Comments on: Misty

Misty

danb — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:03:51 -0800

Solo guitar. One quick and dirty take, recorded with the windows open.

Still working out the details of this arrangement. I've never been terribly good at these chords-and-melody things, but I'm getting better (I hope!). Someday I hope to post something like The White Hat's cover of Hide and Seek. See also chrismear's fantastic sax and piano version of Misty.

By: BrnP84

BrnP84 — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:09:19 -0800

This is really pretty

By: RussHy

RussHy — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:11:17 -0800

Wow. First rate. Thanks for this.

By: nicolin

nicolin — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:03:41 -0800

I agree, this is really enjoyable.

By: edlundart

edlundart — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:11:48 -0800

Very pretty and warm. Delicately played -- I like the "bass walks." I look forward to hearing a possible tricked out version.

By: dobie

dobie — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:25:39 -0800

Really nice danb.

By: danb

danb — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:41:33 -0800

Thanks guys!

By: umbú

umbú — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:38:37 -0800

Such a pretty song! I think you navigated it well. The one thing that came to mind was: How is the action of your guitar? How thick are the strings? I think you pulled it off, but I got the sense that you had to work harder to play it than would be necessary if your action was lower and the strings weren't as thick--or maybe you could tune down to Eb standard tuning, instead of E. It might give you a little more flexibility of expression for this sort of tune.

(I hope this isn't annoyingly unsolicited--if so, please disregard!)

By: tomcooke

tomcooke — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:11:06 -0800

Lovely.

By: danb

danb — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:05:39 -0800

Gah! I always forget to check these old threads.

umbú: Thanks for the criticism! It's definitely welcome.

Unfortunately I can't blame my problems on the strings (light gauge) or action (too low, in fact; I need a setup). I just wasn't playing as confidently as I could have been. I mentioned that the arrangement still needs work, but I think I let that come through too much in my actual playing!

The tuning idea is a good one. I guess I could just play the thing in E since it's a solo rendition anyway...I'll think about it. Thanks again!

By: Ira_

Ira_ — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:50:15 -0800

Gorgeous!

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:53:43 -0800

Lovely.