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Sea of Life (trad. Chinese)

from Norwegian Wood by Gregg Miner

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Performed on Knutsen 20-course harp guitar & teardrop steel guitar.
In 2003, my wife and I found ourselves in Edinburgh, Scotland during their August music festival with its incredible stream of constant live music both indoors and out. As we ascended a hill one afternoon I could hear the “Theme from Titanic” played by some strange, beautiful instrument. Cresting the rise, we were treated to a virtuoso player of a Chinese erhu (a 2-string bowed instrument). The tune was a bit cliché (and the cheesy synthesizer “orchestra” played by his partner didn’t help any), but then they launched into a folk tune that had me bawling within a minute. I bought their CD, happy to discover that the tune – this one – was on it. I can’t do the expressive and plaintive erhu justice, but tried to channel some of the exotic color and nuances I remembered onto the steel guitar. The particular harp guitar used for accompaniment, with its 3 top neck strings doubled and its 7 super-trebles tuned to the pentatonic melody (the entire song fits on these 7 notes), turned out to be ideal for the introduction and accompaniment to this simple but inspiring piece.

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from Norwegian Wood, track released November 25, 2017

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Gregg Miner Los Angeles, California

Gregg Miner is a plucked stringed instrument collector, scholar, recording artist and performer, best known for his work with harp guitars. For more, visit his 3 web sites!

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