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Use more open tunings, mostly fret barre chords? Otherwise seems like a no go. Unless one had hard little calluses on the finger pads instead of the tips. Can't say I've seen that.
 
TheVat said:
Use more open tunings, mostly fret barre chords? Otherwise seems like a no go. Unless one had hard little calluses on the finger pads instead of the tips. Can't say I've seen that.
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No she's mental, she uses a CAPO but the shapes and tuning is normal.
She has to go sideways on almost.
 
Must be playing on the pads then, and not the tips. Yeah, I can't see her handling anything but real soft action and no fast runs of notes. Good thing she could sing like an angel.
 
Sarkus said:
RIP Tim Curry - 1946 - 2026 (80)

www.bbc.co.uk

Tim Curry: The Rocky Horror Picture Show star dies at 80

Curry was best known for playing the outlandish Frank-N-Furter in cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

Rocky Horror Picture Show (audience participation version) is still a regular listen for me.
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Good gosh. That legend the same age as Dolly. The nostalgic focus on Dr. Frank-N-Furter over the ensuing week might give Wachowski's all-trans-actor project an unexpected boost. No blank checks are given to the Wachowski siblings anymore due to the multiple bombs at the box office.

Lilly Wachowski can't get 'The Hunted' financed
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment...wachowski-cant-hunted-financed-173300631.html

"...she recently revealed that she's struggling to get financing for her next movie because it's got an entirely transgender cast."
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TheVat said:
Use more open tunings, mostly fret barre chords? Otherwise seems like a no go. Unless one had hard little calluses on the finger pads instead of the tips. Can't say I've seen that.
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Yep. She did use open tunings and finger pads.

How Dolly Parton plays guitar with long nails?
https://vintagevinylnews.com/dolly-parton-guitars-and-gear/

EXCERPTS: Dolly frequently uses open tunings (particularly open E) to reduce the complexity of chord formations. These tunings allow her to play full chords with fewer fingers, minimizing nail interference while maintaining rich harmonic content. [...] Instead of using fingertips for fretting, Dolly employs her finger pads, positioning them behind the frets while keeping nails clear of the fingerboard. This unorthodox technique prevents nail damage while maintaining accurate intonation.

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How does Dolly Parton play guitar with such long fingernails?
https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-does-dolly-parton-play-guitar-with-long-fingernails

EXCERPTS: She's able to play with long nails as she always plays in open tunings and barres every chord, or frets exclusively low-string notes with the open strings. Now, this method limits any advanced chordal coloring, like 7ths or 9ths, but Parton doesn’t care.

[...] In another video, Chet Atkins asks her how she plays with long nails. She jokes about how they are a pain to play with, but she just can't part with them. The pair go on to perform a great duet of Black Smoke's a Risin'.

[...] “When I'm serious about my songwriting, I take these off and file 'em down,” she explains. “But I've learned to work them – these [right hand] work great as picks, there's no problem with this hand – but these [left hand] are the ones I have a problem with.

“I've learned to do open tuning, mostly, when I'm writing and stuff. But if I'm really serious about it, I just have to saw 'em down.”
 
C C said:
Yep. She did use open tunings and finger pads.

How Dolly Parton plays guitar with long nails?
https://vintagevinylnews.com/dolly-parton-guitars-and-gear/

EXCERPTS: Dolly frequently uses open tunings (particularly open E) to reduce the complexity of chord formations. These tunings allow her to play full chords with fewer fingers, minimizing nail interference while maintaining rich harmonic content. [...] Instead of using fingertips for fretting, Dolly employs her finger pads, positioning them behind the frets while keeping nails clear of the fingerboard. This unorthodox technique prevents nail damage while maintaining accurate intonation.

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How does Dolly Parton play guitar with such long fingernails?
https://www.guitarworld.com/features/how-does-dolly-parton-play-guitar-with-long-fingernails

EXCERPTS: She's able to play with long nails as she always plays in open tunings and barres every chord, or frets exclusively low-string notes with the open strings. Now, this method limits any advanced chordal coloring, like 7ths or 9ths, but Parton doesn’t care.

[...] In another video, Chet Atkins asks her how she plays with long nails. She jokes about how they are a pain to play with, but she just can't part with them. The pair go on to perform a great duet of Black Smoke's a Risin'.

[...] “When I'm serious about my songwriting, I take these off and file 'em down,” she explains. “But I've learned to work them – these [right hand] work great as picks, there's no problem with this hand – but these [left hand] are the ones I have a problem with.

“I've learned to do open tuning, mostly, when I'm writing and stuff. But if I'm really serious about it, I just have to saw 'em down.”
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Am sure I have seen her play standard tuning -actually she does so in the clip you posted of her with her two sisters.She seems to be playing the guitar in D major there and I think I see a G major shape.

I only play open E tuning as well since I find the chords in standard tuning are hard on the main joint in the index (fretting) finger and decided to give up on that about 5 years ago.

She really seems like the boss of her instrument in that Jonny Carson clip(it hardly gets a look in )
 
geordief said:
Am sure I have seen her play standard tuning -actually she does so in the clip you posted of her with her two sisters.She seems to be playing the guitar in D major there and I think I see a G major shape.

I only play open E tuning as well since I find the chords in standard tuning are hard on the main joint in the index (fretting) finger and decided to give up on that about 5 years ago.

She really seems like the boss of her instrument in that Jonny Carson clip(it hardly gets a look in )
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I agree. She didn't always have the super-long fingernails, as exemplified in the one below. And somehow she did occasionally play in standard even after the "talons" were there.

Not really the first performance of "Coat of Many Colors"
 
Okay, this should finally wrap it up for Saint Dolly.
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RICK BEATO
Remembering an icon: Dolly Parton

VIDEO EXCERPT: I was traveling yesterday from Iowa back to Atlanta when I heard the news about Dolly Parton, and it really was devastating to me. I was looking at my phone ... and watching people talk about Dolly. People from every walk of life, every age, saying the most wonderful things about her, about her as a human being, as a songwriter, as a singer, as an actress, and as a philanthropist.

Story after story after story, people that knew her, people that respected her, everyone loved Dolly Parton. And that is a feat that is next to impossible today. I can't think of anyone that is as beloved as she is. Really, she is so unique in that way. There are just not any people like her anymore.

[...] I used to travel from Ithaca, New York to Philadelphia and back every week in 1991 and '92 because I lived in Philly, but I taught in Ithaca a couple days a week. [...] I would listen to music the whole time just on my cassette player. And I listened to the Jolene record a million times. I had it in my glove compartment.

[...] Max Martin, the incredible songwriter who has 30 number one hits. And we were talking and I said, "Max, what is a perfect song?" And without hesitation, he said, "Jolene." And he could have said any song. I said, "What do you love about it?" He said, "It's just perfection. The lyrics, the melody, her singing, the production, everything about the song is perfect."


 
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Ah yes! The oops is mine. Yes, her promotion of literacy was notable, and may be saving some attention spans out there.
 
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