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Originally Posted by Magic Wheel Memory
Thanks, Scott! The score is an interesting read. So, during the one-string section, the low E is played open the whole time, but you pluck the string over various frets on the fretboard instead of down near the pickups? I was at the Brooklyn show, but I never noticed that.
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well, during the one string section Rhys pretty much left it to the players (despite alot of the other very specific type of requirements) as to when and at what degree to either pluck traditionally over the pickups on the body or at harmonic intervals on the neck of the guitar which is either above the 12th fret, 9th fret, 7th fret, 5th fret, etc etc... i think, i'm basing this off memory, but it does state specifically on the score over which frets to hit the strings... the point in doing this is to create different overtones and not just the fundamental E chord, of course the key is that this needs to occur at a high volume level also... so knowing that i presume the best way to listen to these cds is LOUD!!! (brings me back to the feeling i had when Rhy's treble charged fender amp was blasting into my left ear the whole time... ah yes!)
Its possible that he didn't go into great detail in rehearsing w/ the Brooklyn group because they were well, all quite experienced players and he didn't want to tell them "how to play", thats what i guess... I remembered that in Buffalo, we rehearsed for nearly an hour prior to performing that nite. (some of that had to do w/ the issues concerning Tony Conrad's setup and his untunable harmony/sears roebuck guitar circa the 60's, that was quite funny!)