Anji - Bert Jansch

[stiffex]

It amazes me how different each and every individual who has this under their fingers can make it sound, so different from mine anyhow ..

[Naiveclone]

just started learning this tune... it will be worth it.

[konvicce]

??? its very strange cover

[craigsdaddy]

My personal favourite rendition of this song. Thank you.

[dvdahmadi]

childs play do you know a band called busted they blow this hillbillly shit out the water

[mjlorange1]

Does no one notice that this is "Stray Cat Strut" with a bunch of extra finger work?

It's good, but it's a rearranged cover...

[tremoloheart]

@mjlorange1... Actually, Davy Graham wrote this in 1961, long before Brain S. and the Stray Cats. So they stole it from Graham.

[tremoloheart]

@mjlorange1 ....davy graham prefaced stray cats, so it's the other way around. stray cats stole it from davy. get your facts striaght.

[deefjohnholler]

over the years i have changed my opinion of different versions of this piece. as i get older the violence and virility of the jansch version is less impressive (although your version is exceptional before you take this the wrong way) and the graham original takes on the grandeur of a bach/baroque period piece. it is undoubtedly  one of the best instrumental compositions of the 20th century. everyone that has tried to play guitar properly should have a go.

[enelcine]

WONDERFULL...PURE HARMONY

[houndheadhenry]

@enelcine thanks :-)

[voxmel]

Impressive! :-)

[ShaunKAndersonTV]

what kind of guitar is that friend? Beautiful

[houndheadhenry]

@ShaunKAndersonTV Hi there, I'm always pleased to be able to say that the guitar is one that I made :-) Thanks for watching

[reanueax724]

@houndheadhenry damn that is a sexy guitar :)

[imw50]

Pretty good - but give Davy Graham a credit as the composer!

[houndheadhenry]

@imw50 Quite right, I am as guiltly as a lot of other people for overlooking this.

[bally1020]

Amazing. Just as amazing as you're kingfisher. I absolutely love that version of kingfisher. I would love to have a go at copying it, if you could even just tab the chord shapes , i could work out the timing etc from there, i just cant catch al those fast chord changes on Kingfisher! Anyway quality stuff thanks a lot.

[jameswp1946]

that is great

[houndheadhenry]

thanks, glad people are stikll finding it after all this time :-)

[listyspisty]

thats a really really lovely guitar!! and i love the playing! thank you putting this up!

[sockenfrank]

Klasse. Very good.

[pichmolm]

very good , thank you

[dakotaseas]

wow play more you are gifted

[connorred16]

Love the sound of your guitar! You're playing is amazing :)

[houndheadhenry]

thanks very much :-)

[TheAcousticMetal]

very nice change...great job

[cjwaywell]

Love it

[tiffracc]

this is wonderful. thanks for sharing!

[houndheadhenry]

thanks ! :-)

[MrMakore]

nice but i dont like the sound

[soopanick]

@MrMakore that's exactly what the song is supposed to sound like...

[Keeper4455]

nice! 5*

[houndheadhenry]

cheers mate :-)

[maxneu]

this is so good man. Im totally building a guitar now, that thing sounds so raw!

I love it.

[houndheadhenry]

thanks :-) Good luck with the building project ! :-)

[Epithom]

This tune reminds me "Been smokin' too long"

[SlaveNicotineProject]

You're amazing man!

The best Angie version I could find on youtube, definitively!

[houndheadhenry]

thanks man - appreciated :-)

[blacksabbathgnr098]

that was perfect, congrats man. did you use tabs? and if so where can i find them? the tabs i found have a lot of errors in them

[houndheadhenry]

Hi there, thanks for commenting :-) er... I used tab from a little book of Jansch tunes way back in the late 70's - but its changed beyond all recognition since then I suspect.

[TonyJackMusic]

Class!

[JimmyPage62907]

Man, this is impressive! I've established that it's A minor and I got that little guitar lick in the beginning, but I just can't play that A-G-F-E bassline like you are. That's impressive man!

[houndheadhenry]

thanks man - keep at it, its great when you get it right, keep drivin away like Broonzy on that monotoonic descending bass and it will come :-)

[OneBigRetard]

Slow it down to absolutley idle and get each little section right. Then speed it up with a metronome, increasing speed only when you have it down cold, you will nail it in no time.

