Channel: Jon Gomm

Category: Music

Tags: tobias rauschersungha jungfingerstylepercussive guitarfingerstyle guitarantoine dufourguitar tappingalexandr miskoandy mckeemike dawescandyrat

Description: This tune is the hardest thing I have ever written, or attempted to play, or imagined existing on a guitar. I'm curious to see if anyone else can play it, so I've transcribed the guitar tab and instructions (all nineteen pages of it) and it's available from my website, and the first person to learn it to any vaguely OK-ish standard (as judged by me) wins my complete guitar pickup system - a Fishman Rare Earth Mic Blend plus a Fishman BP100, total list price over $750. Submit your entry at jongomm.com/win  Get the Tab or the single download or the full album "Live In The Acoustic Asylum" from jongomm.com This tune's title is a reference to Douglas Adams, The Secret Of Learning To Fly Is Forgetting To Hit The Ground, but that's a stupidly long title so I call it "Orville" for short. It's supposed to have a frenetic air and a ramshackle mechanical groove, capturing a desperate attempt at flight like that of an early biplane (like Orville Wright’s) or a baby bird (like Orville The Duck), until the very ending of the song, when it finally takes flight. ------------------------ Here's all the awesome gear I use to create music. If you wanna buy any of it, if you use the links below then I get a small commission: The new Ibanez JGM10 guitar - Pre-order UK / EU: bit.ly/JGM10UK Pre-order USA: anrdoezrs.net/click-100195279-14436046 Blackstar Sonnet 60 acoustic amplifier USA: anrdoezrs.net/click-100195279-14450953 UK / EU: bit.ly/SonnetJG Fishman Rare Earth Blend pickup system USA: jdoqocy.com/click-100195279-14450955 UK / EU: bit.ly/REBLendJG Boss OC-5 octave pedal (for sub-bass) USA: anrdoezrs.net/click-100195279-14450957 UK / EU: bit.ly/OctaveJG Zoom MS70CDR Multistomp effects pedal (for special reverbs and delays) USA: jdoqocy.com/click-100195279-14450958 UK / EU: bit.ly/MS70CDRJG Newtone Jon Gomm signature guitar strings bit.ly/StringsJG Sontronics SOLO vocal mic bit.ly/SoloMicJG TC-Helicon Voicelive 3 guitar & vocal multi-effects pedal bit.ly/VoiceliveJG MOTU Ultralite AVB mixer/interface bit.ly/MotuJG