A close-up tutorial on Dog and Butterfly and the 12-string guitar. Taken from her 1996 Instructional video. Link to purchase DVD: www.google.com/search?q=nancy...
Tried to explain to someone today about this song, and about Ann and Nancy. When I was in my twenties, I toured around the west with various bands. Heart was already head and shoulders above us all, and Nancy’s writing gave me access to music thinking and a freedom to step outside of the quickly rigidifying boundaries of Rock and write what I felt, instead of what I thought I should be be writing. Two beautiful people, and little did I know how completely naturally charming. Lucky us, to have them in our world.
I am friends with a Gipson family, my good friends mom is a songwriter/guitarist. I wonder if there is any relation. Originally from Joplin, Missouri but ended up in South Texas.
What incredible talent! Not to mention that I could listen to her talk all day. She has such a smooth, relaxing voice. She could have been an ASMR star as well.
Nancy THANK YOU!!! I saw you and Ann KICK ASS in Portland, Maine back in 1987/8... I play.. A friend of mine asked me if I could play this song.. I can figure out most anything... Seeing this video, I'm going to NAIL the hell out of this song on a 6 string!!!... Thank you Nancy!!! My Best to you and ANNE!!!
This video is a gold bar for all the fans around the world. Thank for upload and share it... Ann and Nancy.... Two eternal singers who tagged a time in our lifes.
I am a piano player and to me the guitar seems like the most damn complicated instrument ever! I mean with a piano there's 88 keys right there in your face to choose from. You can't play them any different other than playing it softly, or more aggressively. With the guitar, there are just so many options and different ways to play it, and nobody plays it the same way. I am just amazed when I watch videos of people explaining it. I admire people that have mastered it because it just seems so hard. I have tried a couple of chords on it, and no way. Cannot do it. I love HEART and this song, especially!! ♥️
I hear ya...I consider myself a guitar player and not a piano player but lately I'm playing piano better than the guitar dammit! I keep working at it though..but you're right, the physicality of it is more challenging. ~~Katerina
I’ve always loved keeping my 1st and 2nd string open especially with Emaj And Fmin The song We Just Disagree is in Nashville Tuning I love you and all of your music !Nashville Larry
Wow. Thank you for taking the time to show us this. There's nothing like getting it RIGHT from the source! I am learning how to play Acoustic, and this helps me immensely. Thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!
Thats an awesome song!! I lost my mom a few years back and she loved Heart! I was remembering when she'd take me to ball practice or sax lessons and we'd always listen to Heart. Mom got me into the best music on the planet, and here is just one of those amazing bands! Thank you Heart for all the great memories and time I spent with mom! We love you!!! ❤
watching you keeping it simple playing this gave me a new appreciation for my 12 string. Great video, thanks for making these. Cant play it as beautifully as you but i still enjoy trying now.
I know! She usually uses it on this song...I think only one time I saw her use a 6-string but Ann was playing along with her. Other songs she used 12-string are Sister from Live at McCabe's and Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters which can be seen on the Alive In Seattle dvd. I also have that song on my channel that I recorded at their Jacksonville show in '02. If I can think of any others I'll come back and edit 😄
I'm glad I found this video. I've been trying to find the intervals between chords and faked them through the years. And by the way Nancy, you explain and teach very well. Even after more than 50 years of playing in and out of bands, you made it so much easier and simpler for me to understand your style. I don't have a twelve strung but have a celebrity series ovation that I live that sounds incredible. Thanks for the tutorial. Much better sounding now. Imagine that, lol.
Nothing wrong with the Celebrity Series! I've seen Nancy play this on 6 string but Ann was also playing along with her...so that's still 12 strings 😄 I've played it plenty on 6 string but of course it always sounds better on 12. Glad to hear this video helped you! 👍 ~~Katerina
Its a crazy world. After playing for so long it is disturbing that you can't find people to play with that are willing to commit to writing songs much less play on the road anymore. I've been looking for collaborators do years for writing songs and have oodles of, (in my opinion) songs I know would sell and do very well on the market and can't find avenues of good musicians who are willing to commit. Obviously the ones I know aren't serious about music as I am. But it's not what you know but who you know. Sad really. There is some talent out there, just none to commit.
She could certainly sing it, but I have always loved her background vocals on this song...whenever I hear it I always gravitate towards singing Nancy's part, it's just so pretty! It's a great song overall I think.
@@pokerface8242 she's never sung lead on this song as far as I know. Why would she go doing it here? It's just a guitar demonstration. Some people seem to think she was the singer!
NANCY VOCÊ ERA E É MUITO LINDA POR DENTRO E POR FORA,SEU CARISMA NO PALCO A AGENTE SENTE E VER,VOCÊ É ESPECIAL VERDADE ATRAÇÃO DA BANDA HARTY,ABRAÇO. ❤❤❤
Nancy and Ann certainly landed on the perfect band name because truly their music is played with heart and a strong one at that, so beautifully gifted. I cant decide whether i enjoy playing Heart or Led Zeppelin songs the most (my 2 favorite bands). Gotta say though these videos sure make it a lot easier to pick out my favorite songs. Nancy keeps it simple and still sounds beautiful, simply beautiful.
This song has a single note vocal harmony at the end of a couple of the verses that is so cool . Anyone know what I’m talking about and what it is and why it works so beautifully. I don’t think I have ever seen it before in any other song.
Yes it is Nancy's lovely background harmony. She holds that "Try........." before she echoes Ann's "Rolled back down to the ground" again in perfect harmony. I've always loved how they did that. ❤️
I've been playing guitar for quite a long time and usually on a bar chord like she does with the B chord, you put your second finger on top of the first to add some strength to the first finger. She does the opposite, she puts her second finger on top of the third...never seen that, can't do it.
Funny though these women their music see Ms as beautiful if not more than they appeared. War between men and women what would the world be like without the woman glad you exist you do many things we cannot not without you.
