From apollo!uchinews!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!nih-csl!lhc!news Wed Sep 21 01:44:30 1994 Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic Path: apollo!uchinews!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!nih-csl!lhc!news From: kucera@rad.lhc (Richard Kucera) Subject: TAB: Kottke, Living in the Country Message-ID: Lines: 287 Sender: news@nlm.nih.gov Organization: National Library of Medicine Date: 16 Sep 1994 14:21:57 GMT Xref: apollo rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature:13627 rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic:7123
Living In The Country ---------------------
Music By Pete Seeger Arrangement by Leo Kottke
Tabbed by Rich Kucera and his trusty 1/2 speed Marantz
Thanks to fellow net.guitarist Andy Alexis for vital clues There`s also Pete Seeger`s version printed in Mar94 Acoustic Guitar
Dropped-D Tuning
I find a 3-finger style(thumb p, index i, and middle m) to be more effective than using 4 fingers(not to mention 5). It makes the velocity and attack easier to achieve. I also recommend this approach for Busted Bicycle. If nothing else it takes me out of my four finger rut(Kottke is rumored to have twenty fingers, but I think he used only three of them for this one). I`ll make right hand fingering indications that I think keep a regular momentum going(which includes picking out a note here and there on the first and second strings with the thumb).
The arrangement turned out to be deceptively simple. It`s chimey and gorgeous and very easy to get to from standard tuning. It is definitely meant to be played on a twelve-string. I think listening to the recording of it first is absolutely necessary to get a feel for it since I`ve omitted timing indications(I`m too lazy, but my guess is you`re not going to want to bother to learn it unless you`ve heard it played anyway).
X == mute the note e.g. ---X7--- h == hammer p == pull off to that note or /b == bend down or up to note or / == slide down or up
INTRO (one) ff build momentum--cleanly ----2---------2------------------------------------------------ -------3---------------3--------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- ----------0----------------0----------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- ----0-------------0-------------------------------------------- m i p m p i p p
THEME ff (six) ----5----------10-----9--7-----|---5--------7-------5---------- -------7--------------------0--|------7-----------------7---0-- ----------X7-------------------|---------7--------------------- -------------------------------|------------------------------- -------------------------------|------------------------------- ----0--------------0-----------|---0-------------0-------------- m i p m p m p i m i p m p m p i p p
(seven) ----5-----------3--------2---0--|-----0-----2------------------ ------------2-------------------|--3-------------------------- -----------------------------0--|------------------------------- --------2-----------------------|--------0------------0--------- ----0----------------0----------|------------------------------- --------------------------------|--0-------------0-------------- m p i m p i m p p
(nine) -----------------7------------5-------------3-------2-----0----- ---------------------------0-------------2---------------------- ------------0-----------0---------------------------------0----- ---------------------0----------------2------------------------- ----------------------------------0-------------0--------------- ----/5---------------------------------------------------------- ^a slide from 2 is suggested here
-------------------------------------------2---------------------- --h2----------0-------------3-------3-------------3--------------- ----------------------------------------------------------2------- ----------2-------------0---------------0-------------0----------- -------0-------------4-------------------------------------------- ------------------0-------------0--------------0------------------ ^critical, and fun too
repeat (thirteen)
(fourteen) --------------2--------------------------------------------------- -------3--------------3-------slide up to play theme again------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------0---------------0--------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---0--------------0-----------------------------------------------
THEME AGAIN, only this time a little baby theme mf (fifteen) ----5----------10-----9--7-----|---5--------7-------5---------- -------7--------------------0--|------7-----------------7---0-- ----------X7-------------------|---------7--------------------- ----0--------------0-----------|---0-------------0------------- -------------------------------|------------------------------- -------------------------------|-------------------------------- m i p m p m p i m i p m p m p i p p
repeat (seven) repeat (fifteen) repeat (eight) repeat (nine) getting louder ff repeat (ten) repeat (eleven) repeat (nine) getting louder ff+ and building repeat (twelve) repeat (thirteen) very loudly fff and dirty picking or strumming repeat (thirteen) very loudly fff and dirty picking or strumming resume clean picking at ff towards end of (thirteen)
--------------2---------------- -------3----------------------- ------------------------------- ----------0---------------0---- ----------------------4-------- ---0--------------0------------ ^^^not clear about this, sounds good
