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battle of evermore

  • 29-04-2007 12:52pm
    #1
    Duff_Man
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    does anyone know what tuning jimmy uses with the mandolin on this track? is wreckin my head tryin to figure it out:P


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  • #2
    Paligulus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 364 ✭✭Paligulus


    Great tune...

    This song is in standard mandolin tuning (G D A E from top to bottom)

    The intro is basically a C inversion arpegiated:
    E|-0
    |
    A|-3
    |
    D|-7
    |
    G|
    |

    The verse is just D and G except you just play the highest 2 strings followed by this chord:
    E|----5
    |
    A|----0
    | and this lick:
    D|----4
    |
    G|
    |

    E|3-2-0-2-3-2-0|
    A|
    |
    D|
    |
    G|
    |

    The chorus is:
    These 2 chords alternated:
    E|0
    A|3
    |
    D|5
    |
    G|
    |

    E|5
    |
    A|0
    |
    D|4
    |
    G|
    |

    followed by these 2 chords alternated:
    E|-3
    |
    A|-2
    |
    D|-3
    |
    G|
    |

    E|-0
    |
    A|-2
    |
    D|-3
    |
    G|
    |


    This should get you started. Most of the rest is just single note licks/fills
    Sorry about the scrappyness of this post but its ages since I played this on the mandolin

    Dave


  • #3
    Duff_Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Duff_Man


    wenever i play along to it though its as if my mandolin is outa tune if you get me. i found tab for it somewhere and it said standard tuning too. any ideas why its not matchin up for me?


  • #4
    Giblet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,985 ✭✭✭✭Giblet


    Do you have the mandolin tuned backwards? Seriously, I've seen this happen. It's quite an easy song to play on mandolin,


  • #5
    Duff_Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Duff_Man


    eh no

    E
    A
    D
    G

    is top to bottom. i duno just doesnt sound in the proper tuning when i play those notes


  • #6
    kawaii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭kawaii


    Jimmy played his mandolin a demisemitone(???) (Quarter tone) flat on this track if I remember correctly. Not 100% on that though...

    Tuning mandolins is UNFUN.


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  • #7
    Duff_Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Duff_Man


    hha u know man i think your right there! sounds flat but not a half step flat! ill give it a go even though changin the tuning is a pain in the hole!


  • #8
    Mongo
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    Ehhh Jimmy didn't play the Mandolin with Zep, John Paul Jones did!


  • #9
    kawaii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭kawaii


    Mongo wrote:
    Ehhh Jimmy didn't play the Mandolin with Zep, John Paul Jones did!

    They both did. But I don't see how that's important...


  • #10
    Duff_Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 414 ✭✭Duff_Man


    jimmy played on the battle of evermore(cause there is no guitar, or anythin infact). john pauls did the rest.


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