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Question: How many tubes can play the 'Ommadawn' solo? :: Total Votes:14 Poll choices Votes Statistics Yes, perfectly 3  [21.43%] I'm working on it 3  [21.43%] Not at all 8  [57.14%] Guests cannot vote

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miar Group: Members Posts: 62 Joined: May 2009 Posted: April 30 2010, 11:16 I have no trouble playing it -------------- Mia --------------- Back to top

ex member 892 Group: Members Posts: 827 Joined: July 2008 Posted: April 30 2010, 12:10 Mia, where ya been? Did you ever go to Guitar Craft? What was Fripp like? Back to top

ex member 892 Group: Members Posts: 827 Joined: July 2008 Posted: April 30 2010, 12:13 Quote (miar @ April 30 2010, 11:16) I have no trouble playing it Prove it Back to top

ian Group: Members Posts: 473 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: June 07 2010, 09:44 I sort of can play it but had to slow it right down in Cubase and listen to every note and match it. To me it's one of those spontaneous bursts he had when recording it but always hard to reproduce. For years I have always wanted to play it for a challenge but too afraid to try. Still can't do it all in one smooth flow but can find most of the notes. The Amarok solo in E minor is even harder but similar. Some smart alec onYoutube can do it. It's a question of if you put the time and effort in but I would rather write my own stuff :-) Back to top

Delfín Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: Nov. 2000 Posted: June 09 2010, 20:57 I'll try to publish my own version of it. -------------- The most precious thing I possess, is knowing the answer's yes Back to top

Ghostmojo Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: Mar. 2009 Posted: June 13 2010, 10:22 Quote (miar @ April 30 2010, 11:16) I have no trouble playing it Me neither!!!! That's because I've never tried -------------- " ... if you feel a little glum - to Hergest Ridge you should come ... " Back to top

Delfín Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: Nov. 2000 Posted: Nov. 17 2010, 12:43 It's easy... you just jump on string 2 and then on. When you appear on string 2 you do a legato with frets 3-5-7 7-5-3 and then 2-3-5-5-3-2. By the time you turn up ascending you start up with a glissando from fret 7 to 9 on the 4th string, and then on. Try it and see if you can. -------------- The most precious thing I possess, is knowing the answer's yes Back to top

cAveMan Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Aug. 14 2011, 10:30 Quote (ex member 892 @ Mar. 17 2010, 18:54) He plays it almost perfectly in this video (Notice Maggie Reilly rolling around on the floor?). Much better than the Montreux performance. I notice that this section was excluded from the NOTP performance... which does make me wonder... I would really like to see what was this video? Any other links? Back to top

GusFogle Group: Members Posts: 198 Joined: July 2011 Posted: Aug. 14 2011, 12:37 I can play it on piano. And believe me, its much harder on piano than on guitar. Pianists can't do pull-offs, hammer-ons, and all the other trickery guitarists use to play stuff like that run. I found it amusing that so many people in this thread posted about how good they are, without offering any proof to back it up. So here I'm posting a very old recording that I did (the sound quality and playing is much lower than on my recent recording of Taurus II) of Ommadawn. You'll find some parts totally different than the original version, but since Mike often did this live (1981 version for example) I took the initiative to arrange a medley of parts 1 and 2. There are lots of mistakes; the grand piano was recorded live months before I did the other overdubs. Anyway, here it is: http://soundcloud.com/gus-fogle/ommadawn Back to top

Nacho Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Aug. 14 2011, 14:57 Quote (cAveMan @ Aug. 14 2011, 16:30) Quote (ex member 892 @ Mar. 17 2010, 18:54) He plays it almost perfectly in this video (Notice Maggie Reilly rolling around on the floor?). Much better than the Montreux performance. I notice that this section was excluded from the NOTP performance... which does make me wonder... I would really like to see what was this video? Any other links? The whole recording of Roskilde http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5379660367679215139 Back to top

cAveMan Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Aug. 14 2011, 14:59 Quote (Nacho @ Aug. 14 2011, 20:57) The whole recording of Roskilde http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5379660367679215139 wow, thanx for this! Back to top

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