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Patrick Schwemmer [email protected] "OWLS" By Leo Kottke ALBUM: Greenhouse" Transcription and Tablature by Roger Hess and Scott Jones. 3/8/97 Tuning CGDGBE (tuned down a few steps from standard pitch) 12 String only! Notes: "OWLS" is one of those tunes that has been somewhat of a mystery for years. I learned to play a version of it back in the late 70's, but I knew it wasn't right. The recording had chords that were full and resonant, and mine were thin and stifled because many were done with full barre chords. The main problem was that most of us were stuck in the mindset that most anything Leo Kottke created was probably in Open G, Open D, Open C, standard, or Dropped D. So I had learned to do "OWLS" in Open G, although it was clearly not right, and eventually I lost interest in it out of frustration. Now, many years later, and as a result of a collaborative effort with fellow Kottke-tabber Scott Jones, we have transcribed OWLS in an unusual tuning that, right or wrong, seems to fit. Working from Open G, I determined that a lowC majorC was present, so the bass
D MajorD was dropped down two steps. Some things started falling into place, but not all. It wasn't until Scott heard an open
E MajorE string in one of the chords on the recording that I got bold and cranked the top
TAB NOTATION () = form the note but play softly or not at all p = RH thumb i = RH index m = RH middle a = RH ring "OWLS" PARTA augmentedA 4/4 time. |-----------------0-----------0--|-------------0---------------0--| |---------3-----------3----------|-----3---------------3----------| 1 |-2--/4-------4-----------4------|---------4---------------4------| |---------0----------------------|--------------------------------| |-0---------------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & i i p p p Note drone bass in measure 3 |-----------------0-----------0--|--------------------------------| |---------3-----------3----------|-----3--------------------------| 3 |-2--/4-------4-----------4------|---------4\2-----0--------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------0------| |-0-------0-------0--------------|-0---------------0--------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & i p p p Repeat Measures 1,2,3, 4 one time Note the change from alternating bass to single string bass in measure 6. |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---------0-----------0----------|-0-----------0------------------| 5 |-2-/-4-------2-/-4-------2-/-4--|-----2-/-4-------2-------0------| |---------0---------------0------|-----------------0-------0------| |-0---------------0--------------|-0-------0----------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & slides start at fret 2, watch the timing. |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---------0-----------0----------|-0------------------------------| 7 |-2-/-4-------2-/-4-------2-/-4--|-----0-----------0--------------| |---------0---------------0------|---------0-------2--------------| |-0---------------0--------------|-0-----------------------0------| |--------------------------------|-----------------0--------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & Repeat Measures 5, 6, 7, 8 one time The first beat in measure 9 is almost played rubato, since the
