Chords for Clavioline Demonstration - as used on Telstar and Night Of The Vampire for Joe Meek
Tempo:
144.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
F#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Well, the first time I [E] met this [F#] clavilean, which I think is the only one I've met,
it's [A] designed to be [E] freestanding on a [C#m] metal stand underneath,
and this bit just tucks underneath the right-hand side of the [F#] keyboard.
So you're playing the keyboard and then just underneath, [G#] or playing the piano and just underneath,
[D] you have [A] this, and [Bm] your right knee [E] would operate [A] the volume control
by just [F#] moving your knee across like [B] that, and that would just increase the volume [E] or decrease it.
[A] And as you [F#] can see here, the pitch, this is the [E] very bass,
and then [C#m] there are two that move [F#m] an octave, each movement moves [B] everything up an octave,
[A] so the high [D] parts on Talestar and Night of the [B] Vampire were obviously on the right range,
and then the [A] low parts, the more gutsy-sounding [F#] parts, like a bass organ, were on the left part.
[A] And here are the [F#m] different so [G#m]-called instruments you could replicate from pushing these buttons
and vibrato and all sorts of other little gadgets that, [A] most of them didn't work particularly,
but you could certainly [D] change the sounds from [A] a delicate, fine, moon-dusty sound
[B] to a very raucous sound and various sounds in between, none of which sounded particularly authentic,
[E]
because if you look at the list of the instruments it's supposed to be able to [G] play,
I think you'd need a good imagination to [C#] [E] actually be successful with that.
And of course you could only play one [D] note at a time, so if you played anything below that it would be silent,
or anything above that it would play the higher number, a higher note, but it would only play one note at a time.
Anyone who's seen the Moon [Am] Trekkers live
[B]
[Gm] might wonder why I have to go through this performance of tuning,
there's a tuning button here, there's one on each end, but I have to retune it,
because the bass, the aggressive bass sound in Night of the Vampire,
[D] obviously Joe makes the piano with the semitone out of tune, [G#] so that the written [N] key
and the key that the other musicians in the group played with let me use this as the lowest note.
But of course when we play at live [F] gigs I have to retune this so that I can still use this as the lowest note,
[G] otherwise if I play it [E] in the written key it would need a note here and I'd lose it,
[F] so I have to go through this [G#] performance every [F] time, because it's easier to retune this
than to [G] ask all the stringed instruments [G] to retune their instruments accordingly.
Well, 3-4-6 and A was the Night of the Vampire, and 4-7 -9 and the were the sound for Telstar, and then you can have different grades of vibrato, and pizzicato, and I can't remember the B and the V, I've got the little book of words, well the little sheet of words, but as I say you can get quite a large number of different sounds from it, pressing these various different buttons. It was an amplifier and a speaker, and it made up, if you can imagine, the other part of a rectangular box and you just plug that into the back and that would be the speaker and amplifier, but of course as years went by I had it then re-jigged so that I could put it through a main amplifier and then get some decent volume, but you just pack it away like the musicians who used to play in the pubs would just plonk it into the box, which is the amplifier speaker, and it was like a little suitcase and off they went. So instead of a double bass or a violin they've got their little clavolin. The clavolin is a unique instrument [E] and [E] most of the [Bm] modern equipment I don't think [A] gives the perfect sound of a clavolin, [F#] and when you think [D] of [G] musicians and music in [Bm] all the years that the music has been going, [A] you rarely, you might [D] hear of Jimi Hendrix guitars or you might hear [G] somebody else's [F#] instruments that are very [D] famous, but this is the actual instrument that made Telstar and what it's worth would be, I don't know, but certainly as a collector of the item I'm not going to part with it, but it's quite a, to think that that massive sound comes from a little thing like this is really [Dm] interesting.
it's [A] designed to be [E] freestanding on a [C#m] metal stand underneath,
and this bit just tucks underneath the right-hand side of the [F#] keyboard.
So you're playing the keyboard and then just underneath, [G#] or playing the piano and just underneath,
[D] you have [A] this, and [Bm] your right knee [E] would operate [A] the volume control
by just [F#] moving your knee across like [B] that, and that would just increase the volume [E] or decrease it.
[A] And as you [F#] can see here, the pitch, this is the [E] very bass,
and then [C#m] there are two that move [F#m] an octave, each movement moves [B] everything up an octave,
[A] so the high [D] parts on Talestar and Night of the [B] Vampire were obviously on the right range,
and then the [A] low parts, the more gutsy-sounding [F#] parts, like a bass organ, were on the left part.
[A] And here are the [F#m] different so [G#m]-called instruments you could replicate from pushing these buttons
and vibrato and all sorts of other little gadgets that, [A] most of them didn't work particularly,
but you could certainly [D] change the sounds from [A] a delicate, fine, moon-dusty sound
[B] to a very raucous sound and various sounds in between, none of which sounded particularly authentic,
[E]
because if you look at the list of the instruments it's supposed to be able to [G] play,
I think you'd need a good imagination to [C#] [E] actually be successful with that.
