DADGAD doodeling (Böckmann)

An irish/celtic inspired original composition. I pulled this one out of the box when I heard Dales (tonedr) mandolin playing. It reminds me of this tune and 'cause I can't play mandolin I put this one down. It starts with an improvised section. I thought of cutting off the first part but then I found it fits together. There are some variations of the faster theme, which form is not fixed. So I did not really know which one I will play the next time through. I'm not always playing very exactly, excuse me ;) You might recognize a slapping technique while playing the triads (right word?). I learned this from Steve Baughman, a great player of celtic tunes. He calls it "middle finger twack". It gives a percussive attack on the strings.

Tuning: DADGAD, no effects
Guitar: Knut Welsch (Erlangen, Germany)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• DADGAD
• fingerstyle
• bernd
• boeckmann
• martin
• ludwig
• steve
• baughman
• irish
• celtic

[DylanFanification]

Beautiful

[BoeckmannLudwig]

@DylanFanification

Thank you very much!

Best wishes,

Bernd

[1cleandude]

Bernd that was awesome!!! You're a very gifted individual and thanks for the time and posting.

[BoeckmannLudwig]

@1cleandude

Thank you so much for your kind words! They are much appreciated.

Best wishes,

Bernd

[Apodimi1]

Lovely playing mate....and original...you have a style...Thanks for sharing

[BoeckmannLudwig]

@Apodimi1

Thank you very much for your kind comment

Cheers,

Bernd

[BoeckmannLudwig]

@findthemonthefloor

P.S. You can see this technique a little better in my Daisy Goes a Dancing video. I snap there with the index finger.

Cheers

[BoeckmannLudwig]

@findthemonthefloor

Hi Colin,

thank you very much for your kind comment. I learnd this technique from Steve Baughman, a well known player of celtic tunes. He calls it middle finger twack. Somewhere I found the name clawhammer style. You have to clench your fist and snap your middle finger out of the palm, right at the string you want to pick. You hit the string with your nail just for a short time. Don't rest the nail on the string, let it ring. I use the index finger as well.

Cheers,

Bernd

[findthemonthefloor]

This is fantastic! And an original too! Wonderful work. I love it.

Towards the very end you're doing a technique where it sounds like you're flicking the string really hard. I've heard a bunch of it, but I can't find an explanation anywhere. How do you do it?

~Colin

[BoeckmannLudwig]

@tetzell

Thank you very much!

Cheers,

Bernd