“Memories of You” (Eubie Blake/Andy Razaf, 1930) by Erik McIntyre, solo guitar
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- Опубликовано: 25 мар 2024
- I had a request for this one. I was happy to dig back in to this tune and learn the seldom-heard verse. The guitar is a 1937 Martin C-1, recorded with an ‘40s Electro-voice V-2 ribbon mic
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this musician DOES sound so good!
This musician sounds so good!
❤❤Wonderful. Simply wonderful.
Sweet tune
Beautiful! Your playing style is rare these days. Thanks and keep it up, Erik.
This really is just wonderful. Great playing, great tone.
I'm so glad that this one was requested. When I saw the title, I was hoping to hear the verse -- hooray! I'm so glad to have discovered your playing, as you really have a way of getting to the core of the material, at least as I see it. Beautiful playing, as always. I don't believe I'd heard the unique voice of a Martin archtop before.
Awesome! Let me ask you a question. Are these arrangements improvised, or do you study the songs beforehand? Yhanks for your music!
Thanks! I’ll say it’s a combination of both, and it varies depending on the tune. Often when I’m recording a video of a tune it is at a stage where I have worked through it some , having looked at original sheet music and listened to some recordings, but it still feels a bit “green”, so I’m still in the early stages of experimenting with ways to play it, and I don’t have an arrangement completely locked in. So there is certainly some variation and surprises from take to take as I try to keep in mind any specific moves I’m trying out as well as continuing to make new discoveries in the process of committing to the tune in the moment.
Then another approach I take is attempting a solo guitar version of tunes that I’ve played for years on gigs with various ensembles, perhaps with less focus on being accurate to the original sheet music, but just playing around with a basic familiarity with the melody and chords inspired by how I’ve learned the tune on the bandstand.
lately I have been playing solo gigs more often, in which I combine both approaches and there’s certainly always some degrees of improvisation and continuous experimentation depending on the day. I have been enjoying digging into the original sheet music of these old tunes and trying to adapt the detailed voice leading of the piano parts for guitar.. there’s often a lot of really nice stuff that is not reflected in basic lead sheets /fake books
Does that make sense?
@@Rikmacmusic Yes, of course, that makes sense. I asked the question because the arrangements and improvisations sound very much 'in style', meaning it seems like you really have a deep understanding of the voicings used in that era, and I don't know of a book that has guitar transcriptions of these songs. Naturally, the more you know about the style, the easier it is to improvise, whether you're playing jazz or studying figured bass to play Bach. I really commend you on your music; it's a journey through time!"