Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Guitar lesson

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Tubular Bells -- Mike Oldfield- In 1973 Virgin Records released Tubular Bells by 20-year old Mike Oldfield. The album was really 2 long, continuous pieces featuring minimalist compositional elements. Oldfield played almost all the instruments on the album, including acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, Hammond Organ, Farfisa Organ, mandolin, and piano. The opening part was later used as the theme for the Movie The Exorcist.

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[GusFogle]

The intro to Tubular Bells is in 7/8 and 9/8. Two measures of 7/8 followed by one measure of 9/8 to be exact. Or you could say 1 measure of 7/8 followed by a measure of 15/8 if you want it to sound more complex than it is. And Songs of Distant Earth recent? lol it came out almost 20 years ago.

[TGAcousticLessons]

@GusFogle Not sure where you got the Time Sig info but the intro is definitely alternating measures of 7/8 and 8/8 (or 4/4 if you prefer), also meaning it could be counted as 15/8. Your mistake may be coming from not realizing that the first note is a pick-up, and the first down beat falls on the second note. And yes, SofDE was from 1994, about 15 years before I made the short vid. It just seemed like his most recent notable album at the time. Neil

[kainthornn]

We'd love a full lesson on this. THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!!!

[sombras51]

stupids ignorants this is tubular bells from Mike Oldfield ......"The Exorcist" Take his song

[GusFogle]

@TGAcousticLessons You could write it in 15/8. The whole phrase would be 2 measures of 15/8.

[GusFogle]

@TGAcousticLessons Yeah, I know that the first note, the E, is a pickup. And I was wrong, it's actually three measures of 7/8 followed by one measure of 9/8. And I got my information from the official sheet music printed by Virgin Music Publishers in 1973. It was arranged by David Bedford.

[p0w3r96]

amazing do you have any tabs ?

[madhatter8787]

Lesson please?!

[gaararox13]

Are people stupid enough not to know what this movie is from?

[VenomShock]

@jim0245 It's from "The Exorcist". No question about it.

[colinfirthfan]

FULL LESSON PLEASE

[jellah2]

put tabs in descri :D