I've seen tablature for Under the Bridge which tells me that Under the Bridge is capoed in the album version (guitar 1 only). Is that the way he played it when recording and then he just played without the capo for live versions? (You can hit the same notes without a capo no problem.)
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Under the Bridge (guitar 1)Is it capoed in the album version?
Started by anachronism, Jul 30 2010 09:33 PM
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 09:33 PM
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"Well, it was put to me by "that guy" when I was, like, four. So I went into my parents' record collection and found a rock'n'roll compilation. And when my mom asked if I wanted to move to L.A., I said, "Yeah," because I knew that was where the rock stars were. I was seven. Then when I found punk and listened to the Germs, I started seeing how I was part of this. I remember being out on the baseball field when I was 11, and I felt like such an outsider. Standing there in right field, I started making up an angry punk song in my head, and I went home and wrote, like, 20 songs in a row. I realized it didn't even matter if I knew how to play guitar yet." -John Frusciante
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 12:17 AM
I highly doubt it. I mean, why would he? I don't really see it.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 03:11 PM
If you can easily hit the same notes without a capo, then why use the capo?
I've read that John is a big fan of capos several times, but I don't think he used it in the song.
I've read that John is a big fan of capos several times, but I don't think he used it in the song.
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 05:55 AM
Ditto
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Posted 03 August 2010 - 04:46 AM
Why would the sheet music write with capo instead of just writing it for an un-capoed guitar?
"Take that fucking sign down." -John Frusciante
"Well, it was put to me by "that guy" when I was, like, four. So I went into my parents' record collection and found a rock'n'roll compilation. And when my mom asked if I wanted to move to L.A., I said, "Yeah," because I knew that was where the rock stars were. I was seven. Then when I found punk and listened to the Germs, I started seeing how I was part of this. I remember being out on the baseball field when I was 11, and I felt like such an outsider. Standing there in right field, I started making up an angry punk song in my head, and I went home and wrote, like, 20 songs in a row. I realized it didn't even matter if I knew how to play guitar yet." -John Frusciante
"Well, it was put to me by "that guy" when I was, like, four. So I went into my parents' record collection and found a rock'n'roll compilation. And when my mom asked if I wanted to move to L.A., I said, "Yeah," because I knew that was where the rock stars were. I was seven. Then when I found punk and listened to the Germs, I started seeing how I was part of this. I remember being out on the baseball field when I was 11, and I felt like such an outsider. Standing there in right field, I started making up an angry punk song in my head, and I went home and wrote, like, 20 songs in a row. I realized it didn't even matter if I knew how to play guitar yet." -John Frusciante
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Posted 08 August 2010 - 10:17 PM
If you try it capoed actually, it sounds slightly different, and matches the tone of the guitar from the album. It works for me at least, but like you said it can be easily played without a capo. I would guess to say its that slight tonal difference he was looking for. Give it a try
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Posted 09 August 2010 - 02:33 PM
Ant0n101, on 08 August 2010 - 10:17 PM, said:
If you try it capoed actually, it sounds slightly different, and matches the tone of the guitar from the album. It works for me at least, but like you said it can be easily played without a capo. I would guess to say its that slight tonal difference he was looking for. Give it a try
Slightly different tone for sure. And its easier to play with a capo. Makes sense in a studio situation.
I like to play the intro with different embellishments each time in a live situation.
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Posted 10 August 2010 - 11:41 PM
micromnml, on 09 August 2010 - 02:33 PM, said:
Ant0n101, on 08 August 2010 - 10:17 PM, said:
If you try it capoed actually, it sounds slightly different, and matches the tone of the guitar from the album. It works for me at least, but like you said it can be easily played without a capo. I would guess to say its that slight tonal difference he was looking for. Give it a try
Slightly different tone for sure. And its easier to play with a capo. Makes sense in a studio situation.
I like to play the intro with different embellishments each time in a live situation.
You play this song live? You know, John didn't mention capo in interwievs about BSSM
BTW i like SNL version of Under The Brige
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Posted 23 November 2010 - 04:05 AM
the chords would definately sound more "open" during the intro if a capo were used. And it's easily taken off during the Emaj7 whole note.
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Posted 10 December 2010 - 05:37 PM
its with a capo...thats how the open notes (if you were using a capo) have that slight twang to them
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