Rose City Chimes

Earnie Sumerall · Post by **Earnie Sumerall** » 15 Jun 1999 9:18 am

Anybody have the tab for ROSE CITY CHIMES-Emmons version?

Earnie Sumerall · Post by **Earnie Sumerall** » 17 Jun 1999 5:17 am

I thought so!

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 18 Jun 1999 5:17 pm

Can someone at least tell me what tuning is used?

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 18 Jun 1999 5:33 pm

Emmons did it on C6 and E9. I believe he pulled the high G to A for the chimes.

Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 18 Jun 1999 7:58 pm

You don't have to raise high G to play the high A harmonic note. The phrase is played by touching the string above the 5th (or 24th) fret, where the harmonics are an octave higher than the ones you get at the 12th fret.

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 18 Jun 1999 8:08 pm

Thanks Earnest, I'll have try it that way. I used to play the chimes at frets 12, 7 and 5 with strings 1, 2, and 3. I assume you're talking about using the 5th fret with strings 5, 6, and 7 and the A with string 4. My guitar isn't set up, but it makes sense, although you'd be jumping to different grips of strings.

Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 19 Jun 1999 8:53 am

Here is a way of playing the chimes that I play it. Assuming everybody plays it on C6 with a high G on the 1st string.

Play the harmonics at the 12th fret for the 1 chord and instead of raising the 1st (G) to A for the 6th tone harmonic, place the bar in you hand strategically so that it will be "standing on the round end" then you can tip the nose of the bar on the 1st string at the 14th fret as this note is needed. It may seem difficult at first but can be mastered with a little effort. The resulting note (A) will not be a harmonic but the timbre frequency will be in the same register as the natural harmonics. I have difficulty with the roll. I would like to know how to do the roll properly. Hope this little trick helps those that are having problems with this part of the music.

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Earnest Bovine · Post by **Earnest Bovine** » 19 Jun 1999 10:13 am

Kenny
But then you'd have to change the name of the tune to "Rose City Chimes Plus A Note That Isn't A Chime"

Earnie Sumerall · Post by **Earnie Sumerall** » 22 Jun 1999 4:48 am

Kenny - To an ole country boy that is not fimilar with all the musical lingo currently used, please explain the word "roll" to me.Are you talking about the part right after the chimes, where he picks Merle Travis style? If so, this is the part that I have trouble with also.

Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 22 Jun 1999 10:44 am

Ernie, I was referring to the "voicing" of the chime part only. 'Roll' was a bad way of describing the fingering the chimes. I didn't major in 'country lingo' either.

I don't play good "Merle Style" but, in a room full of "noise", I can fool 'em sometimes.

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Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 22 Jun 1999 10:47 am

EB, you're right, it is not a chime.

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Kenny Dail · Post by **Kenny Dail** » 22 Jun 1999 11:05 am

deleted...double post...%$#@#& aol (LOL)

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Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 22 Jun 1999 11:19 am

This was discussed about a year ago on the Forum, and I called Bobby Garrett about it, for information on both his version and Buddy's.

Bobby recorded it originally in C, on both necks. On the version from "Live At Frontier Days," he cut it in Bb, and had a high G on top, so he did the chimes all at the 12th fret. Bobby tuned to Bb6th when he was with Thompson.

Bobby told me that Buddy played the A minor arpeggio at the 24th fret and "it was real hard."

This was Buddy's version on the "Midnight Jamboree" Tubb album.

Bert Rivera showed it to me where he chimed the arpeggioes at the 12th fret and dropped the bar onto the 14th fret for the A note (key of C, high G on top). This would be the "all chimes but one note" version.

Finally, Bobby's last tuning was his version of E9th which allowed him to play the tune in A, all on one neck.

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