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Lots of cool clean guitar parts on Remain in Light
https://www.scribd.com/doc/296397932/Johnny-Smith-Moonlight-in-Vermont-Guitar-Transcription
There's some close voiced chord stuff that's really useful to try, at least to get a sense of how that actually sounds.
But if it was me, I really like a lot of the RnB and Americana flavoured stuff that Eric Haugen puts up on his youtube channel (there's tons to get your teeth into):
e.g.
The original performance is:
to see him play, and if you want to see it with the tab:
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
He, Johnny Smith, was a beast of a player.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/16/johnny-smith
There's a story that the classical player hired for the session for a Schoenberg recording couldn't do it. One of the dark secrets of a lot of the first wave of classical celebrity guitarists was that they were terrible sight-readers. Smith, on the other hand, was an amazing sight-reader, and could read piano clef, etc. So after days of Rey de la Torre failing to get it right, Smith came in and sight read the part, first take.
He doesn't really swing, though, so he's not a favourite jazz player. But it's great to sometimes check out his stuff, and have a go at reading his crazy close voiced chords.
I normally try to keep my admiration for serious musicians separate from my guitar playing hobby, but maybe I will have a crack at Moonlight in Vermont for educational purposes
I am really enjoying the sound of these though.
I even searched to see if alternative tunings were used but nothing more than drop-D. I'm tempted to try E A C# E A E.
Also, I learnt that he wrote Run don't Walk which fits as I always try to play that one without open strings letting the minor 2nds (7th fret and 3rd fret) ring out if that makes sense.
Emphasis on try.
I have to tuck the neck up under my chin though and not sure how long I can keep it up for.