There was a thread like this going 'round about a year ago, and I thought I'd start a new one to see what you are all working on these days.
Me, I just finished memorizing "The Water is Wide" and have OCMS's "Wagon Wheel" under my fingers (I learned it because my 5 year old son loves the song and doesn't care if I can't sing to save his life).
I just started Tony McManus' version of "Shalom Aleichem". It's a very beautiful piece that sounds a lot easier than it actually is. This should keep me busy for a while.
Looking forward to hearing what you are working on.
Regards
John
Well it may sound early, but given my slow learning pace, I am beginning to work on a couple of fingerstyle Christmas songs. That way I will have them down pat by the holidays. I am resurrecting a Chet Atkins version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, which is a bit of a challenge for me. I tried it out a couple of years ago but never quite mastered it to my satisfaction. That's why I'm giving it plenty of time this year. I am also learning a simple but pretty version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
Wish I had more time to learn new stuff. It goes pretty slow for me, but is fun noetheless.
Cheers,
Joe
I'm actually not working on any songs right now! I've been hitting the ear training hard. Well, I was trying to come up with my own arrangement of 'Handsome Molly' but that may have to wait till I develop more flatpicking skills.
I've been working on O'Carolan tunes for the mandolin mostly with some Renaissance music thrown in from time to time.
I've just starting working on the Beaumont Rag, which is a little advanced for me, but I am bouncing back and forth between that and a couple of songs off of Dave Van Ronk's instructional DVD. Green, Green Rocky Road and Kanas City Blues. They are both fairly straight forward to play but I'm also trying to sing them as well, which throws me all off.
Also on my list are a few MJH tunes
Candy Man
Cocaine Blues
Spike Driver Blues
Pallet on the Floor
PayDay
Stephen Stills' "4 + 20".
Now why did it take so long? I have always regarded this as a favourite acoustic piece.
jimmy
The Mary Ellen Carter - Stan Rogers
Northbound 35 - Jeffrey Foucault, Richard Shindell
My most recent tunes, the first three I have down pretty well, the last two
still need some work to try to make them my own:
-Jealous of the Moon (NickelCreek)
-Sheebeg agus Sheemore (a simple fingerstyle version of this O'Carolan tune)
-Mad World (Tears for Fears; recently repopularized by Gary Jules)
-Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Greenday)
-Sympathy (Goo Goo Dolls)
cheers,
andrew
Quote from: jandrew on October 16, 2007, 01:48:08 PM
-Sheebeg agus Sheemore (a simple fingerstyle version of this O'Carolan tune)
Do you happen to have Butch Baldassari and John Mock's "Songs of O'Carolan"? It's got a great version of this song on it. Highly recommend that CD.
Quote from: the creature on October 16, 2007, 01:55:10 PM
Do you happen to have Butch Baldassari and John Mock's "Songs of O'Carolan"? It's got a great version of this song on it. Highly recommend that CD.
I don't have that CD, but thanks for the recommendation -- I'm just doing a variation of the version in Ken
Perlman's "Fingerpicking Fiddle Tunes" (which I just rediscovered in a box in my basement).
Well, per my post a couple of posts below, i'm not working on anything until my finger heals. Probably another week. But before my run in with the chef's knife, I was working on:
Ry Cooder's version of Great Dream from Heaven in dropped D
Al Petteway's Sligo Creek in DADGAD (learning it from an instructional DVD)
John Martyn's May You Never in dropped D
Jeff
Petite Etude by Rik Emmett/Triumph is the only "new" thing I'm working on because I've been playing the classical guitar almost exclusively.
Due to my classical kick, I'm working on" Ipanema" and "Asturias". With the band, we're working on 2 Corine Bailey Rae songs, "I'd Like to", and "Till it Happens to you", John Mayer,"Waiting on the World to Change", Boz Skaggs "Lowdown", and Johnny guitar Watson, "Ain't that a -CENSORED-". Diversity is cool. Asturias is way difficult, check out Ana Vidovic's version on the Tube. JP
Over at the APM forum a bunch of us did our versions of Shenandoah - here's mine:
http://boomp3.com/m/b0257c7fc4b1 (http://boomp3.com/m/b0257c7fc4b1)
And I just finished this song composed by me the other day:
"The One"
http://www.fingerstyle-guitar.com/barry_iozia/audio.php (http://www.fingerstyle-guitar.com/barry_iozia/audio.php)
Other than those two I have the "Pete Huttlinger Collection" which has a bunch of great songs in it and I started messing around with some Andy McKee and Don Ross stuff.
