Made a few adjustments w/ Tim on the transcription for “Fool’s Paradise” YouTube+. PDF updated.
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liked thisOne of my favourite songwriter’s,
Tom Waits piano tunes are full of interesting chords and I enjoy trying to arrange them for guitar. Not sure the solo works but done Rubato feel rather than the change in tempo like the original4 Comments![Profile picture of Ian Bartholomew]()
His early albums are probably more accessible to this style of playing but there gems right through his career
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Ian, this is very well done. This is one of my very favorite Tom Waits songs and you really do it justice. I wonder if you’d be up for shooting a little tutorial on this tune I think many would like to learn it. Thanks for sharing, Tom writes wonderful tunes and it’s so nice to hear one of my faves sung and played so beautifully. Tim
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Tim, one of my favourites too amongst many. I’ll give it a go at sharing the structure
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Hi Steve, another nice one. I’ve been playing and singing this tune lately as well. It’s a fun song. The progression lends it self to bass movement, using approach from above and below. This allows for a nice “2 feel” at a medium tempo. As you keep working on it this approach might be worth investigating. Great work Tim
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Thanks Tim. I play these tunes for a while and let the arrangement evolve into something that is playable for me. That is, what my hands want to play, how I hear the arrangement in my head, and how I understand the music theory. Then I go on to another tune. I have a book of these tunes I’ve worked on, and I come back to, and relearn them some…Read More
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I’d love to hear it here when you feel like you have come to grips with it : )
Made a slight tweak to the Hucklebuck Lesson PDF. Newly uploaded.
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I’m a bit of a stranger to the music of Tom Waits ……as I see it lents itself to the Lerch treatment of chordal playing ……well done