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Barry first found music when he borrowed his sister's record collection when he was about eight and was hooked. When Caroline started it was a new beginning, and he listened to all the stations, but Caroline was his favourite by far. Later he became a singer in a band, then started doing discos when he was 18. He joined Caroline in 1977, touring the country with the Caroline Roadshow for 10 years, having great fun. Barry helped with tender trips and worked on the Ross Revenge in '84 and '85. ...
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I loved the song dangorma as played by Malian kora player Sanjally Jobarteh, so I arranged it for nylon-string guitar.
For the guitar version, I use the dadf#be tuning that South African guitarist Derek Gripper figured out works well for most kora tunes. I really like sections where a steady repeating pulse ends up sounding syncopated because of what is going on under it, and this tune has two of those. There is also a muting thing I have never done before that is basically like playing a 0 fret harmonic.
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For the guitar version, I use the dadf#be tuning that South African guitarist Derek Gripper figured out works well for most kora tunes. I really like sections where a steady repeating pulse ends up sounding syncopated because of what is going on under it, and this tune has two of those. There is also a muting thing I have never done before that is basically like playing a 0 fret harmonic.
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