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Well Stuart’s at it again with his f of x f(x). This time he is researching Chinese Music Styling in American Country Music. He is looking for a Who done it, the Why is obvious. Increase sales in China (go for it! we see no harm in that) He believes it is very intentionally and subtly placed in the ...

I have 3 volume pedals that attach to Sho-Buds and one pedal that attaches the the Emmons push pull and a Goodrich floor and they all swell and work very very close to the same. I want to get a pot that works and swells the same to replace the ones in the Sho-Bud pedals. The gear will fit on the sha...

Bo, the triad in your first example is an Edim triad in 2nd inversion which fits your discussion. Cadential just means final or resting poin I understand Cadence as music punctuation and a little more involved than what a person can describe in one short sentence. In the past I found my study of th...

To keep your example consistent you would probably want to relabel the C7 as Edim and maybe the cadential chord as F#m also. Hey Guy jump in on cademtial theory. I wanted to get a little further into this before Stuart jumped in on Cardential theory. He was all over me right after your thread. Howe...

The example was thrown together to show one of the directions I was going with this. I'm sure there are a lot better choices. Another direction is to: On the E9 use the triads of a major, minor, dom7 with no root, and augmented. Use these to cover all the chords. Example: A7 no root = A7, Bb(dim), C...

Chord melody has it’s place but I didn’t intend to limit the discussion to that. There are a lot of other directions you can go with triads.
Here is just one possibility:
Disclaimer: Good example not necessarily good music.

Didn't mean to disturb anyone. Did I wake you up or what?

Well we’ve heard here a lot about how important learning to hear the intervals and of course one of the first thrills we got while learning steel is when we slammed that lever that flattens the Es with the B pedal down making a 7th chord and pee run down our leg. (I stole that pee thing from Joe W...

I should have said we only agree on two steel players.
How could I forget Junior Brown?

As you notice Cody’s favorite Steel player is Robert Randolph Stuart’s favorite steel player is Paul Franklin. He’s a fan even though he has taken a lot of abuse in his threads related to Paul. My favorite steel player is Joe Wright (he just plain makes me happy) and he will up stage any and e...

Music Theory is maps of musically successful paths. The language of Music Theory is the names of each and every map. Example: “Tadd Dameron Turnaround” is the title of the map of the path. You then bring up and follow the map from memory or from some other source. That’s all there is to Music ...

If you think Stuart just drops names and don't know what he is talking about then you just don't know Stuart. So far about all I've heard here is what Music Theory is not. I would think a person with two degrees on the subject must have thought it of some value and would be clad to take this opening...

D'Addario strings all wadded up with color codes and a chart on the packaging if you haven't thrown it away is a deal breaker for me!

b0b we are not making fun of your charts or tab. Those are very informative. I'm older than dirt so I can make fun of me and others at this same stage of life!

No Stuart, slurs and half slurs come easy for seniors

All training courses as downloads and all solid merchandise organized all in one small room, all orders and correspondence online. It doesn't matter where you move, nothing ever changes except the return address. A PC, ways to take money, a scale, shipping supplies. You don't even have to leave the ...

If some one asks me to play a Minor Major 7th chord on my E9 neck. I'll just pack up my sht and leave, who needs all this harassing.

when I sit down at someone else's PSG. I carry two heavy glass ash trays that are about an inch and a quarter tall and I place them under the front legs and I'm all set. When I get through I just remove the ash trays and the only harm done was to their ears.

“he can’t figure out the key and he plays badly but gee ain’t his steel set up real nice “
What? What? Sounds good to me

Hi Donny, You don't have to extend the rods because you don't lower the pedal board, there is no need since the change in angle has positioned the end of the pedal aprox the same height from the floor as it was before. Because the body is now leaned back closer to you the pedals are now further away...

How would you feel if I invited you to dinner and I ask you to let me search you when you left my home. I really put up with their disrespect for a lot of years before that proverbial last straw when Stuart and I were on our way out of the store and they stopped Stuart at the door and insisted he le...

Masks and the CDC, E9 string gauges and the CDC, different? In what way?

Then and only then if I were desperate! Used to go to local music stores and they would treat you with respect as a fellow musician. Their attitude was “hey you’re a player, I would not dare insult you trying to sell you shiit when you know your shiit”! Now it’s like going into a Dollar Stor...

My wife died from a mosquito bite so maybe I would tend to think more on the fatal side of any virus. From what I've studied the mask is not that effective in saving you from the virus. I have obligations, so I can't just hole up like I'm in a senior home. Doesn't look promising that I can dodge the...

Let's see if I check positive and not showing symptoms they are going to let me check myself right into the hospital and when I ask they are going the give me all those latest preventive care meds we all hear about. I won't hold my breath. I won't need to, it won't be long before I won't be able to ...