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Anyone ever have any kind of "guitar circles" where ppl just bring their guitars and play the same worship songs or somethin. I'm thinking about doing it in our youth group but am intrested if others have done it. What does it sound like? Just like mush?
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Originally Posted by Mugga Please Anyone ever have any kind of "guitar circles" where ppl just bring their guitars and play the same worship songs or somethin. I'm thinking about doing it in our youth group but am intrested if others have done it. What does it sound like? Just like mush?
I have done this a lot at bluegrass fests. The main thing is to follow the rules.
1- you go around a circle
2- when it is your turn you either play a song, request a favorite from someone else in the circle that you know they have done it, or at worst, pass.
3- If this is an ongoing thing, bring a few copies of the chord sheet you are working from.
4- If you know the song, play or sing along, if not, lay back,
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how about w/ everyone playing at the same time? how does it sound? does it work well? or is it complete crazyness
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Originally Posted by Mugga Please how about w/ everyone playing at the same time? how does it sound? does it work well? or is it complete crazyness
It works fine if the players are good and know the changes.
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Originally Posted by trpullen It works fine if the players are good and know the changes.
Also make SURE that the guitars are TUNED TOGETHER
or it sounds like mush haha
You really just have to try it yourself and if you don't like it, can the idea and it could work at a later time
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Originally Posted by PastorMarkE Also make SURE that the guitars are TUNED TOGETHER
Preach, preacher!
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You know...in the old days (pre digital tuners) you would go to a fest and spend your whole time tuning to each group as you wandered. Now, everyone is tuned to 440 and it is all good.
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Originally Posted by PastorMarkE Also make SURE that the guitars are TUNED TOGETHER
or it sounds like mush haha
You really just have to try it yourself and if you don't like it, can the idea and it could work at a later time actually, i tend to stress different tunings in groups of acoustics. that way, every guitar doesn't sound the same, and if someone's strumming differently, it doesn't throw everyone else off.....
i find if my guitar is tuned exactly the same way as someone else, and they're strumming differently, it throws me off 'cause their guitar sounds so much like mine.
so i like to mix up the tunings. not only does it help prevent throw-offs, but it adds so much depth too. some people tune down, and others just use capos on different frets. still others might use a kayser capo or something. but that only works when the guitarists can handle the transitions...
then again, the groups aren't usually that big. if it's a real big group, even different tunings will sound like mush if everyone isn't in unison.
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I remember doing this one time in college. Then as we finished up a song, we looked outside and saw how easy it would be to jump off the roof into the pool. 5 of us did so that night, I got fired from my R.A. position, and all of us had to clean the dorms for the last two weeks of school.
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Originally Posted by agrimes87 actually, i tend to stress different tunings in groups of acoustics.
I think y'all are talking about two entirely different things.
MarkE was saying that the guitars should be tuned to each other (as a string quartet or vocal ensemble tunes to each other) so that one guitar's E chord, for example, isn't a smidge sharper or flatter than another guitar's E chord. The easiest way to do this, of course, is to have each guitar tune using the same exact tuner.
You, on the other hand, were talking about the actual string-by-string tuning of the guitars. It makes perfect sense for one guitar to tune down and then capo so that their chords sound slightly different (in timbre, not in pitch) then another guitar's, or for one guitar to play chord positions higher on the neck so that they can distinguish their playing (by register, not by pitch) from another's. However, it makes very little sense (if this is what you're suggesting) for one guitarist to tune their A string to 440 while another guitarist tunes their A string to 442. That is what makes mush, and that's what MarkE (and those who replied) were advising against.
All clear now?
In His love,
Nate
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Originally Posted by parkway I remember doing this one time in college. Then as we finished up a song, we looked outside and saw how easy it would be to jump off the roof into the pool. 5 of us did so that night, I got fired from my R.A. position, and all of us had to clean the dorms for the last two weeks of school.
So....
1- you go around a circle
2- when it is your turn you either play a song, request a favorite from someone else in the circle that you know they have done it, or at worst, pass.
3- If this is an ongoing thing, bring a few copies of the chord sheet you are working from.
4- If you know the song, play or sing along, if not, lay back,
and
5- no beer.
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Originally Posted by Jay Tea So....
5- no beer.
What, a low carb song circle?
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Originally Posted by Jay Tea So....
1- you go around a circle
2- when it is your turn you either play a song, request a favorite from someone else in the circle that you know they have done it, or at worst, pass.
3- If this is an ongoing thing, bring a few copies of the chord sheet you are working from.
4- If you know the song, play or sing along, if not, lay back,
and
5- no beer. 6- Jump off roof into pool
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Originally Posted by Nate I think y'all are talking about two entirely different things.
MarkE was saying that the guitars should be tuned to each other (as a string quartet or vocal ensemble tunes to each other) so that one guitar's E chord, for example, isn't a smidge sharper or flatter than another guitar's E chord. The easiest way to do this, of course, is to have each guitar tune using the same exact tuner.
You, on the other hand, were talking about the actual string-by-string tuning of the guitars. It makes perfect sense for one guitar to tune down and then capo so that their chords sound slightly different (in timbre, not in pitch) then another guitar's, or for one guitar to play chord positions higher on the neck so that they can distinguish their playing (by register, not by pitch) from another's. However, it makes very little sense (if this is what you're suggesting) for one guitarist to tune their A string to 440 while another guitarist tunes their A string to 442. That is what makes mush, and that's what MarkE (and those who replied) were advising against.
Nate
i believe nate hit it on the nose. make sure the guitars ARE IN TUNE...doesnt mean they have to be tuned to the same exact tuning (e.g. "standard tuning" or "drop d" or what not...) just that the b string makes the same b PITCH as the other b strings...
~nick