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INTRODUCTION Ry Cooder is undoubtedly best known for his slide playing, but he is also acknowledged as one of the finest fingerstyle guitarist from the folk/blues boom days of the early sixties through to the present time. In his role as folklorist and vast collector of roots and world music styles he has managed to place them all in a great melting pot and create something that is uniquely the 'Cooder Style' of fingerstyle guitar. These ingredients have included early Delta blues, Folk, Celtic, Country, Gospel, Ragtime, Jazz, Tex Mex, Spanish, Indian, African, Cuban, Hawaiian and more. With the development of these styles it is evident that he could never be content to play simply an alternating thumb pick or repetive arpeggio roll. Instead he cleverly weaves the harmony between low and high end strings often using open tunings to create different textured chords and great sounding inversions. It is obvious in his own fingerstyle technique that he has searched out the more interesting and harmonic players of early roots guitar; players like Blind Blake, Rev. Garry Davis, Sleepy John Estes and Joseph Spence, and then adding his own inventions taken from the vast selection of styles mentioned above. From an early age Ry Cooder was adept at a whole array of stringed instruments most notably the banjo, mandolin and, of course, the guitar. An ambitious player he was able to hear and take lessons from some of the legends of the early blues and ragtime including Rev.Garry Davis and Sleepy John Estes and is known today to continue his learning on anything unusual with strings lying around. As a fingerstyle player I have been inspired and learned a great deal about fingerstyle guitar just by listening to Ry Cooder. In the study tune 'Tamp Em Up' i'll demonstrate one of the many ways you can sound just like the man himself
Cooder On!!
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USING THE MANUAL
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION To view this manual correctly you need to have installed the latest version of Adobe Acrobat if you can't view the videos, or hear the MP3's then install the PDF reader here. Videos are formatted as Quicktime movies so you should have a player installed. If not, download free player here. It is essential to have the Powertab program installed in order to use the interactive Powertab pages. These will enable you to play, slowdown, loop and make your own changes to the tab and help speed up your learning. If you haven't already installed please do so here. Mac users please check here Powertab overview
THE MANUAL This study program is very effective if you follow the recomendations below: Make full use of the video, MP3' and powertab. Adobe pdf will ask you if you wish to open these files - please say yes! - and don't ask me again. Visit the Cooder web links for more information and ideas. Familiarise yourself with the icons below which will enable you to view the multimedia content:
Check out all the extra help using the video tips icon:
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NOTES ON COODER Biography Ry Cooder born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California. Career spans from the early 60's till the present day, releasing fourteen solo albums, notably 'Into The Purple Valley' and 'Bop Till You Drop'.Six collaborations notably the hugely successful 'Buena Vista Social Club'. Fourteen movie sound tracks, notably the ground breaking, 'Paris Texas' and 'Crossroads'. View all Although most famous for his slide playing, he is a master of many stringed instruments including the banjo, mandolin and bajo sextet. As a session player he has played on numerous artists albums. To mention just a few: The Rolling Stones, John Lee Hooker, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, John Hiatt, Randy Newman, Van Morrison, T Bone Burnett, Nick Lowe, Eric Clapton, Arlo Guthrie. View all
Influenced By Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Gabby Pahinui, Fred McDowell, Tampa Red, Blind Blake, Bonnie Raitt, Lowell George, Elmore James, Rev Gary Davies, Blind Willie Johnson, David Lindley, Son House, Joseph Spence, Duane Alman, Josh White Kokomo Arnold, Casey Bill Weldon, Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Estes, Bix Biederbecke and many more......
Guitars
Cooder has used a wide variety of guitars for fingerstyle between the 70's and present day. These include an eclectic mix of acoustic and electric models. Acoustics range from vintage Martin D35's and 000-18's, Gibson SJ-200, Gibson Roy Smeck, Kay and junk shop oddities. Although his fingerstyle is best heard on his acoustic playing he excelled at mixing both slide lead and fingersyle on both electrics and acoustic.
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Tunings Ry favours a variety of tunings for fingerstyle. These include Dropped D, Open D open G and a selection of 'Slack Key' variations.
Fingerstyle Technique Ry uses a mix of fingerstyle ( No picks or plectrums ) for acoustic and electric guitar. A skillful banjo player he is adept at sometimes complex, syncopated fingerstyle patterns. This style is often played in between slide riffs or in solo instrumental pieces.
Slide Guitar Playing and Technique Please check out 'Chicken Skin Slide' for all information on Cooder's Slides and slide technique.
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TAMP EM UP
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Notes on Tamp Em Up This is the last study using dropped D and demonstrates a more syncopated style of finger picking, and a rare use of alternating bass patterns. As you saw in the warm up section, it's more akin to the ragtime playing of say Blind Blake with a twist of the Ry Cooder flavour. Tamp Em Up is based on the instrumental break in the track 'Tamp Em Up Solid' from the classic album 'Paradise And Lunch', and requires some practise to keep the alternating bass working in parts with the high end riffs. If you're used to playing alternating bass patterns then it should be fairly straight forward. Not all the bars are played with this underlying pattern, and is not really a typical Cooder style to do so, but in parts it helps the instrumental keep rolling. Fingering should be logical to keep the flow. Look out for the video tips and the extra help on fingering in bar 4.
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