February 18th, 2009
Free Hugs!
Outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on February 14th, 2009.
Archive for the 'Video' Category
October 10th, 2008
Awesome Buskers on Robson St.
Awesome Vancouver Buskers from Matthew Gruman on Vimeo.
Steps towards recognizing great street performers:
- Remove headphones
- Stay and listen
- Record a video
- Empty pocket change
January 25th, 2008
Beirut – The Flying Club Cup
The Flying Club Cup is a website featuring live versions of all the songs from Beirut’s album, “The Flying Club Cup”. The videos, by La Blogothèque and The Take Away Shows, are filmed in various places around Brooklyn, NY. Really incredible.
January 25th, 2008
Cooking Alone
Cooking Alone from Matthew Gruman on Vimeo.
Found on my hard drive (late 2007). This is what I do when I’m alone.
January 25th, 2008
Arcade Fire – Black Mirror Video
Still unsatisfied with static music videos, the Arcade Fire have gone and made another incredible interactive video for their new single, “Black Mirror”.
January 7th, 2008
Bon Iver – Skinny Love (Guitar Chords)
Photo credit: Count Me Out.
Tuning
I’ve done this in an open G C tuning: G C C G C C. I tried a number of different tunings (E A D F# B B + capo I was a favourite), and this is the one I think works best. On the record, he’s tuned just slightly below pitch, but it’s easy to figure out if you listen to the ringing top notes (they’re both C) and tune backwards from there.
Since it’s such an open tuning, you can be as sloppy as you need/want to be. If you’re having trouble making the chords, you can omit everything but the notes on the low E (fattest) string.
[UPDATE]: I’ve added a way to play it in regular tuning.
[UPDATE #2]: I’ve noticed a lot of people ending up here searching for “how to tune G C C G C C”. Don’t be scared about breaking your strings and do the following:
- E: up three steps to G
- A: up three steps to C
- D: down two steps to C
- G: keep as is
- B: up one step to C
- e: down four steps to C
Chords
Bon Iver
Skinny Love
Tuning: G C C G C C
*Note: on the record, he's tuned a bit down. Since the top two strings are the same, it's best just to tune based on them.
Am: 204000 -or- 200000
C: 507000 -or- 000000
D: 707000 -or- 700000
C/B: 407000 -or- 400000
- or -
Tuning: E A D G B e (standard)
*Note: This is only an interpretation for standard tuning. Chords are labeled to coincide with the way I named the open-tuned version.
Am: x0201x
C: x3201x
D: x5403x
C/B: x2x01x
Here are a couple of the riffs he uses throughout the song. Since it's in an open tuning, you can let the other strings ring out:
C|-------------------|-------0---------|
C|-------------------|-7-9-7---7-9-7-5-|
G|-7-9-7-5---7-9-7-5-|-----------------|
C|-------------------|-----------------|
C|-------------------|-----------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|
Intro:
Am C
Am C
A C
D Am C
Verse:
Am C
Come on skinny love just last the year
Am C
Pour a little salt we were never here
Am C
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
D Am C
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer
Am C
I tell my love to wreck it all
Am C
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
Am C
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
D Am
Right in the moment this order's tall
Chorus:
C
I told you to be patient
C/B Am
I told you to be fine
C
I told you to be balanced
C/B Am
I told you to be kind
C
In the morning I'll be with you
C/B Am
But it will be a different "kind"
C
I'll be holding all the tickets
C/B Am
And you'll be owning all the fines
Verse:
Am C
Come on skinny love what happened here
Am C
Suckle on the hope in lite brassiere
Am C
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
D Am
Sullen load is full; so slow on the split
C
Chorus:
C
I told you to be patient
C/B Am
I told you to be fine
C
I told you to be balanced
C/B Am
I told you to be kind
C
Now all your love is wasted?
C/B Am
Then who the hell was I?
C
Now I'm breaking at the britches
C/B Am
And at the end of all your lines
Bridge:
C
Who will love you?
C/B Am
Who will fight?
C C/B Am
Who will fall far behind?
Outro:
Am C
Am C
Am C
D Am C
Tabbed by Matthew Gruman, matthewgruman.com
Lyrics: http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/877591.html
Music Video
January 7th, 2008
Beirut – Nantes (Ukulele/Guitar Chords)
Photo credit: other songs, it could be. To emulate the organ sound, I flick my fingers downward, individually, after hitting a root note with my thumb. Does that make sense? It sounds like “boom, da da da da da, da da” over and over again.
Chords
Beirut
Nantes
For ukelele tuned a 1/2 step up (G# C# F A#)
Dm: 2210
C: 0003
F: 2010
To play on guitar, capo VI:
Dm(Am): x02210
C(G): 320003
F(C): x32010
Intro:
Dm C F F x2
Verse:
Dm C F
Well it's been a long time, long time now
Dm C F
since I've seen you smile.
Dm C F
And I'll gamble away my fright.
Dm C F
And I'll gamble away my time.
Dm C F
And in a year, a year or so
Dm C F
this will slip into the sea
Dm C F
Well, it's been a long time, long time now
Dm C F
since I've seen you smile
Dm C F F x4
Chorus:
Dm C F
Nobody raise their voices
Dm C F
Just another night in Nantes
Dm C F
Nobody raise your voices
Dm C F
Just another night in Nantes
Bridge:
Dm C F F x2
Verse:
Dm C F
Well it's been a long time, long time now
Dm C F
since I've seen you smile.
Dm C F
And I'll gamble away my fright.
Dm C F
And I'll gamble away my time.
Dm C F
And in a year, a year or so
Dm C F
this will slip into the sea
Dm C F
Well, it's been a long time, long time now
Dm C F
since I've seen you smile
Outro:
Dm C F F x4
Tabbed by Matthew Gruman, matthewgruman.com
Lyrics from: http://www.sweetslyrics.com/523261.Beirut%20-%20Nantes.html
Note for Guitarists
The “low” string on a ukulele is higher than the next two subsequent strings. So, while the strings go G C E A, the relative pitches (1 being low, 4 being high) are 3 1 2 4. To replicate the sound, you would have to replace your D string with something much thinner (i.e. whatever you use for your high E) and tune it up an octave.
