Sheer Beauty!

[West R Lee]

I had never heard this song until tonight when I listened to one of my wife's CD's by Trisha Yearwood.......this lady wrote it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep-Pab7VSiQ

West

 

[learnintoplay62]

Re: Shear Beauty!

Hey West. What was that thingamagig the guild player was using ? Any others with him playing where we could hear the guild ?

 

[West R Lee]

Re: Shear Beauty!

Hey West. What was that thingamagig the guild player was using ? Any others with him playing where we could hear the guild ?

I don't know what you call that thing Learnin', it almost sounds like a musical saw though. Noticed how they're capoed too.....top 4 strings......4th fret.

West

 

[cjd-player]

Re: Shear Beauty!

It's called an ebow. (ee-bow)

It's a battery-powered device that vibrates the string with a magnetic field. Kinda like a reverse electric guitar pickup.

You hold it near the string without touching it and the string vibrates. Kinda sounds like using a violin bow on the string - hence the name: ebow, as for electronic bow.

If you listen closely he hits a couple of klunker, out-of-key notes with it.

 

[frettedstrings]

Re: Shear Beauty!

Actually, West, I believe she is only barring strings 3, 4, and 5. Unless I am see it wrong and it is the 4, 5 and 6th strings. Thats a shubb 'cut capo'. I didn't know that a 'cut capo' could be necessarily used at the 4th fret. I used my full capo and 'cut capo' almost exclusively, when I play. I tried playing with the 'cut capo' at the 4th fret, barring strings 3, 4 and 5 and the overtones are great.

I'd like to try one of those ebows, as well.

-Frettedstrings.

 

[West R Lee]

Re: Shear Beauty!

Actually, West, I believe she is only barring strings 3, 4, and 5. Unless I am see it wrong and it is the 4, 5 and 6th strings. Thats a shubb 'cut capo'. I didn't know that a 'cut capo' could be necessarily used at the 4th fret. I used my full capo and 'cut capo' almost exclusively, when I play. I tried playing with the 'cut capo' at the 4th fret, barring strings 3, 4 and 5 and the overtones are great.

I'd like to try one of those ebows, as well.

-Frettedstrings.

I'm not sure Fretted, maybe we can see it better here?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo5pkKqI ... re=related

West

 

[bluesypicky]

Re: Shear Beauty!

It's a battery-powered device that vibrates the string with a magnetic field.
You hold it near the string without touching it and the string vibrates.

Please.... children may be reading this. :lol:
Sounds cool BTW...

 

[cjd-player]

Re: Shear Beauty!

At $100 I always thought they were kinda pricey for a limited gimmick.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessories/ebow-plusebow-electronic-bow-for-guitar

 

[Scratch]

Very pretty song, indeed...

 

[12stringer]

Yes ....very beautifully performed....I am going to try the cut capo on 4 and see how it sounds 8)
Thanks Kindly West!

 

[Scratch]

Did you gig out this weekend, Randy?

 

[12stringer]

Did you gig out this weekend, Randy?

no gigging yet Scratch...still getting our songs in ship shape. :wink:

 

[Sal]

Bill Nelson was an early master of the eBow. Here's a cool track (WARNING - 80s New Wave Techno Dance Number) that highlights the eBow well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnfKzoqW--A

I think an eBow is best used with an electric guitar. It doesn't generate the best attack or respond well with acoustic strings.

 

[Graham]

Re: Shear Beauty!

It's called an ebow. (ee-bow)

It's a battery-powered device that vibrates the string with a magnetic field. Kinda like a reverse electric guitar pickup.

You hold it near the string without touching it and the string vibrates. Kinda sounds like using a violin bow on the string - hence the name: ebow, as for electronic bow.

If you listen closely he hits a couple of klunker, out-of-key notes with it.

Thank you Mr. Claven.

:lol: :lol: :wink:

 

[West R Lee]

And this is what Trisha Yearwood and Keith Urban did with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4aJmd_8 ... re=related

West

 

[davismanLV]

Jeeze, what a beautiful song. I like both versions. They're different. But they both work for me. The Trisha Yearwood/Keith Urban one is the SHIZZLE!! Thanks for posting those.

 

[frettedstrings]

....I am going to try the cut capo on 4 and see how it sounds

12,

With the 'cut capo' at the 4th fret, strum or pick a "C" Chord Shape. I really don't know what chord that is, but it is pretty cool sounding. Then from the "C" shape Chord, put your 2nd finger on the 5th string/ 2nd fret and then put your third finger on the the 6th string/ 3rd fret. Interesting sound.

Try the shape that would be Am7 and the shape for Em. I'm still trying to figure it all out. Have fun !

-frettedstrings

 

[12stringer]

....I am going to try the cut capo on 4 and see how it sounds

12,

With the 'cut capo' at the 4th fret, strum or pick a "C" Chord Shape. I really don't know what chord that is, but it is pretty cool sounding. Then from the "C" shape Chord, put your 2nd finger on the 5th string/ 2nd fret and then put your third finger on the the 6th string/ 3rd fret. Interesting sound.

Try the shape that would be Am7 and the shape for Em. I'm still trying to figure it all out. Have fun !

-frettedstrings

Hey Fretted! Oh....that's sweet! Just tried the cut capo on 4th and what great melodious fun it is for ballads using partial chords and leaving the Hi B and E strings ringing! Opened another new world to me...Thanks again for posting West! :wink: 8)

 

[West R Lee]

....I am going to try the cut capo on 4 and see how it sounds

12,

With the 'cut capo' at the 4th fret, strum or pick a "C" Chord Shape. I really don't know what chord that is, but it is pretty cool sounding. Then from the "C" shape Chord, put your 2nd finger on the 5th string/ 2nd fret and then put your third finger on the the 6th string/ 3rd fret. Interesting sound.

Try the shape that would be Am7 and the shape for Em. I'm still trying to figure it all out. Have fun !

-frettedstrings

Hey Fretted! Oh....that's sweet! Just tried the cut capo on 4th and what great melodious fun it is for ballads using partial chords and leaving the Hi B and E strings ringing! Opened another new world to me...Thanks again for posting West! :wink: 8)

You're welcome.

West

 

[jmac]

I was just going to write to say how AWESOME that ebow sounds when I saw Graham's post and fell off the chair laughing. Thanks Graham, that's the best laugh I've had in days.

But anyway, that ebow is intense.