MeFi Music songs tagged with fingerstyle

Sunburst by Danf

Danf — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:21:42 -0800

Another instrumental in a tuning I can't even remember.

D Rain by Danf

Danf — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:37 -0800

I lived for a time in a shed with one of those corrugated fiberglass roofs. It rained. Then it stopped. Then started again. Etc.

Cowboy Song by Danf

Danf — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:13:35 -0800

I had some downstairs neighbors for which I was the semi-regular entertainment.

Redwood City Blues by Danf

Danf — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:59:21 -0800

An old track that a kid recently digitized off the cassette tape.

My Heart Will Give You Up by The White Hat

The White Hat — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:52:35 -0800

The third and final installment of my 2009 Valentine's day project. Celine Dion + Rick Astley, as if the internet needed another rickroll.

Saint V. Massacree by The White Hat

The White Hat — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:49:01 -0800

Guitar Rag, with banjo.

Hail Poetry by The White Hat

The White Hat — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:10:05 -0800

A short arrangement for solo banjo of the stunning Gilbert & Sullivan tune from The Pirates of Penzance.

Let It Snow by dagosto

dagosto — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:51:03 -0800

This is as close to the original melody as I could get while in a minor key. Imagine being on a holiday getaway where everything goes terribly because of the weather.

Chiefest Microns by The White Hat

The White Hat — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:53:54 -0800

Instrumental banjo waltz, written this afternoon.

Oh! Susanna by The White Hat

The White Hat — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:51:08 -0800

Classical banjo and fingerstyle guitar arrangement of the Stephen Foster tune.

Wave by stubby phillips

stubby phillips — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:00:34 -0800

Lo-fi bossa with apologies to Jobim

boing by stubby phillips

stubby phillips — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:20:45 -0800

hubris in E major

Hard Times Come Again No More by The White Hat

The White Hat — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:55:32 -0800

Just installed new strings and set up my new 3-mic stand; I figured I'd test drive 'em both.

noodling by umbú

umbú — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:25:57 -0800

More 12-string fingerstyle. This time the tuning is DADDAD.

Cheese Whiz by umbú

umbú — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:34:51 -0800

I have no idea why I decided to choose that name half a life ago. It is a 12-string fingerstyle barnburner played with pinky slide.

sonic youth vs. john fahey by umbú

umbú — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:27:49 -0800

To rock or to pick? That seemed to be struggle that played out on this old cassette that I recently dug up and digitized. This is another 12-string fingerstyle tune in an alternate tuning (Cc Gg Cc gg gc ce). I played around with tuning the double-coursed strings to different notes.

cgcgce by umbú

umbú — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:10:00 -0800

Another fingerstyle tune from the cassette time capsule. This one was recorded on a six-string with my friends backing me up on cello and percussion.

Stay by The White Hat

The White Hat — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:44:19 -0800

cover of the song by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs. Fingerstyle guitar, vocals, banjo. Created for the 2008 Songfight! Gift of Music sidefight.

Night Terrors by The White Hat

The White Hat — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:54:25 -0800

Written to satisfy both a Songfight challenge and the mefi music challenge. Who says you can't spook two horses with one chestnut? Featuring three buttons on my accordion.

Take this Hammer by The White Hat

The White Hat — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:24:26 -0800

Cover of a Leadbelly tune.

Beat Guitar (or, Rags to Rags) by The White Hat

The White Hat — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:56:56 -0800

Raw bedroom recording of a song that will eventually end up on an album. Lyrics inside.

Imogen Heap "Hide and Seek" Arrangement for the Guitar by The White Hat

The White Hat — Tue, 15 May 2007 00:47:28 -0800

Rough arrangement of Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek" for the steel-string guitar. I put this together about a month ago, after the SNL "Dear Sister" sketch introduced me to the song.

The Parting Glass (Fingerstyle w/ Violin) by The White Hat

The White Hat — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:05:32 -0800

Fingerstyle arrangement of a trad tune, features backing violin by Gretchen Lohse.

Auld Lang Syne by The White Hat

The White Hat — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:37:46 -0800

Fingerstyle arrangement of the trad tune. Looks like it was transposed down a step during conversion. Link to mp3 inside.

Glass Eye by The White Hat

The White Hat — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:52:24 -0800

Off the album released in January, here's a blues written almost two years ago featuring Colin Keller on the Drums.