[ippusor]

great!

[Asger1703]

that is awsome!

[houndheadhenry]

thank you :-)

[kchan9999]

Very nice!

[houndheadhenry]

thanks :-)

[lovepetrelli]

pretttty good.

[houndheadhenry]

cheers, glad you liekd it :-)

[lovepetrelli]

wow, nice.

[luke2k7robo]

its called a thumb pick you can pick them up at your local guitar shop very cheap same price as a pick......great job love this song

[donatus1987]

what kind of guitar are you playing?

how is the ring on your thumb called?

[analogdesigner]

Very nicely done!

[tartouche1]

ah and also 1.09 sec between 1.22 sec

[tartouche1]

hej

I'm practicing this song too, you play it very nicely. I was hoping you could help me out with a part, its what you do between 0.10 sec until 0.20 sec, im trying to get that sound, but cant figure out. Would be great if you didnt mind to share the tabs.

Aurelio

[noazarkle]

Thanks again.I'll try to get hold of those two books before starting.I remember also hearing good reports of one by Kincaid.The neck seems to be the most difficult due to the requirement for freehand,but symmetrical,hand-carving.

[houndheadhenry]

The Kinkead book is lavishly illusrtated and a really good read, some good ideas etc ( as you would expect ) but the Sloane book, for all its faults, convinced me that I could do it at home, whereas the others tend to make you wish you had lots of power tools. The Sloane book made it feel feasible to do it using my kitchen worktop and dining table, and it is ! :-)

[noazarkle]

Thanks for the reply.I'm pleased to announce your apotheosis to the list of my guitar heroes along with toubleclef,andantelargo and Will Fly.The guitar's a real stonker.Could you please let me know if you used a book when building it?I'm totally chuffed with my new Moondog Grand Master,but still hanker after making my own.

[houndheadhenry]

Thanks - i love trebleclef's videos, absolutely fabulous :-) This was my third guitar, I used a Martin neck sourced from Ebay but did everything else myself. The book tjat got me going was the Irvine Sloane one, steel guitar construction, because although its flawed and misses some important things out, it nevertheless describes a method that is easy and made sense to me. So I used that for my first, then read Cumpiano and Natelson's book and took it from there :-)

[noazarkle]

Great,as always,Houndhead.Did you make the guitar yourself,and do you trancribe by ear?

[houndheadhenry]

Yes, its one of my own creations :-) I do elarn a lot by ear but also use tab too, but I generally use tab as a starting point and rarely work it out note for note :-)

[Bancaer]

Nice version, I can't say it's better than Davy Graham's, but you have played the BEAT, which all the other versions on youtube manage to miss!

[houndheadhenry]

Cant say fairer than that :-) Thanks for commenting :-)

[Braedsta]

good job it sounds great

[plyzorba1]

A very good version. I really enjoyed it. Keep up the good work.

[crumbbeggingbaghead1]

amazing ive been practising for weeks very hard song to get down anyways excellent version 5 stars in my opinion

[cjwaywell]

I have heard Davy and Bert play this and although I can't believe I'm saying this (as Bert is God) your version blows them both out of the water. Is that a vintage Martin that you're lucky enough to be playing on? I'm highly impressed with your playing 5 stars.

[houndheadhenry]

Thanks for the 5 stars but I cant agree that I blow either davy or Bert out of the water, like you say, Bert is God ! :-) Nope, its a homemade guitar, cedar top, mahogany back and sides, kind of tatty but it became my favourite :-)

[RonnieDillin]

Excelllent version - well done!

[houndheadhenry]

thank you :-)

[BMXER1987]

very nice i did a version but deleted it because mine was crap yours is awsome

[houndheadhenry]

Thanks for the comment, think you should have left yours up though :-)

[tomscotland]

brilliant! 5*

[houndheadhenry]

Thanks :-))

[Redbloodsells]

Im really impressed, great job! How does one even begin to learn this song? what tuning is it? Very well done!

[houndheadhenry]

Hi, thanks for commenting :-) Its in standard tuning and on Bert Jansch's first album, there are lots of people on YouTube playing great versions of it. Its not too hard once you get going, there is tab for it out there. I'd no doubt find it harder to get going with it if I was starting out now though, its one of those things that when you are younger you seem to have had more energy ( and time!) to sit around going over and over it until you got it right :-)