simulate the tug on the bar. Here, I felt the thwack of the guitar was, in fact, letting the guitar do the "Ha!"
Finally, this arrangement leads right into the final step, blues (#13 & #14).
where's the ha!!!!!! ya know take dis hamma haaaa!!!! and more chords and when your playing for kids its good to let the guitar do the singing so it cancles out the voice ya sound good but no matter how good. kids dont appreciate music and always laugh at a live performance, real good but theirs this indian kid out of oklahoma who played all leadbnelly songs ill post info on that later
okla49ers 2 years ago
Thanks very much for commenting, I appreciate it. It does prompt me to make a couple of points that might be of interest to others: about the "Ha!"—I love Leadbelly's version and listened to it thousands of times as a kid, but if you watch any of my other adaptations, you will notice that I do not attempt to imitate the original. I don't try, with either vocal or instrument, to sound like Woody, or Leadbelly, or Pat Sky, or Mark Spoelstra, or anyone else. These are original arrangements.
TimMcMullen 2 years ago
The laughter? It's a response to the humorous introduction (#11 Intro). This was a surprisingly savvy group; they only laughed at the one, original humorous line that I threw in ("Don't tell 'em which way).
Secondly, this is a song sequence: it started with "Linin' Track (#10)," which uses hand claps to simulate the tug on the bar. Here, I felt the thwack of the guitar was, in fact, letting the guitar do the "Ha!"
Finally, this arrangement leads right into the final step, blues (#13 & #14).
TimMcMullen 2 years ago
This is a great song. Good job.
SirCoughsalot 3 years ago