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intermediate Standing On The Outside standard tuning
I heard Leo Kottke for the first
time at age 13. The first concert I went to hear in my life was Leo Kottke. His music reaffirmed what
I had always known in the back of my mind: the guitar was a paint brush to express myself with.
From the start I always tried to compose music on the guitar. In the beginning my efforts were instinctual
and based on a healthy diet of John Hurt and Reverend Gary Davis, which really developed my dexterity
and confidence. I had been involved with classical music from my choir days and through my older brothers
was surrounded by rock & roll and jazz, Janis Joplin to Coltrane and my ears were always searching for
new possibilities. Leo Kottke's music let me take into account all my influences and tailor them into
my own voice on the guitar. I think he had this impact on many solo guitarists today.
"Standing
On The Outside" was written by Leo's wife Mary and recorded on his "Chewing Pine" album. His arrangement
was with a full band, Bass, drums, piano and his guitar. I've distilled this song into a beautiful solo
guitar arrangement.
This might be one of the most popular pieces among my students over the years.
It sounds difficult at first, but when you take a closer look you'll find it's basically a three chord
song G, A, D until the last measure of the verse, when you play a b-6 chord.
Take a look at the left
hand attack on the G chord. It's important to use the left hand fingering I have written down because
it sets your hand up for the best positioning to get to the next task. One thing you'll find a little
different with this piece is that your right hand thumb will be playing notes on the "up beat" instead
of the usual back and forth on the down beats. Practice playing the first and forth measure of line
1, and the last measure of line 3. This will give you the basic feel of using your thumb on the "up
beat", and the basic right hand technique throughout the song. Learn just the bass line on the third
measure of line 2. Use the momentum of this bass line as a support for the melody to ride on (it's all
in the right hand!) Listen to the slow version of the recording and pay attention to the left and right
hand fingering on the tablature.
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TABULATURE
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Reader to open this. If you
don't have it, go HERE.
MP3s....a fast and slow
version. Listen to the fast
version a few times to
get the feel of
the tune.
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