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Given the chords (C B7 Em) I would call the key E minor From the tab (I don't have a copy of the solo version), you're doing: D# E F# G A I might call this scale E Harmonic Minor, like this: E F# G A B C D# E

Also interestingly enough, I saw Jay Bennet on his solo tour and he was playing through a Casino into a Fender Bandmaster (I think 2x12", 40 watts) and his only effect was an MXR Microamp (clean boost) which he used to overdrive the amp. It was a medium sized club ~500 person capacity but there were far, far fewer there (sorry, Jay, I love you anyway) and he was only standing around 8-10 feet away from is amp. No feedback. I mean, he was able to get it to feedback when he wanted it to but it didn't seem like he was constantly feeding back or anything.

Tee-hee. Sorry, I was being especially pissy -- bad day at work. I'm marginally better now.

Sigh. The Theory: The middle four strings are just fifths and firsts so when you're playing the middle four at the ninth fret in open Bb you're playing D G D G, which is neither major nor minor (it is often called a G5 chord) as it is missing a third. It's equilivalent to the three-note power chord we all love. I called it Gm since that's how the chord functions and so you could compare it to the standard tuning chords (which Jay is playing with a capo on the third fret). The Evidence: Watch the tape. He's clearly barring on the ninth fret there. Even More Evidence: Play i

I think a tab for Alone was just posted today and there are a fair number of the outtakes here if you search a bit: The Good Part Cordroy Cutoff Girl I Won't Let you Down

Low to high: Bb F Bb F Bb D Here's the link

I think "Someday, Some Morning, Sometime" and "I Will Follow You into the Dark" (by Death Cab) got me and my girlfriend together. Of course, it probably helped that she was totally willing to settle.

I believe that's in open Bb (Tweedy calls it open C in the commentary, but it's open C tuned down a whole step). The chords are everywhere if you want to play it in standard tuning. I transcribed a bit of the open Bb before I got hopelessly sidetracked or people got massively uninterested (who is going to tune their guitar down to open Bb for 1 song?). Still, you can find the transcription somewhere here.

I'm not sure anyone would know this, but I thought I'd ask. When did Mikal replace his Korg CX-3 with a Hammond B-3? I'm mostly sure that he had the Korg when Leroy was still in the band and traded up by the time I saw them at the Greek (June 2005). Anyone have a better feel for when exactly, though? Thanks!

I have no experience with this product, but almost everything is worth $12.

Yeah, but the ones that don't require a drop D are wrong. Without having a guitar present I can't verify, but listening to the song (and from what I can remember) it seems like it's drop D capo 2, which is why it seems like you can play the lick in standard tuning without a capo (since they would both have low E's). But then you'd have to play other shapes for the other chords and you would generally not be playing it like Jeff Tweedy does (which is, generally speaking, the easiest way to play it).

You've good reason to doubt the gumbopages tab. Tab for AM is usually right on, but after that the tabs get progressively less accurate. Try this: [G] Just climb a[Am]board The [D]tracks of a [D#dim7]train's arm [Em]In my fragile family [bm]tree [bb] [Am] And watch me float inches a[D]bove The [D#dim7]people under me D#dim7 can be played: e--2-- B--1-- G--2-- D--1-- A----- E----- And if you want to be cool, you'll then slide up to this chord (which is also a D#dim7) e--5-- B--4-- G--5-- D--4-- A----- E----- Cheers

From IATTBYH, he has a tweed Fender Bandmaster (I've played through one once and it was the coolest amp EVER). When I saw him solo with Edward Burch, Jay was playing through one.

I've seen him with a Tele that looks an awful lot like a 52 reissue, a gold top Les Paul, and Epiphone Casinos with and without Bigsby tremolos. Mmmm... Ephiphone Casinos... Also, Jay's SGs come in both single (Junior) and double pickup versions (careful study of IATTBYH reveals this). Interestingly enough, both with vibrolas.

