Anji (instrumental)

Angi is a guitar piece by Davey Graham, published in 1962. It was often gecovert and is now considered standard.

Effect story

Davey Graham was influential in the British folk scene. Angi became in the 1960s and 70s, one of the most important solo guitar pieces in the range of fingerpicking. Paul Simon learned the piece in London in 1965 know as Anji published a version on disk Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel and made the piece so well known in the United States. Also, who also appeared on Sound Of Silence Song Somewehere They Can not Find Me is based on the harmonies and rhythms of Angi. In addition, the song We've Got a Groovey Thing corresponds to sequences with Paul Simon's version of Anji. In the following years took many folk guitarists, including well-known instrumentalists such as Wizz Jones, Bert Jansch and Werner Lämmerhirt own versions of Angi on. In 2002, the alternative rock band Chumbawamba used parts of the piece for her anti-war song Jacob 's Ladder. From Angi exist numerous cover versions. Some of them were published as well Anji or Angie. To date, the song is often played.

Composition and performance technique

The piece is based on a rhythmically played Lamentobass gripped in A minor, G, F, E - flat major, which is a Andalusian cadence. The virtuosity is to consistently maintain the fast quarter played the bass line with the thumb while the other fingers are running melodious Blue sequences, where the individual ornaments from artist to artist vary. This also typical of the folk - blues guitar techniques such as hammering and pull-off are used. Often the piece with capo is recorded, for example in the second covenant in B minor.

Discography (examples)

  • Davey Graham: 3/ 4 AD, Topic Records 1962
  • Simon and Garfunkel: Sound of Silence, CBS 1966
  • Chicken Shack 100 Ton Chicken, Blue Horizon 1969
  • Wizz Jones: Masters Of The Folk Guitar, Car Gram Records 1978
  • Werner Lämmerhirt: The Early Years, stockfish 1991
  • Chumbawamba: readymades, MUTT 2002
  • Bert Jansch: Angie: The Collection, Spectrum Audio 2011
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