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kyle orla stringworks
United States
Приєднався 16 бер 2020
I make vids to champion folk music & the instruments used to play it.
I love the old stuff, and I love sharing what I've gleaned off records from these early innovators. I favor rag-time fingerpicking and 20's-style plectrum playing most, but I get around to all kinds of stuff.
I plan to use this UA-cam Channel to promote facility in my favorite string traditions ranging from fingerstyle guitar, 20's style early jazz playing, as well as folk fiddle, and old-time banjo traditions.
If you like what I do here, check out my Patreon page!
I love the old stuff, and I love sharing what I've gleaned off records from these early innovators. I favor rag-time fingerpicking and 20's-style plectrum playing most, but I get around to all kinds of stuff.
I plan to use this UA-cam Channel to promote facility in my favorite string traditions ranging from fingerstyle guitar, 20's style early jazz playing, as well as folk fiddle, and old-time banjo traditions.
If you like what I do here, check out my Patreon page!
Blind boy fullers untrue blues (is unreal)
With TAB! Untrue Blues is one of the handful of technical wonders recorded by Blind Boy Fuller in the 30's. This video shares a few highlighted clips that share my process for learning this tune that were taken from an hourlong live stream over on my Patreon. I also include a slow play-through at the end, and you can follow the link to my patreon to get at the tab as well as the archived live stream!
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SUPPORT KYLE ON PATREON:
www.patreon.com/kostringworks
FOLLOW KYLE ON INSTAGRAM:
k.o.stringworks
INSTRUMENTS FOR SALE:
www.kostringworks.com/used-instruments
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What makes a GOOD capo? (my non-negotiables)
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Today we're talking capos. But not just any capos, good ones! One's made of the stuff you'd dig up 100 years later in an old barn and still find it working! After playing for years with cheapest capos possible, for whatever reason, I’ve developed an unhealthy infatuation in finding the perfect capo. For the kind of music I play a capo is an essential tool, and I am on a mission to find the capo...
Why nobody plays Red Prairie Dawn like Julian Lage.
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Julian Lage, and Chris Eldridge for that matter, are some of the best guitar players of our time. In this video out I'm looking to check out a few of the ways Julian Lage interprets the fiddle tune Red Prairie Dawn in their duo performance with the Fretboard Journal. We'll look some of his note choices, they key shapes he's uses, and a few things no mortal guitar player can do. SUPPORT KYLE ON ...
Why the blues ever got recorded at all. (w/ Todd Albright)
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There is a lot of history about the blues, a lot of myth too. Todd Albright stopped by the shop the other day to talk the facts with a few of my students and friends. How the blues ever got recorded to begin with, and maybe more importantly, a few motivations as to why. The full interview of Todd's hour-long, off-the-cuff presentation is available on the Patron! The night also included a repair...
Bill Frisell made Shenandoah "cool" again.
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Shenandoah is one of the most popular folksongs in the world, and Bill Frisell figured out how to make it cool again. Using footage from one of his many Fretboard Journal interviews - this time with a lovely Gibson 00 - I want to show you how he took a simple melody, spun it on it's head, and maybe how we all might learn to do the same to some of our favorite tunes too. SUPPORT KYLE ON PATREON:...
How to FINGERPICK like Billy Strings. (doc's guitar tutorial)
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*With Tab!* Billy Strings is one of the foremost flatpickers of our time, and I don't think there are too many folks out there looking to dispute that. One aspect of his playing though that's too often overlooked his jaw-dropping fingerstyle playing. Today I want to take a look at his arrangement of Doc Watson's tune, "Doc's Guitar" - from a live recording May 25th, 2024 at the Armory in Minnea...
Remember Spider John.
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Spider John Koerner passed away May 18th, 2024. This video is meant to celebrate John Koerner's legacy, and revisit some highlights to the series I produced with him and Charlie Parr. Here's a public message from his family: He was an immensely talented musician, whom David Bowie, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt and countless others credited as an influence. He was dad to Matt Koerner, Mia...
What’s the deal with Stringjoy strings? (my experience)
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One of the best things you can for the tone and feel of your guitar is find the right strings. It's something I'm always experimenting with, and a few years ago I started to dabble in the Stringjoy catalogue. The first thing you'll notice with Stringjoy is the alluring packaging, the second the price tag, and finally, if you make the jump, the tone and feel on your guitar. It's up to you whethe...
