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Hacksaw Jim Duggan – Niels

Posted by Niels on June 19, 2021 at 7:05 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyj3GmyxXmI

dr_dave replied 4 years, 9 months ago 11 Members · 16 Replies
16 Replies

albert_d

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June 19, 2021 at 7:09 am

Relaxing way to start the new Juneteenth. Thanks.
Loraine

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June 19, 2021 at 8:22 am

Such a beautiful composition @Niels , and it sounds great on the guitar. The more I hear it, the more I really like it. Great job!!
Topher

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June 19, 2021 at 10:52 am

That is really nice. Great job.
Niels

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June 20, 2021 at 2:30 pm

Thank you, @albert_d , @Loraine and @topher for your kind words.
Much appreciated 😀
That_Guy

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June 20, 2021 at 2:57 pm

Those air guitars are getting more and more realistic!
- Niels
  
  Member
  June 21, 2021 at 6:25 am
  
  Thank you @That_Guy for your kind words.
  
  For what it is worth, this helps a lot on top of a slab of wood, some strings and a piezo pickup
  
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stevieblues

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June 20, 2021 at 7:22 pm

That was really great!
- Niels
  
  Member
  June 21, 2021 at 6:26 am
  
  Thank you @stevieblues 😀
Marisa

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June 21, 2021 at 6:37 am

That was really beautiful @Niels!
Fly

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June 21, 2021 at 6:38 am

So chill 😎
Dan D#

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June 21, 2021 at 11:13 am

Beautiful melody you followed on this piece @Niels and I am still amazed at the tonal quality you produce with that skeleton Guitar😉 just fantastic!👋👋
Marty75

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June 21, 2021 at 11:55 am

Nice one @Niels 😊👍😊👍😊😎
Niels

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June 22, 2021 at 2:31 pm

Thank you, @Marisa , @fly , @Dan D# and @Marty69 , for your kind words.

Much appreciated 😀
dr_dave

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June 22, 2021 at 3:03 pm

The whole composition was lovely and relaxing. I don’t know if you did it just for me, but that part around 2:06 is the spice I was looking for among all the sugar. That’s your musical tension and release, skillfully woven into a really pretty piece. It really appealed to my jazz sensibilities and made my ears perk up. I can’t help but think that bit was aimed at me.
- Niels
  
  Member
  June 23, 2021 at 7:31 am
  Thank you, @dr_dave – so nice to hear from you again.
  
  Thank you for listening carefully.
  I am really glad that you liked the improv – even if I must admit that I did not make it with a specific person in mind 😀
  
  In this improv I tried three things:
  - stick to the B and high E strings
  - use the scale double stops as much as possible
  - really cut down on the number of notes.
  and as you say, it came out a bit melancholy and sugary.
  
  At first I thought that the spicey part you mentioned was a trick I was pretty proud of: Using the same lick over the major G -> F chord progression and the relative minor Em -> Dm chord progression.
  But then I realized that that part was 1.49-1.59, and that the stuff at 2.06 was just me forgetting where the scale was – so it was pure luck 😂
  - dr_dave
    
    Member
    June 23, 2021 at 9:07 am
    
    Thanks for calling my attention to the 1:49 to 1:59 part. It fit so naturally within the context that I missed the subtlety that it was over different chords. I certainly don’t have Rick Beato or Adam Neely ears! You should be justifiably proud of that bit and the whole composition. It is lovely. The sweetness is not a bad thing at all!

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