the verse that time forgot

[alsithi]

Hi

Can anyone tell me what tuning this song is in please?

[critch]

From memory, I'm sure there is a full tab on rooben.com. The link across there used to be on harperspace.com

Sorry I can't be more help.

[alsithi]

nice one!! cheers

[Uriel]

Carp! I have a new guitar arriving tomorrow and Rooben.com has gone missing.

Any leads?

[critch]

Hmmmnn! Didn't know that! I *may* have the tab for verse/time on my HDD in my other compy - or rather Sarah's compy that I fitted my old HDD in after I got my laptop. I'll have a look at some point, although you'll have to remind me!

[Rainbow]

For alsithi & Uriel: A D A D Fsharp A (Low to high strings) is the open tuning used on the Rooben transcription as I recall. I can't write it all out right now, but the following fingerings in roughly the right order may get you started:

II--4 II--4 II--0 II--0 II--2 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--2 II--0 II--0 II--0
II--7 II--5 II--3 II--2 II--0 II--0 II--2 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--2 II--0
II--4 II--4 II--4 II--4 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0
II--4 II--4 II--4 II--4 II--5 II--5 II--5 II--5 II--2 II--2 II--2 II--2
II--4 II--4 II--4 II--4 II--4 II--4 II--4 II--4 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0
II--4 II--4 II--0 II--0 II--5 II--5 II--0 II--0 II--2 II--2 II--2 II--2

That's the first part ... sorry got to take a break ... finger's gone dead (one finger typing)!! Get back later for remainder

* In notation above: II represents the nut of guitar and numbers shown are fret numbers ;-)

Catch up with the rest later in the day ...

Cheers ... Rainbow

[Rainbow]

OK ... the remainder:

II--7 II--7 II--9 II--7 II--7 II--2 II--4 II--2
II--7 II--7 II--8 II--7 II--7 II--2 II--3 II--2
II--7 II--7 II--7 II--7 II--7 II--2 II--2 II--2
II--7 II--7 II--0 II--7 II--7 II--2 II--2 II--2
II--7 II--2
II--0 II--0


II--0 II--2 II--4 II--5 II--4 II--2 II--0 II--4/7 II--7
II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0/7 II--7
II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0/7 II--7
II--0 II--2 II--4 II--5 II--4 II--2 II--0 II--4/7 II--7
II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0 II--0/7 II--7
II--2 II--4 II--5 II--4 II--2 II--0 II--4 0 II--0


II--7 II--7 II--9 II--(11) II--9 II--7 II--9 II--7
II--7 II--7 II--8 II--(10) II--8 II--7 II--8 II--7
II--7 II--(7) II--(7) II-- (9) II--7 II--7 II--(7) II--(7)
II--7 II--(7) II--(7) II-- (9) II--7 II--7 II--(7) II--(7)
II--7
II--0


II--7 II--7 II--(7) II--7 II--7 II--7 7 II--7
II--7 II--8 II--(10) II--8 II--7 II--7 8 8 II--7
II--7 II--(9) II--(9) II--9 II--7 II--7 7 7 II--7 FIN
II--7 II--(7) II--(9) II--7 II--7 II--7 II--7
II--7 II--7 --7 II--7
II--0 II--0 II--7

* Please note there is no attempt at showing correct measures ... just chord/shapes and odd notes in between ... you'll need to listen to and play along with the track

Hope it's of some help though ...

Cheers ... Rainbow

[fuzzytnth3]

I have a print out of Roobens tab at home I will scan it and post it up. I just came across it the other day having forgotten I had it. Only problem was it was unusable as it didn't say what the tuning was, so your post has really helped thanks for that.

I also remember rooben giving details of Nick's string gauges and that the lowest string is actually from a piano string sadly with his site gone I've no idea what the gauges were and that info maybe crucial to not have overstressed strings or conversely flapping about strings.

[scotpaulabear]

Graeme, will this interview help?
http://www.houseofharper.co.uk/guitarint0802.htm

I actually have Nick's old Guitarspace page - with articles - archived at home, will try to ask him if I can put that up somewhere on the HOH...

[fuzzytnth3]

[quote=scotpaulabear;9159]Graeme, will this interview help?
http://www.houseofharper.co.uk/guitarint0802.htm

Like everything else about him, Harper's Lowden is not quite what you might expect. "My guitar's a bit of a monster," he laughs. "It's tuned down to a low A with a .66 on the bottom, then I use a 53, 39, 24, 16, 13, which gives a massive sound. I use open tunings a lot - DADGAD, open D, dropped G, GGGGBD, and one that's open D with the top two strings up - so I've had banjo tuning pegs fitted.

I remember talking to Nick about his lowest string as he had said in an interview somewhere that during gigs he could feel his internal organs vibrate when he hit it. I asked what he tuned it to and he said B not A but as Nick says himself he's fairly loose about stuff

Originally Posted by scotpaulabear

I actually have Nick's old Guitarspace page - with articles - archived at home, will try to ask him if I can put that up somewhere on the HOH...

oh that would be a lovely thing

ps you sussed Rio on the Uke yet? Not that I'm nagging but I expect a rendition in April with Nick doing lead for ya