Purple Rain

Hi Mike,

I was very happy to notice the new lesson on Purple Rain.

I don't see you mention it, maybe I overlooked, but I noticed that the original version isn't in E standard tuning, but sounds more like tuned a half step up?

Thanks,

Ricky

Hey Ricky! Yes the tuning on the recording does seem a little off - but it is closest to standard tuning. Sometimes that happens with older recordings that were recorded on analog tape. I'm not sure if that was intentional - but if you check out any youtube live versions of this song, you'll see him playing it in standard.

Cheers!

Mike

I'm happy too about the new lesson on Purple Rain.

I got confused several times by the female gender pronoun when referring to Prince? While I think he was in favor of gender fluid identity, I never heard that he preferred being referred to as a she?

Ha! Sorry I wasn't more clear. I was referring to Wendy Melvoin who was Prince's other guitarist at the time who played the intro and rhythm guitar throughout the song.

Cheers!

Mike

Originally Posted by: claygibney

I'm happy too about the new lesson on Purple Rain.

I got confused several times by the female gender pronoun when referring to Prince? While I think he was in favor of gender fluid identity, I never heard that he preferred being referred to as a she?