Andy McKee - Rylynn ???

[c3hammer]

Wondering if anyone has tried to figure this one out on a mandolin. It's some weird C tuning on guitar and I can't seem to sort out even the first few notes.

Any suggestions on where this thing goes would be greatly appreciated. I'm a recovering tab addict and have been struggling lately something fierce.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsD6uEZsIsU

In anycase it's a great song and some incredible work on guitar for those of you who love that sort of thing.

Cheers,
Pete

[Ivan Kelsall]

I've never heard of that guy but he's one heck of a Guitarist by any standard - that tune's now downloaded onto my PC. As for playing it,regardless of what tuning he uses,unless you can get either the music or the TAB for it,listen to it over & over until you can hear it in your head. Break it down into manageable sections & learn it by ear. You could always check to see if he has a website & contact him though that, or post a note on youTube asking for info.,
Saska

[Rick Lindstrom]

Andy McKee is pretty awesome. Try this one on the mandolin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS3N4&feature=related

:grin:

Rick

[Keith Erickson]

Andy McKee is an outstanding guitar player. This tune is definetly interesting to watch him play. It appears to be that the lower 4 strings are the only ones capo'd on the 5th fret. I'm not sure how the B & E strings are tuned.

[Ivan Kelsall]

Does this guy record ?.- He's incredible,watching him,i get the same feeling as when i first saw Stanley Jordan playing Guitar - i just couldn't believe what i was seeing & what he was doing,
Saska :disbelief:

[c3hammer]

I wasn't able to find any of his CD's in stock, but found him in the downloads section of amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=andy+mckee&x=21&y=22

These are about as high a quality MP3 as you can get and I think the whole album "Art of Motion" is great.

I still wish I could figure out how to pick the melody line out of all that crazy finger picking and air tapping he does. LOL! :)

Cheers,
Pete

[homermando]

Try playing CBAG starting on the A string at the 3rd fret and ending on the 5th fret on the D string. This descending lick is one of the reoccurring themes that I hear.Just hang out in C and you should find melodic bits that will work to my ears. Another player to check out who used (practically invented I would say) this approach was Michael Hedges.

[delsbrother]

Harpguitarmusic.com (http://www.harpguitarmusic.com/cds_contemp.htm)