Ali Farka Touré - how to play the accompaniment to ‘56

This is a short extract from a longer masterclass on the full piece. To get the full masterclass subscribe to my Playing Ali Masterclass Series here gumroad.com/l/...
Scores to this are available on www.derekgripper.com

[@idontspeakforeveryonebut..8167]

I feel like this is the type of music to be saved in case of an apocalypse. Love from Kenya.

[@oakvanderwalt7547]

Thank you Derek! I’ve be been a huge fan of Ali for the last 20 years and it’s a pleasure to be able to now practice myself. Please post more. Love your work.
Many thanks

[@TaffmanGuyo]

Mesmerisingly beautiful - big thanks from the UK.

[@jamesabbatt5552]

Brilliant! I am going to try and learn this over the lockdown Christmas break.

[@tristram6395]

Derek - Thanks so much mate. This knowledge is golden.

[@kanishk1404]

Thanks a lot for posting this. Looking forward to more! Love from India!

[@lo-fitronics]

absolutely awesome!!! love the way you played it, bravo!

[@randalclarke5487]

Awesome! Been looking for Farka Toure's tunings for years...love your style of presentation too bud!

[@dennismenezes9423]

Yes ! !
I'm trying to get this piece !
Thanks for that, and thanks for the music! :)

[@96aymen]

Thank you from all my heart

[@user-kx2uz6vo9g]

ahh! I love this tune, and already have been playing alt tunings for a while now but never went near the Ali tuning because of steel strings. I will definitely try this method of lowering the A and D, I really need to start thinking more creatively and changing the thumb patterns up to get out of thinking always in octaves. Thanks for this

[@cedricdrics8101]

Quel est l' accordage svp ,

[@ZeuzBluez]

many thanks Derek .it s much easier now for me to decode the tab.let me know when u make th tab for inchamassina (my ali s holy gail :-)).

[@DerekGripperGuitar]

will do!

[@Dulqusley]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Dereck

[@Xox-xq6zs]

Excellent

[@azalgetart8264]

great

[@Kimyaguitare]

Magnifique

[@williambaro8383]

You the best

[@TheCy79]

What model of guitar are you playing? Sounds great!

[@SambaBaidy-h4t]

I like the way you play guitar is it possible for me to learn it online I'm in New York Syracuse

[@DerekGripperGuitar]

lots of online materials on my website please have a look and see if anything appeals to you

[@callumsewell3473]

Marvellous

[@Atman26634]

🔥🔥

[@hafer88]

👍

[@MrFree-vj8qj]

is your tuning accurate? I can't seem to get the same notes using a electronic tuner, thanks for this invaluable lesson

[@DerekGripperGuitar]

ha! indeed! No I usually tune to the recording of the piece I'm transcribing in case I use musical examples in the video. I ended up not using any in this video, ut I may have tuned to the recording before, or just been slightly in a different tuning myself. Ali didn't always use 440, especially in earlier recordings. I also kind of don't. Sorry! I don't actually own a tuner. I have a tuning fork I got when I went to my first violin lesson when I was six. It might still give a 440 A but I've never checked. ;)

[@MrFree-vj8qj]

@@DerekGripperGuitar sounds great anyway I think it sounded even better than the 440 I was using, it only matters when playing and teaching with other instruments, I'll come back to your lesson soon and tune accordingly, thank for the reply