<glacius:metadata>

    <title>Led Zeppelin - Bron-Yr-Aur</title>

    <description>

        My recording of Led Zeppelin's "Bron-Yr-Aur"

    </description>

    <category>Music</category>

    <category>Music recording</category>

    <category>Guitar</category>

    <category>Acoustic guitar</category>

    <series order="40">2022 music project</series>

</glacius:metadata>

<p>

    A nice little acoustic guitar solo from Led Zeppelin's 

    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Page">Jimmy Page</a> off

    their 1975 double album

    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Graffiti"><em>Physical Graffiti</em></a>.

    I decided to do this since my fingers were vaguely hardened to the

    violence of the acoustic guitar due to

    <glacius:link page="music/projects/touch-peel-and-stand-solo">last week's rendition of 

    <em>Touch, Peel and Stand</em></glacius:link>.

</p>

<p>

    Apparently "Bron-Yr-Aur" is Welsh for "side of the hill", and is the name

    of a cottage in Wales.

</p>

<glacius:figure glacius:src="bron-yr-aur-book.jpeg" type="image">

    <caption>

        Transcription of <em>Bron-Yr-Aur</em> from the 1975

        album <em>Physical Graffiti</em>

    </caption>

</glacius:figure>

<p>

    Interestingly, this book specifically tells you which fingers to use. I'm

    not an expert in fingerstyle guitar, but I use my pinky pretty liberally

    even though this transcription suggests you use the thumb twice. Not sure

    if it's a "bad" technique to use your pinky, but it seems like an

    advantage to me. I've got five fingers, may as well use them.

</p>

<h2>Recording</h2>

<p>

    Over the last two weeks I've come to the irrefutable conclusion that I need

    a new acoustic guitar. Playing a barre chord on this guitar is the hardest

    thing I've ever had to do in my entire life. You can see the pain in this video

    as I have to shift my entire body to get enough leverage to barre at the

    fifth fret.

</p>

<p>

    I also think there's some magic technique to eliminate string noise, but I

    have not yet mastered it. Enjoy the squeaks. And the camera angles will continue

    until morale improves.

</p>

<glacius:figure 

    glacius:src="bron-yr-aur-480p.mp4" 

    glacius:thumbnail="bron-yr-aur-poster.jpeg" 

    type="video">

    <caption>

        Cover of Jimmy Page's acoustic composition <em>Bron-Yr-Aur</em>

    </caption>

</glacius:figure>