{"id":16808,"date":"2018-09-09T23:43:45","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T23:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadietuner.com\/?post_type=blog&p=16808"},"modified":"2020-07-08T07:24:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T07:24:16","slug":"john-fahey-and-the-open-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadiemusic.com\/blog\/john-fahey-and-the-open-c\/","title":{"rendered":"John Fahey and the Open C"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we\u2019re going to listen to some John Fahey — old, but gold. It\u2019s also a great opportunity to check out the Open C alternate tuning. Here\u2019s how you change your guitar\u2019s tuning to Open C using your Roadie<\/a>:<\/p>\n

#1: Turn on your Roadie<\/strong><\/p>\n

#2: Open the Roadie app<\/strong><\/p>\n

#3: Go to Tunings<\/strong><\/p>\n

#4: Select \u2018Open C\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

#5: Put Roadie to tuning peg<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Fahey ranks as number 35 on the Rolling stone list of \u201cThe 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time<\/a>\u201d, and no wonder. The guy is the godfather of American Primitive Guitar<\/a>, which is a fingerstyle guitar music genre. Primitivism didn\u2019t originate in the music industry, but rather in the fine arts space. So what\u2019s American Primitive Guitar? Does it involve playing tunes on a badly constructed DIY guitar made out of wooden boards?<\/p>\n

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Actually, no. What Fahey did was create avant-garde and neo-classical (yes, those are genres) music using fingerpicking techniques from the country and blues scenes. The style involves a lot of dissonance and minor tunings. As a minimalist, Fahey was a fan of the space in between the notes, which he regarded as much part of a song as the notes themselves. A bit like negative space<\/a> in graphic design. Fahey\u2019s innovative work became popular, and spawned other musicians like Leo Kottke<\/a> and Peter Lang<\/a> who used the techniques throughout the 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s.<\/p>\n

It has to be heard to be understood, so check out Fahey\u2019s song \u2018Poor Boys Long Way From Home<\/a>\u2019:<\/p>\n\n

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