a small group of beloved twitch viewers pledged like $91 to a commissary fund for detained/incarcerated trans people; the catch is i have to cover the song "Cane Toad Blues" by Tim Finn. why that song? why are most people on our stream aussies? mysteries for another day. but i wanted to share a little bit about my process of converting this for my hands.
context: my hands don't work so good. i play a 3/4 size nylon string with real low action, but i still need to avoid barre chords and high-fret else the hand don't work anymore. also, this song to my ear is in some kind of open E tuning and for some stubborn and unknowable reason i refuse to play in anything but standard. when you're in open tunings you can fudge all kind of things, the open notes can become pedal points or upper structure in a way that just sounds right because the guitar's whole resonation supports it. so i'm gonna have to adapt, without just going the easy way out.
what shapes i need: we need the following at least: an E7 shape; a G6 shape; an A-ish shape; a B7 shape; and an A7 shape. all of these have easy options with basic shapes, but i wanna be a little fancy with it. so let's figure some stuff out.