Yeah, I'm right. I go back and forth between these three really similar chords: e--12--| B--10--| G--11--| D--10--| A------| E------| e--12--| B--10--| G--11--| D--12--| A------| E------| e--12--| B--10--| G--11--| D------| A------| E------| *All tab written on ACTUAL neck position not relative to capo And I like the first one the best. Pick which one sounds best to your ear. Oh yeah, if you listen closely, you can hear Jeff lift his fingers off at least the top two strings a couple of times during the measure. I can tab it out but, as Groo is so apt in noting, I am terribly l

Yeah, sorry about that, I guess I made it even more confusing. John's right, that chord is not relative to the capo but its actual position on the neck. I might have to revise that chord a bit. If you listen to the YHF demo (not the engineer demo) you can really hear the acoustic guitar intro and the chord (I could only really hear the high E on the album version and I guessed at the rest of the chord). I'm pretty close but I'll nail it after the weekend.

I hear a chord a lot like this one during the intro where the Em/G is being played (which I would call an A9/G): e--12--| B--10--| G--11--| D--10--| A------| E------| The rest of it is as described above (at least to my ear). By way of side note, this chord is technically a D9, but that makes things horribly confusing as we were talking about chords relative to the capo. So not relative to the capo, the chords would be D D9 C A for the intro.

Aw, thanks guys.

Yeah, that probably won't work either. If you wanted to add more bow to the neck, you can just loosen the truss rod (typically, turn the truss rod nut counterclockwise), which will do the job better and more accurately than getting heavier gauge strings. Using a pen or white-out or something, mark a dot on the truss rod nut and another on the guitar (such that the two dots line up) so you can tell how far you turn the nut and you can put it back if you don't like the change (though truss rod adjustments can take a day or so to become fully apparent so be patient). Try loosening it a quarter

Yeah, a wah pedal is basically a band-pass filter (heel down = low frequencies pass and high frequencies cut, toe down = vicey versa). You'd need a pretty harmonically complex sound for some of the noisier elements in the song but it's the same concept.

On the Wilco movie site there was once a clip of Glenn asking Jay what synth that was. I believe Jay said Nord (though he might have said Korg, I wasn't paying lot of attention as I wasn't into synths at the time) but that still doesn't answer whether he meant the Lead or Micro Modular (I would guess Lead since I don't think they had the Micro Modular on the early parts of the YHF tour -- though they did by the time Mikal joined them). To answer jhc's question, though, it sounds like Jay is messing with the filter cutoff frequency.

Except HMD is D D7 C A Oh, and I Must be High is A Amaj7 D E

Seriously, yes. I would recommend doing the tests above before you start messing with anything. Why would you fix your brakes when your oil is leaking? There are 4 things that have a big effect on action and buzzing: (1) Height of bridge saddles (2) Neck relief (3) Fret height (4) Depth of nut slots Find out which of these it is before you do something you regret. Given your problem, I think research with reveal that it's probably 3 or 4. Low nut slots and fair degree of relief (bow) would make it buzz on the low frets and normal on the high frets so cranking the truss rod (straigh

Don't forget Hammond Organ in addition to the Mellotron flutes and strings. Also, there's some keyboard playing an oboe or bassoon or some other double-reed instrument. I've no idea what that keyboard might be. Just because I'm a wonk, I might suggest that the Mellotron, which plays a tape of an instrument playing a note when a key is pressed, is the precursor to the modern ROMpler, which plays a sample stored in ROM when a key is pressed. Hmm... yes, I am a nerd.

Hmmm... some tests first (1) Capo the first fret and play the guitar. Does the action improve? Keep capo'ing up the neck and see how it affects the action. (2) Capo at the third fret. Look at the strings as they pass over the first fret. Is there any space between the string and the first fret? (3) Capo first fret. Press the D string down at the last (highest) fret. While pressing, look at the D string as it passes over the 7th fret. Does the string touch the fret? Is there space? How much (measure if possible)? (4) Look at the profile of the frets (as if from playing position). Do