What shads tunes work well on acoustic?

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Re: What shads tunes work well on acoustic?

Postby Stratpicker » 16 Dec 2009, 21:56

Risky
Cavatina and Argentina both work well on my Yammy -I've played them both Live.
The trick with Cavatina is NOT to go right up the board like Hank does but to revert back an octave where the high part should be.
Geronimo and Gonzales are also OK.
I take my Yammy on hols and lots of my BTs and there are not many that you cant play, one way or another, on your acoustic.
OUtside of the Shads, try Tears In Heaven, Now and Forever, Petite Fleur, Sunny afternoon, Dance with me, and also Faithful.
cheers
ian
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Re: What shads tunes work well on acoustic?

Postby cockroach » 17 Dec 2009, 04:19

I think Hank himself has been playing Nivram on stage on acoustic for a long time- even when I saw the Shadows way back in the '80's, he and Bruce used acoustic guitars, and Hank turned it into a sort of gypsy jazz Django styled version.

You can play any type of music on ANY type of guitar actually- there are no rules or laws against it- it's just that some tunes suit acoustic better than electric and vice versa!
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