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07-25-2009, 10:26 AM
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Hey all. Recently I've been trying to figure out Vic Wooten's Amazing Grace, but I can't seem to find some of the harmonics. Does he tune to something other than standard, or am I just lost in general? I watch videos of him and others playing it to see where they are 'fretting' to get the harmonics, but they don't seem to be in the same place on mine, and (I believe) the forth harmonic he plays I can't seem to find at all. Anyone have any insight on this matter?
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07-25-2009, 10:37 AM
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07-25-2009, 10:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | | | Wooten plays that on a Tenor bass tuned A-D-G-C, so if you want to play it in standard tuning, everything will be a fourth lower. |
07-25-2009, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Whisper Wooten plays that on a Tenor bass tuned A-D-G-C, so if you want to play it in standard tuning, everything will be a fourth lower. | That could present a problem to the harmonics.. Good point Whisper!
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07-25-2009, 10:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Socorro, NM | | | Given this knowledge, it could be possible to play it in standard tuning with false harmonics, though it may prove fairly difficult.
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07-25-2009, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Jordasch That could present a problem to the harmonics.. Good point Whisper! | Why would it be a problem? If all the harmonics are a fourth lower, then they are still i tune to one another and to the strings. |
07-25-2009, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by totallybacan Why would it be a problem? If all the harmonics are a fourth lower, then they are still i tune to one another and to the strings. | Not the problem I mean. I meant its a problem as Im afraid to tune my bass to a tenor with my normal strings, it could get ugly. I guess I just said it wrong. 
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07-25-2009, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by totallybacan Why would it be a problem? If all the harmonics are a fourth lower, then they are still i tune to one another and to the strings. | Ah, so just play it in a different key? Hmm, I'll have to try that...
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07-25-2009, 11:15 AM
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Of course you can always try do do it by ear, but that's quite difficult IMO
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07-25-2009, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Whisper Wooten plays that on a Tenor bass tuned A-D-G-C, so if you want to play it in standard tuning, everything will be a fourth lower. | On the "Live At The Quick" video. Quote:
Originally Posted by Chipsonfire Ah, so just play it in a different key? Hmm, I'll have to try that... | Exactly. Here's Vic playing it in standard tuning. |
07-25-2009, 11:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Santa Barbara, CA | | | it works fine for me when i play it in standard with some false harmonics
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07-25-2009, 01:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Socorro, NM | | I figured out what my problem was: the harmonic I was looking for was simply not in the place I expected it to be. Simple as that. Now it will just take some time to practice hitting those especially difficult ones. It doesn't help much that I have crappy strings on a crappy bass, but that just means I'll have to be extra careful. Thanks for the help everyone
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07-25-2009, 02:39 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | I just figured it out in D, using open harmonics for everything. On a standard tuned 4-string. The E was a bit of problem (found it just past the 3rd fret on the E string). The high A was a real puzzle. I found it at the 3rd fret position marker's dot, but it's not coming out very clearly.
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