And of course you could only play one [D] note at a time, so if you played anything below that it would be silent,
or anything above that it would play the higher number, a higher note, but it would only play one note at a time.
Anyone who's seen the Moon [Am] Trekkers live
[B]
[Gm] might wonder why I have to go through this performance of tuning,
there's a tuning button here, there's one on each end, but I have to retune it,
because the bass, the aggressive bass sound in Night of the Vampire,
[D] obviously Joe makes the piano with the semitone out of tune, [G#] so that the written [N] key
and the key that the other musicians in the group played with let me use this as the lowest note.
But of course when we play at live [F] gigs I have to retune this so that I can still use this as the lowest note,
[G] otherwise if I play it [E] in the written key it would need a note here and I'd lose it,
[F] so I have to go through this [G#] performance every [F] time, because it's easier to retune this
than to [G] ask all the stringed instruments [G] to retune their instruments accordingly.
Well, 3-4-6 and A was the Night of the Vampire, and 4-7 -9 and the were the sound for Telstar, and then you can have different grades of vibrato, and pizzicato, and I can't remember the B and the V, I've got the little book of words, well the little sheet of words, but as I say you can get quite a large number of different sounds from it, pressing these various different buttons. It was an amplifier and a speaker, and it made up, if you can imagine, the other part of a rectangular box and you just plug that into the back and that would be the speaker and amplifier, but of course as years went by I had it then re-jigged so that I could put it through a main amplifier and then get some decent volume, but you just pack it away like the musicians who used to play in the pubs would just plonk it into the box, which is the amplifier speaker, and it was like a little suitcase and off they went. So instead of a double bass or a violin they've got their little clavolin. The clavolin is a unique instrument [E] and [E] most of the [Bm] modern equipment I don't think [A] gives the perfect sound of a clavolin, [F#] and when you think [D] of [G] musicians and music in [Bm] all the years that the music has been going, [A] you rarely, you might [D] hear of Jimi Hendrix guitars or you might hear [G] somebody else's [F#] instruments that are very [D] famous, but this is the actual instrument that made Telstar and what it's worth would be, I don't know, but certainly as a collector of the item I'm not going to part with it, but it's quite a, to think that that massive sound comes from a little thing like this is really [Dm] interesting.
Key:
A
E
D
F#
G
A
E
D
_ Well, the first time I [E] _ met this [F#] clavilean, which I think is the only one I've met, _ _
it's [A] designed to be [E] freestanding on a [C#m] metal stand underneath,
and this bit just tucks underneath the right-hand side of the [F#] keyboard.
So you're playing the keyboard and then just underneath, [G#] or playing the piano and just underneath,
[D] you have [A] this, and [Bm] your right knee [E] would _ operate [A] the volume control
by just [F#] moving your knee across like [B] that, and that would just increase the volume [E] or decrease it. _
_ [A] And as you [F#] can see here, the _ _ pitch, this is the [E] very bass,
and then [C#m] there are two _ _ _ _ _ that move [F#m] an octave, each movement moves [B] everything up an octave,
[A] so the high [D] parts on _ Talestar and Night of the [B] Vampire were obviously on the right range,
and then the [A] low parts, the more gutsy-sounding [F#] parts, like a bass organ, were on the left part.
[A] And here are the [F#m] different so [G#m]-called instruments you could replicate from pushing these buttons
and vibrato and _ all sorts of other little gadgets that, _ [A] most of them didn't work particularly,
but you could certainly [D] change the sounds from [A] a delicate, fine, moon-dusty sound
_ [B] to a very raucous sound and various sounds in between, _ none of which sounded particularly authentic,
[E]
because if you look at the list of the instruments it's supposed to be able to _ [G] play,
I think you'd need a good imagination to [C#] _ _ [E] actually be successful with that.
And of course you could only play one [D] note at a time, so if you played anything below that it would be silent,
or anything above that it would play the higher number, a higher note, but it would only play one note at a time. _
Anyone who's seen the Moon [Am] Trekkers live _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] might wonder why I have to go through this performance of tuning,
there's a tuning _ button here, there's one on each end, _ but I have to retune it,
because the bass, the aggressive bass sound in Night of the Vampire,
_ [D] obviously Joe makes the piano with the semitone out of tune, [G#] so that the written [N] key
and the key that the other musicians in the group played with let me use this as the lowest note.
