{"id":12305,"date":"2020-03-21T14:29:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T18:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/?p=12305"},"modified":"2020-03-21T14:32:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T18:32:47","slug":"american-tune-for-covid-19-social-distancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onemanz.com\/guitar\/american-tune-for-covid-19-social-distancing\/","title":{"rendered":"American Tune for COVID-19 Social Distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Simon sings American Tune for us all
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The 78 year old American musical institution posted a solo performance of American Tune<\/em> on his Facebook page.<\/h2>\n

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https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paulsimon\/videos\/2898856330168238\/?__tn__=%2CdkCH-R&eid=ARBApPN6e9yzouJLizcgHTT8hpSKOJuRo0-ZKzq7y5IEm47NwPCmgiZw7j6KUpMpGFSElLvZNhBFtCod&hc_ref=ARTj-T66GQRQE2IvxzVjH1d5ptaiv0e6-PvZoYVi1bHrp73yZK34HkvHbLVPJtf6NN4&fref=nf<\/a><\/p>\n

He recorded it on 3\/19\/2020 for the web “show” Til Further Notice, <\/em>which takes place in Willie Neslson’s back yard. But this year is including Socially Distant performances.
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For those who cannot access the performance,\u00a0 a different performance of the same song appears below. He ended the Facebook performance with “Stay save everyone. Be well!”<\/span><\/p>\n

I used to perform this every 4th of July, until I forgot how to play it. Since I may have some time on my hands, it is nice the composer provided this handy How-To video. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

I had forgotten his Martin Paul Simon Limited Edition signature models have faux tortoise shell binding, ala Style 21. They also has a special fretboard width that has a 1-11\/16″ width nut, at a time when Martin OMs all had 1-3\/4″ width-at-nut. But the Simon models taper wider to almost the same width as a traditional OM once the fretboard reaches the 12th fret.<\/p>\n

This particular guitar is the PS2 model released in 2000, signified by the inlaid image of Earth on the headstock. Unlike the original 1997 version, the OM-42 PS, the PS2 guitar does not have a traditional hand-fitted dovetail neck joint, but rather the Mortise & Tenon joint, and probably lower grade tonewoods, which allowed the price to be a lot lower.<\/p>\n

Here is the maestro performing American Tune<\/em> on his OM-42 PS, from 2015.
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