Topic: Adventures in F position

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Asa Martin played his "Jake Walk Papa", for which he was joined by Doc Roberts on mandolin, out of F position.  Here it is:



All best,
Johnm

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Bob Coleman's "Sing Song Blues", recently in the "What Is This Musician Doing?" thread, was played out of F position.
All best,
Johnm

[Pan]

Hi all

If I'm not terribly mistaken, "Waiting for You" a waltz by Mississippi John Hurt is played out of F position.



Edited to add; as Johnm says below, MJH actually played out of G position in std tuning.

Cheers

Pan

[Johnm]

Hi Pan,
I think John Hurt is working out of G position there, Pan.
All best,
Johnm

[Pan]

Hi Pan,
I think John Hurt is working out of G position there, Pan.
All best,
Johnm

Oops, so I was wrong! Thanks for the correction John, G position really makes sense.

I edited my post to include your correction. Now back to the drawing board!

Cheers

Pan

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Yet another "Adventures in . . ." thread moved to Licks and Lessons.
All best,
Johnm

[waxwing]

As I mentioned recently I have been getting into playing in F and I was led there by a song that is not previously mentioned in this topic, "Fattnin' Frogs for Snakes" by the Mobile Strugglers. I've been working with a fiddler and she asked if could we play it pitched a F like the recording. I was trying to create a backing arrangement using some of the mando licks in the treble against some of the bass licks from the boom-changy guitar of Paul Johnson. Sure seemed like he was playing in F, so I decided to follow suit and learn something. That was a really fun project, altho the pandemic has preclude me getting together with the fiddler, so I tracked down this thread to find more songs played in F. It was fun to read through and remember some of the interchanges from before.

Anyway, I don't really know if Paul Johnson would qualify for the new "Guitar Stylist" topic, but wanted to put the song on this topic.

Wax