Herman Marcic shows how to play A Whiter Shade of Pale

Alice Springs musician Herman Marcic has won much rapt attention over the year for his stunning version of Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale. Before leaving Alice Springs with his wife, teacher and ABC radio presenter made this video for Alice Online, (http://www.aliceonline.com.au) demonstrating the parts that go to make up the whole of his acoustic interpretation of this classic song.

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[chinook2008]

That was magnificent my friend just beautiful! I can tell you have been playing a long time! I would love to be half as good as you are! How long did it take you to get that song down?

[davidcrocket9]

@chinook2008 This isn't Herman's site, and he doesn't use the internet much. In fact, he's quite elusive. I'll pass on your question, but I would be thinking in terms of decades!

[TheLanxian]

Great job! Can you please link some tabs or anything? :) It's really hard to see which tabs you play when everything is so fast..

[davidcrocket9]

@TheLanxian Sorry, Herman doesn't do tabs! Suggest you try pausing the video as it goes along.

[davidcrocket9]

Guess he's not teaching us to sing, Vinno. But he does sing with feeling!

[davidcrocket9]

@davidcrocket9 Guess he's not teaching us to sing, Vinno. But he does sing with feeling!

[herman2441]

Hi everyone. I'm sorry for not responding to your qs sooner. This clip was produced by a good friend of mine who wanted to video me playing A Whiter Shade of pale for YouTube. I'm tickled pink by the response! Will explain how it's done, in detail when I know a bit more about computers. I plan to make a step by step clip - so, please be patient. Will also make another clip of an easier tune to show how it's done. Using this style of playing, you can apply it to any song. Herman

[drewangolf]

Very nice guitar picking! Thanks for posting.

[KingstonCowboy]

For those who don't know, Herman was the bass guitarist in a 60's band I created, The Creatures. He sang the best ever version of Maybelline. We used to get strings for his guitar from the centre of car speedo cables. Great sound. I registered the name in about 1963 and tried other musicians before I found the Beagle Boys in Mildura and took them to Sydney, coloured their hair and encouraged them to practice day and night. There are a couple of their singles on my profile.

[lookn0ver]

VERY COOL.this is the biggest help and the best transpose

Holla~Holla~Holla Sa-eeb

(you know the rolling hand gesture with bow)

a 1000 ThanQuez

[bert3029]

Love your rendetion! Would you be able to make a video version that would've a bit more step by step? I'm really trying hard to figure it out but am not having luck doing so :(

[MedManTheBrave]

ha ha this guy is called herman. nice job

[sakutasu]

well done !