But of course _ when we play at live [F] gigs _ I have to retune this so that I can still use this as the lowest note,
_ [G] otherwise if I play it [E] in the written key it would need a note here and I'd lose it,
[F] so I have to go through this [G#] performance every [F] time, _ because it's easier to retune this
than to [G] ask all the stringed instruments [G] to retune their instruments accordingly. _ _
Well, 3-4-6 and A was the _ _ _ Night of the Vampire, and 4-7 _ -9 and the were the sound for Telstar, and then you can have different grades of _ _ _ _ vibrato, _ and _ _ _ pizzicato, and I can't remember the B and the V, I've got the _ little book of words, well the little sheet of words, but _ as I say you can get quite a _ large number of different sounds from it, pressing these various different buttons. _ _ It was an amplifier and a speaker, and _ it made up, _ if you can imagine, the other part of a rectangular box and you just plug that into the back and that would be the speaker and amplifier, but of course as years went by I had it then re-jigged so that I could put it through a main amplifier and then get some decent volume, but you just pack it away like the musicians who used to play in the pubs would just plonk it into the box, which is the amplifier speaker, and it was like a little suitcase and off they went. So instead of a double bass or a violin they've got their little clavolin. The clavolin is a unique instrument _ [E] and _ [E] most of the [Bm] modern equipment I don't think _ [A] gives the _ perfect sound of a clavolin, _ [F#] and when you think [D] of _ [G] musicians and music in [Bm] all the years that the music has been going, [A] you rarely, you might [D] hear of Jimi Hendrix guitars or you might hear _ [G] somebody else's [F#] instruments that are very [D] famous, but this is the actual instrument that made Telstar and _ what it's worth would be, I don't know, but certainly as a collector of the item I'm not going to part with it, but _ _ it's quite a, to think that that massive sound _ comes from a little thing like this is _ really [Dm] interesting. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
it's [A] designed to be [E] freestanding on a [C#m] metal stand underneath,
and this bit just tucks underneath the right-hand side of the [F#] keyboard.
So you're playing the keyboard and then just underneath, [G#] or playing the piano and just underneath,
[D] you have [A] this, and [Bm] your right knee [E] would _ operate [A] the volume control
by just [F#] moving your knee across like [B] that, and that would just increase the volume [E] or decrease it. _
_ [A] And as you [F#] can see here, the _ _ pitch, this is the [E] very bass,
and then [C#m] there are two _ _ _ _ _ that move [F#m] an octave, each movement moves [B] everything up an octave,
[A] so the high [D] parts on _ Talestar and Night of the [B] Vampire were obviously on the right range,
and then the [A] low parts, the more gutsy-sounding [F#] parts, like a bass organ, were on the left part.
[A] And here are the [F#m] different so [G#m]-called instruments you could replicate from pushing these buttons
and vibrato and _ all sorts of other little gadgets that, _ [A] most of them didn't work particularly,
but you could certainly [D] change the sounds from [A] a delicate, fine, moon-dusty sound
_ [B] to a very raucous sound and various sounds in between, _ none of which sounded particularly authentic,
[E]
because if you look at the list of the instruments it's supposed to be able to _ [G] play,
I think you'd need a good imagination to [C#] _ _ [E] actually be successful with that.
And of course you could only play one [D] note at a time, so if you played anything below that it would be silent,
or anything above that it would play the higher number, a higher note, but it would only play one note at a time. _
Anyone who's seen the Moon [Am] Trekkers live _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] might wonder why I have to go through this performance of tuning,
there's a tuning _ button here, there's one on each end, _ but I have to retune it,
because the bass, the aggressive bass sound in Night of the Vampire,
_ [D] obviously Joe makes the piano with the semitone out of tune, [G#] so that the written [N] key
and the key that the other musicians in the group played with let me use this as the lowest note.
But of course _ when we play at live [F] gigs _ I have to retune this so that I can still use this as the lowest note,
_ [G] otherwise if I play it [E] in the written key it would need a note here and I'd lose it,
[F] so I have to go through this [G#] performance every [F] time, _ because it's easier to retune this
than to [G] ask all the stringed instruments [G] to retune their instruments accordingly. _ _
Well, 3-4-6 and A was the _ _ _ Night of the Vampire, and 4-7 _ -9 and the were the sound for Telstar, and then you can have different grades of _ _ _ _ vibrato, _ and _ _ _ pizzicato, and I can't remember the B and the V, I've got the _ little book of words, well the little sheet of words, but _ as I say you can get quite a _ large number of different sounds from it, pressing these various different buttons. _ _ It was an amplifier and a speaker, and _ it made up, _ if you can imagine, the other part of a rectangular box and you just plug that into the back and that would be the speaker and amplifier, but of course as years went by I had it then re-jigged so that I could put it through a main amplifier and then get some decent volume, but you just pack it away like the musicians who used to play in the pubs would just plonk it into the box, which is the amplifier speaker, and it was like a little suitcase and off they went. So instead of a double bass or a violin they've got their little clavolin. The clavolin is a unique instrument _ [E] and _ [E] most of the [Bm] modern equipment I don't think _ [A] gives the _ perfect sound of a clavolin, _ [F#] and when you think [D] of _ [G] musicians and music in [Bm] all the years that the music has been going, [A] you rarely, you might [D] hear of Jimi Hendrix guitars or you might hear _ [G] somebody else's [F#] instruments that are very [D] famous, but this is the actual instrument that made Telstar and _ what it's worth would be, I don't know, but certainly as a collector of the item I'm not going to part with it, but _ _ it's quite a, to think that that massive sound _ comes from a little thing like this is _ really [Dm] interesting. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _