Rick Payne’sn i k S n e k c i h C 2 Play Fingerstyle Guitar RY COODER STYLE TAMP EM UP Menu>> 2 MENU Introduction Using The Manual Notes On Cooder Tamp Em Up Cooder Web Links . Ragtime. Cuban. As a fingerstyle player I have been inspired and learned a great deal about fingerstyle guitar just by listening to Ry Cooder. Indian. mandolin and. In the study tune 'Tamp Em Up' i'll demonstrate one of the many ways you can sound just like the man himself Cooder On!! Copyright Rick Payne 2011 . and then adding his own inventions taken from the vast selection of styles mentioned above. Spanish. African. Garry Davis. Folk. Instead he cleverly weaves the harmony between low and high end strings often using open tunings to create different textured chords and great sounding inversions. These ingredients have included early Delta blues.Garry Davis and Sleepy John Estes and is known today to continue his learning on anything unusual with strings lying around. Tex Mex. Jazz. the guitar. players like Blind Blake. Hawaiian and more. In his role as folklorist and vast collector of roots and world music styles he has managed to place them all in a great melting pot and create something that is uniquely the 'Cooder Style' of fingerstyle guitar.INTRODUCTION Ry Cooder is undoubtedly best known for his slide playing. Country. With the development of these styles it is evident that he could never be content to play simply an alternating thumb pick or repetive arpeggio roll. but he is also acknowledged as one of the finest fingerstyle guitarist from the folk/blues boom days of the early sixties through to the present time. Sleepy John Estes and Joseph Spence. From an early age Ry Cooder was adept at a whole array of stringed instruments most notably the banjo. Celtic. of course. Rev. It is obvious in his own fingerstyle technique that he has searched out the more interesting and harmonic players of early roots guitar. An ambitious player he was able to hear and take lessons from some of the legends of the early blues and ragtime including Rev. Gospel. It is essential to have the Powertab program installed in order to use the interactive Powertab pages. Mac users please check here Powertab overview THE MANUAL This study program is very effective if you follow the recomendations below: Make full use of the video. If you haven't already installed please do so here. MP3' and powertab. download free player here. Videos are formatted as Quicktime movies so you should have a player installed.please say yes! . Visit the Cooder web links for more information and ideas. Familiarise yourself with the icons below which will enable you to view the multimedia content: Check out all the extra help using the video tips icon: Copyright Rick Payne 2011 Video tip . or hear the MP3's then install the PDF reader here. slowdown. loop and make your own changes to the tab and help speed up your learning. These will enable you to play.and don't ask me again. If not.USING THE MANUAL SOFTWARE INSTALLATION To view this manual correctly you need to have installed the latest version of Adobe Acrobat if you can't view the videos. Adobe pdf will ask you if you wish to open these files . View all Although most famous for his slide playing. T Bone Burnett. notably 'Into The Purple Valley' and 'Bop Till You Drop'.. To mention just a few: The Rolling Stones.. Casey Bill Weldon. John Lee Hooker..Six collaborations notably the hugely successful 'Buena Vista Social Club'. he is a master of many stringed instruments including the banjo. notably the ground breaking. Fred McDowell. Mavis Staples. California. Guitars Cooder has used a wide variety of guitars for fingerstyle between the 70's and present day.. releasing fourteen solo albums. Lowell George. Bonnie Raitt. Josh White Kokomo Arnold. Gibson Roy Smeck. Copyright Rick Payne 2011 . Rev Gary Davies. David Lindley. 'Paris Texas' and 'Crossroads'.. Blind Willie Johnson. Although his fingerstyle is best heard on his acoustic playing he excelled at mixing both slide lead and fingersyle on both electrics and acoustic. Joseph Spence. Sleepy John Estes. As a session player he has played on numerous artists albums. These include an eclectic mix of acoustic and electric models. mandolin and bajo sextet. Acoustics range from vintage Martin D35's and 000-18's. Fourteen movie sound tracks. Bukka White. in Los Angeles. John Hiatt. Bix Biederbecke and many more. Tampa Red. Gibson SJ-200. Arlo Guthrie. Gabby Pahinui. Son House. Aaron Neville. Career spans from the early 60's till the present day. Furry Lewis. Elmore James. Randy Newman. Muddy Waters.NOTES ON COODER Biography Ry Cooder born 15 March 1947. View all Influenced By Robert Johnson. Kay and junk shop oddities. Duane Alman. Blind Blake. Eric Clapton. Nick Lowe. Van Morrison. This style is often played in between slide riffs or in solo instrumental pieces.Tunings Ry favours a variety of tunings for fingerstyle. Slide Guitar Playing and Technique Please check out 'Chicken Skin Slide' for all information on Cooder's Slides and slide technique. Fingerstyle Technique Ry uses a mix of fingerstyle ( No picks or plectrums ) for acoustic and electric guitar. syncopated fingerstyle patterns. These include Dropped D. Open D open G and a selection of 'Slack Key' variations. A skillful banjo player he is adept at sometimes complex. Copyright Rick Payne 2011 . 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Video tip 2 3 4 gg f V gV l f V gV V V V f V gV V 4 V V I W V V T A B 1 3 2 k f V gV V V V V V V V V V W 2 0 VV VV V gVV VV VV VV V V V V V V Video tip WW k d V f f V V V V WW W let ring T A B 2 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 Copyright Rick Payne 2011 0 3 0 5 6 5 0 6 7 6 6 5 5 0 0 . gg f V V V V V V V V V V V V I W W Video tip T A B 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 0 3 1 2 3 3 V V VV VV VV 1 1 3 1 3 3 V VV VV VV V 1 3 4 0 0 sl. 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 sl. and requires some practise to keep the alternating bass working in parts with the high end riffs. Copyright Rick Payne 2011 . Tamp Em Up is based on the instrumental break in the track 'Tamp Em Up Solid' from the classic album 'Paradise And Lunch'. but in parts it helps the instrumental keep rolling. As you saw in the warm up section. and is not really a typical Cooder style to do so. Fingering should be logical to keep the flow. Not all the bars are played with this underlying pattern. Look out for the video tips and the extra help on fingering in bar 4.Notes on Tamp Em Up This is the last study using dropped D and demonstrates a more syncopated style of finger picking. it's more akin to the ragtime playing of say Blind Blake with a twist of the Ry Cooder flavour. and a rare use of alternating bass patterns. If you're used to playing alternating bass patterns then it should be fairly straight forward.