11 Dec 07
Originally posted by PhlabibitIf you capo up around the 7th ish fret thereabouts your guitar will 'sound like' a mandolin in tone. But to achieve the tuning, no amount of 'capoing' up will help you. There are 7 semi tones between each string on a mandolin, whereas there are only 5 on a guitar.
While we're at it, anyone know what fret to put a capo on to make a guitar sound like a mandolin? A friend of mine wants to know.
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11 Dec 07
Originally posted by jimslyp69How do I get my piano to sound like a harpsichord?
If you capo up around the 7th ish fret thereabouts your guitar will 'sound like' a mandolin in tone. But to achieve the tuning, no amount of 'capoing' up will help you. There are 7 semi tones between each string on a mandolin, whereas there are only 5 on a guitar.
11 Dec 07
Originally posted by jimslyp69Thanx again yimmy... my buddy said his neighbor put a capo on and played the mandolin solo from Losing My Religion (REM)
If you capo up around the 7th ish fret thereabouts your guitar will 'sound like' a mandolin in tone. But to achieve the tuning, no amount of 'capoing' up will help you. There are 7 semi tones between each string on a mandolin, whereas there are only 5 on a guitar.
Said it sounded just like it.
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11 Dec 07
Originally posted by PhlabibitIt can be done without a capo. Me and my mate used to duet it. I'd do the basic chords and singing and he'd play all the fiddly bits up the fret. Just a few high chord inversions and twiddly bits around the twelth fret if I remeber rightly.
Thanx again yimmy... my buddy said his neighbor put a capo on and played the mandolin solo from Losing My Religion (REM)
Said it sounded just like it.
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Forgivr me if I am wrong though. I do afterall believe in 'Chord H' 🙂
11 Dec 07
Originally posted by PhlabibitI'm pretty sure that if you put a capo on a guitar, it's just going to sound like a guitar played higher. Mandolins have double-strings and almost no sustain at all (hence the "chop" rhythm standard and the tremolo picking in that song from the Godfather), plus the small body shape and tiny strings make it sound much brighter with less midrange and bottom end.
While we're at it, anyone know what fret to put a capo on to make a guitar sound like a mandolin? A friend of mine wants to know.
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Actually, a capo might help...just play on the other side!
11 Dec 07
Originally posted by darvlayIs that just your opinion or good opinion? . Phlab wanted to know how to emulate the mandolin part of Losing My Religion on a guitar. It can be done and it can be very effective. I never said that you can make a mandolin sound like a guitar. I said you can make a guitar have a similar tone to a mandolin if you play it up the neck.
Stop it, you goofs! You cannot get a mandolin to sound like a guitar. You can get your guitar to play the notes of a mandolin solo but it will not sound like a mandolin just a guitar playing a mandolin part.
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11 Dec 07
Originally posted by jimslyp69It's the truth, baby! Stop peddling your lies.
Is that just your opinion or good opinion? . Phlab wanted to know how to emulate the mandolin part of Losing My Religion on a guitar. It can be done and it can be very effective. I never said that you can make a mandolin sound like a guitar. I said you can make a guitar have a similar tone to a mandolin if you play it up the neck.
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