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Post by langford on Aug 25, 2021 8:21:59 GMT -5
Does anyone have thoughts on how Tommy Iommi makes that opening diad (I think it's two notes) go from dissonance to something a little easier on the ear? The tune crossed my path this morning and I thought, 'oh, he's doing something clever."
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Aug 25, 2021 13:26:06 GMT -5
Not exactly sure of what you're speaking of but it makes me wonder if it could be a byproduct of his 2 missing fingertips.
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Post by langford on Aug 25, 2021 13:53:49 GMT -5
It's the duuuuuh-duuuuh, right after the two opening bars of the bass drum. The line goes from a two notes at a very dissonant interval to unison. Listening closely, it's starting to sound like a double-tracked guitar (with some happy mistakes in matching the notes.)
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Post by Ricketi on Aug 25, 2021 14:11:15 GMT -5
Are you talking about bending the low E behind the nut and slowly releasing it?
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Post by Riff Twang on Aug 25, 2021 21:21:20 GMT -5
It also sounds to me like it's not double tracked, but doubled via a short single delay. (doubling delay)
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Aug 26, 2021 4:51:01 GMT -5
Sounds either doubletracked, or...
He has the A string tuned to E and he's pulling it sharp behind the nut and releasing it while striking the E and A (tuned to E) strings. I just tried that and it sounds the same.
It doesn't sound like a delay to me because there's a constant E note throughout.
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Post by Riff Twang on Aug 26, 2021 5:01:52 GMT -5
Upon further listening, I can hear that drone note now. Peegoo may be onto it.
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Post by ninworks on Aug 26, 2021 6:51:10 GMT -5
I believe it is double tracked. If you listen closely you can hear feedback towards the end of the sound just before it repeats. The feedback is only in the right speaker. If it were not double tracked it would be in both speakers. To me, it sounds like 2 guitars, recorded on 2 different tracks, each doing the same thing on a single string. They both start off in the right speaker and then one of them is panned to the left. Then it repeats starting on the right and panning to the left.
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Post by langford on Aug 26, 2021 9:06:26 GMT -5
Here's more evidence for the double-track theory. The video is live-ish, and Tommy is only playing one note.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Aug 26, 2021 11:58:20 GMT -5
^^^ Weird that they have Paul Shaffer in that green-screen projection.  |
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Post by langford on Aug 26, 2021 18:05:59 GMT -5
I'm still looking at the girl...
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