Guest Melvin Schofield
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We attended the Everly Bros reunion concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London in the 1980s. As the lights went down at the start of the show, two spotlights picked out Don and Phil standing at the top of flights of steps on either side of the stage. As the music started, they made their way down the steps and met centre-stage. Great way to make their entrance! I also noticed how they looked into each others eyes a lot while singing in harmony, presumably to make sure they kept in time together. Great memories.
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Thank you Lisa.
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Ah yes, the B7 chord – the one that the very young Beatles took two buses across Liverpool to learn from someone they heard about who new the chord! It is a tricky one. Funny thing is, I’ve found that sometimes if I think very hard about moving to a tricky chord, I mess it up. After a while, when I reach the point where I do “know” the chord, I find that if I don’t think about it, but just do it, it works out OK. The Nike principle!
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I agree that Wind Cries Mary would be a good choice for M&L if trying a Hendrix number. It has an exquisitely controlled solo, which shows that he was more than just the sturm und drang (hey, check out my German!) which he is best known for.
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But no Charlie!
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Aaargh! This is getting out of hand!!
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To play a track in reverse, I would use Guitarband on my Apple Mac. You can drop a track into this and select reverse playback. Not sure how you would do it in any other device, but I expect there would be apps which can do this.
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I read how the Beatles got that backwards guitar solo on I’m Only Sleeping. First George Harrison played the notes as normal in the order that was wanted. This was then played backwards, and he copied the results, now of course playing the notes in reverse order. This second recording was then played backwards. This produced the notes as originally recorded, but sounding backwards! (Still with me?!) Talk about being inventive, and going to a lot of work to get the desired results!
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Yes, it’s not known as the F-ing F chord for nothing (Apologies M&L!). I just play it on the top four strings, and skip the bottom two. It’s not too noticeable if you are just transitioning through the chord, rather than hanging on it.
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Hi JohnnyPee,
As Lisa says above, just recording a random guitar line and reversing it can produce pretty random results, which do not necessarily fit a piece of music very well. So, with the limited technology available in 1966, the Beatles had to do what they did to get a satisfactory result. skrow tI!