"Me, I just finished memorizing "The Water is Wide" and have OCMS's "Wagon Wheel" under my fingers....." John I also love that tune my friend and I did a version of that together a couple of weeks ago. She is a pretty good fiddler. Here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDaNZ1oe7dk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDaNZ1oe7dk)
Antoine Dufour's "Development", "Spiritual Groove"
Andy Mckee "Rylyyn"
Anything i can from Shane & Shane
A few Christmas tunes
-Drew
Larrivee l-03 SP
"Hotel California".
On the 6 string, still working on Tony McManus' version of "Shalom Aleichem". I pretty much have it memorized and now working on the more detailed aspects of the song. Very beautiful piece.
On the 12 string that I keep in DADGAD, I have Al Petteway's "Sligo Creek" under my fingers and am working on Robin Bullock's version of "Lost Hollow Lament" Not too difficult but it sounds nice and is fun to play.
Keep playing and let us know what you're working on!!!
John
I'm always working on original songs, but right now I'm working on perfecting the Jeff Buckley arrangement of "Hallelujah;" it's just such a beautiful song.
Right now I'm working on Carolan's Concerto on mandolin.
Haven't been playing much guitar.
Wow! You guys/gals sound much more anbitious & advanced than me. I'm working on "Green Green Rocky Road" and "Stagolee". Up next are "Nine-Pound Hammer" and "Hobo's Lullaby". I'm also working on a version of "Sandy River Belle" which I slowed down from its usual pace and play as a more soul-ful piece -- less typical than its usual fiddle-tune orientation.
I've been listening to alot of martin sexton lately. So i have been learning
-over my head
-in the journey
Mike
Been working on a lot of Don Ross lately ... most recently Rockbarra, So Little Time and Tochigi - good stuff :thumb
I've also really been enjoying playing Art of Motion by Andy McKee
"Take a look at that Baby" by John Fahey. I love ragtime and I have recently discovered this obscure
old timey/ragtime song. I find Fahey's arrangements very interesting and challenging at the same time.
Skinny
Cannonball Rag as taught in this Youtube by Randy Bachman (redone to a version by Lenny Breau - with help from my instructor)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtK0sm7dbyQ
I'm back on a little Tommy Emmanuel kick. I've been trying to get proficient with a thumb pick and have been working hard on "The Man With The Green Thumb" and "Lewis & Clark". I've also been trying to clean up a few songs I'd thought I'd mastered, including John Knowles' "Boulevard" and Guy Van Duser's "Cindy and Norm."
http://media.putfile.com/The-Man-With-The-Green-Thumb---take-2
http://media.putfile.com/Boulevard-42
http://media.putfile.com/Cindy-and-Norm
I've also been trying to pen a couple of original pieces and a fingerstyle arrangement of "Come Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" in time for Christmas.
Deep River Blues, by Doc Watson. I thought I had it down pat until I saw Doc play it on Youtube. Close, but no cigar as of yet.
I have finally found something that I want to learn to play. So far, it has been strumming chords and sings old favorites like Amazing Grace, Ghost in this House (Allison Kraus version with my wife singing), old Don Williams stuff, etc. Just fun sing-a-longs. I recently discovered Starry Starry Night by Don Mclean. What a beautiful piece! So, I have started working on a fingerpicking arangement. I know, a little agressive for a beginer but hey, you have to start somewhere.
Stan
Carol of the Bells -Trans Siberian style for a charity performance at our church. Also working Guitar Player's Sax Therapy on building lead lines from diminished triads. Occassionally revisit Al Pettiway's DADGAD video - he's great, and Robben Ford's Blues videos.
Like Kwak, I have been working on a Tommy E. arrangement. "Dixie McGuire" big fun. or @ least it will be when I nail it. It's coming along pretty well now.
In addition, I'm just starting to tackle The Swan from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint Saëns. Beautiful piece, best performed on violin, but hey- I don't play violin.