Nobody plays Candy Man like John Hurt anymore. (here’s why)
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Candy Man Blues is one of Mississippi John Hurt's better known tunes, but there really isn't a whole lot of folks who actually play it. I've also noticed there isn't a whole lot of emphasis on teaching it either (and honestly from what I've seen the folks who do teach it are missing a few of the finer points that make this guitar masterpiece what it is). So here's my best effort to show you how...
My solution for learning guitar with a tremor. (simple mod)
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Lots of guitar players suffer from shaking hands at some point. Most of my students get them when trying to play something for me, and we've probably all dealt with it at some point or another. But the other week when Sandy reached out about customizing his guitar to work for a person who lives with a tremor, I realized I really don’t know much about what a tremor is at all. I learned a lot, an...
Gibson's best selling acoustic (shouldn't exist)
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By now the Gibson J45, "The American Workhorse", is a household name. It has been used by folks like Donavon, Dylan, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Buddy Holly, as well as more modern players like Elliott Smith and Jeff Tweedy to give it a lasting reputation. It really is a time-tested workhorse guitar, but in reality this guitar never should have been made, and in fact it almost disappeared all together. ...
How Julian Lage plays freight train shouldn't be possible.
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I'm a huge Julian Lage fan, but it's not often that I find him riding in the folk-guitar lane. I thought it would be a really great chance to try to learn a little bit how he interprets this music. I had no idea what I was in for. I recently rediscovered the interview Julian Lage did with Acoustic Magazine in 2009. The interview is fantastic, as well as the other pieces he plays for us on his W...
Why Rev. Gary Davis was the best there ever was. (slow drag tutorial)
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With TAB Slow Drag is one of the many rags that Rev. Gary Davis performed during his time on earth, and it's one you gotta get under your hands while you're here in the world too. The guitar-style and demanding techniques that Rev. Gary Davis had are almost singular to himself, although, once you get a handle on some of this it will prove useful in learning to play from other great great guitar...
There's a reason these guitars cost so much. (here’s why)
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The 1964 Gibson ES-335 is one of the most iconic guitars of all time, and I was lucky enough to have one in the repair shop recently. The 335 as we know it is a semi-hollowbody, double humbucker, three switch system - and if there as ever a do-all guitar, this is it. But why do some Gibson 335's go for a few hundred bucks, and others go for almost a million dollars? What changed in 1964 for Gib...
Same guitar, 100 yr. difference (how do they compare?)
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Today I have two guitars, of roughly the same body shape and style, but that span a difference of over 100 years. One is an 1890's Arion (Lyon & Healy), which I've had on the show a lot, and the other is a brand-new Fraulini made by Todd Cambio's son in 2023. A lot of folks like to touch on things like bracing, tone woods, appointments, things like that. But to me guitars share something more t...
Charlie Parr teaches me the SECRET to 817 Oakland Avenue
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Charlie Parr teaches me the SECRET to 817 Oakland Avenue
There's something different about the Gibson LG-2.
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There's something different about the Gibson LG-2.
Everything 12-string in 23 Minutes. w/ Todd Albright
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Everything 12-string in 23 Minutes. w/ Todd Albright
Does boiling old strings work? (let's compare!)
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Does boiling old strings work? (let's compare!)
Woody's 33 inspiring resolutions (w/ Charlie Parr)
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Woody's 33 inspiring resolutions (w/ Charlie Parr)
Youtube's top searched beginner guitar questions!
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UA-cam's top searched beginner guitar questions!
How guitar players cheat playing the banjo. (6-string banjo!)
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How guitar players cheat playing the banjo. (6-string banjo!)
This cowboy guitarist is the last of his kind.
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This cowboy guitarist is the last of his kind.
Why vestapol is the most misunderstood tune in open D.
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Why vestapol is the most misunderstood tune in open D.
This little guitar packs a big punch (stella h929 mini)
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This little guitar packs a big punch (stella h929 mini)
THREE old school D TUNINGS you gotta know. (iconic examples)
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THREE old school D TUNINGS you gotta know. (iconic examples)
What you don't know about the slotted headstock.
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What you don't know about the slotted headstock.
The rarest Collings guitar ever? (Alaskan Blue Spruce)
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The rarest Collings guitar ever? (Alaskan Blue Spruce)
Installing Charlie Parr’s Billet T-Bridge. (honest opinion)
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Installing Charlie Parr’s Billet T-Bridge. (honest opinion)
Nobody plays Kind Hearted Woman like him. (here’s why)
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Nobody plays Kind Hearted Woman like him. (here’s why)