Are non-fingerstyle songs allowed?
I'm mainly a strummer (gasp?), but I've been working on Mat Kearney's "Nothing Left to Lose".
Typical acoustic guitar pop except for a couple of 3/4 measures he throws in on the choruses in a normally 4/4 song. For a strummed song - it makes it actually hard to play (for me). If anyone has a tip on how to subconciously strum this song properly, I would love to hear your advice.
-Scott
This one....
http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=4806196&q=hi
It's driving me nuts. I've been kicking it around for about 6 months now and this is all I have. It's rough.
I tossed in a track with the D-03 today to fill up the background a little bit. (and deleted a track with an HD-28 on it...it was a tad boomy :angry:
After watching the YouTube vid. of Wyatt Rice playing, 'Manzanita' that ElJefe submitted in another post, I had to start figuring it out!
Lots of ambitious players on this board. Every time I try to learn a new song I forget one that I 'almost' learned. :guitar I'm happy to learn something that ALMOST sounds like the song I thought I was playing
Quote from: mgbgt on December 20, 2007, 07:36:38 PM
Lots of ambitious players on this board. Every time I try to learn a new song I forget one that I 'almost' learned. :guitar I'm happy to learn something that ALMOST sounds like the song I thought I was playing
I've lost songs also i learned a year ago. There is just not enough time to keep practicing them all and keep learning new ones.
I mainly play guitar so I can sing :whistling:
So I've been learning "Nothing compares 2 U" by Prince, (famous version by Sinead O'Conner). I've also been working on "Just like heaven" by The Cure.
Yes... I know I'm lame. But it makes me happy :bgrin:
:donut :donut2
Quote from: Ghosting on December 31, 2007, 04:11:54 PM
I've also been working on "Just like heaven" by The Cure.
I like playing this song as well. It's really nice with the guitar tuned down a full step.
Lately, aside from my own material, I've been playing a fingerpicked version of "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice." I threw-in a harmonica solo and I really like the way it sounds with the guitar. John Sebastian is one-hell-of-a-writer. Also been working on Doc Watson's version of "Sittin on Top of the World." Making myself learn some alternate tunings.
On December 21, I finally got the music and lyrics (including guitar chords) for "Brush and Paddle" by Ian Tamblyn.
I have been pretty busy over the past few weeks with other guitar music (i.e., Church/Folk Choir Christmas music), but tonight I am going to begin to work my way through Tamblyn's song ... it seems to really touch off something in me when I hear it. :guitar
Dave Van Ronk "Sunday Street"
Cool tune to learn there, bhika. last night I started working on Keb' Mo's, Angelina.
New to the forum - first few posts today...
Right now I'm trying to come up with a good driving groove on guitar to backup a fiddle tune called "Jackie Tar." It's a hornpipe, but neither the fiddler or mandolin player want it "hornpipey." I play more old-time and breaking out of that in favor of something more driving and celtic is a little challenge.
I also just discovered the Amazing Slow Downer. Sure wish I had it thirty years ago when I started playing. I spent a good chunk of last night making sure I had some tunes down on the fiddle. Great tool.
I'm working on a bunch of fingerpicking:
If I only had a Brain
Yankee Doodle Dixie
Bach:Sarabande
Allemande
Siciliano
Western- Alex De Grassi
I made a resolution this year to learn 2 new acoustic/classical solo tunes a month and polish up some of my favorites that I already know.
Jorma's "Embryonic Journey"
Glen Hansard's "Leave"
Charlie Patton/James Mathus/John Fahey "Jesus is a Dying Bed Maker"
Paolo
I still can't say goodbye
Don't think twice it's alright
If you could read my mind
Beautiful
After the gold rush
Nockin' on heavens door
I'm working on my own arrangements of Ashokan Farewell, Planxty Irwin and Seebag, Seemor. Also, messing around with Laurence Juber's arrangements of Layla and Maybe I'm Amazed.
A lot of great tunes being played by everyone!
Right now I'm working on W. Coulter's version of Citi na gCumman - very nice celtic piece on the 12 string in DADGAD.
I received "The Irish DADGAD Guitar Book" by Sarah McQuaid for Christmas, so I have a lot of 12 string material ahead of me.
Keep on picking.
John