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Topic: Beginner seeks advice |
Jay Seibert
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Woodland, WA, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2010 9:13 am |
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Some of you have come across my posts regarding my new ceramic slides I have begun to offer... but this post is a bit different.
I've recently jumped into the lap steel world and am learning to play on a 6 string Recording King. I thought I'd try something basic before deciding to jump to an 8 to 10 string to not be too overwhelmed. I've played guitar for many years and am looking to expand my horizons.
That said... I am looking for study material recommendations to move me more quickly forward. I'd like to learn slants, chord forms, scales, positions. I tend to like the old western swing stuff but I have really enjoyed listening to some of the Hawaiian music many of the forum members have turned me onto.
I see there are numerous references available but how does one know which is regarded as the "standard" or most favored? I thought I'd ask y'all to see what you thought.
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www.stoneslides.com is my Paloma Tone Bar and Bottleneck Slide web site
www.clayrabbit.com is my Pottery web site |
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Jay Seibert
From:
Woodland, WA, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2010 10:49 am
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I forgot to mention... I'm currently using C6 tuning
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www.stoneslides.com is my Paloma Tone Bar and Bottleneck Slide web site
www.clayrabbit.com is my Pottery web site |
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Billy Tonnesen
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R.I.P., Buena Park, California
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Posted 10 Mar 2010 1:49 pm
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| Once you have mastered the hand mechanics of picking out strings and moving the bar up and down the fret board, the best tool your going to have, after some fundemental lessons, is going to be your "EAR". You need to listen and experiment. Then start playing with a group just for the fun of playing. |
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Bill Moore
From:
Manchester, Michigan
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Fred
From:
Amesbury, MA
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Posted 10 Mar 2010 2:44 pm
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| Homespun has Cindy Cashdollar's dvds on sale this month. $40 for both. She teaches C6 on 8 string but shows everything with the high E you'd normally have on 6 string. |
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Lynn Oliver
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Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 10 Mar 2010 2:50 pm
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| Fred wrote: |
| Homespun has Cindy Cashdollar's dvds on sale this month. $40 for both. She teaches C6 on 8 string but shows everything with the high E you'd normally have on 6 string. |
Cindy uses the high G 1st string in her arrangements on the DVDs. |
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Fred
From:
Amesbury, MA
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Posted 10 Mar 2010 2:56 pm
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| Cindy uses the high G 1st string in her arrangements on the DVDs. |
I remember her showing everything both with and without the high G. I'll have a look at them tonight to make sure. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2010 4:19 pm
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| Her instruction is for the 8 string high G but you can play it pretty much on the middle six strings C E G A C E |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 10 Mar 2010 5:29 pm
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Jerry Byrd has written one of the definitive lap steel instruction methods. You can buy it from Scotty's Music in St. Louis, MO. It sounds like everything you want to learn will be found in there.
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Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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Paul M. Matthews
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2010 6:34 pm Who Knew?
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| Andy Sandoval wrote: |
| Her instruction is for the 8 string high G but you can play it pretty much on the middle six strings C E G A C E |
Andy,
That is why I gravitated to you. You give confidence to whoever needs it. You Da Man!
Paul
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I want to Steel it all..... |
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Veli-Pekka Haanmäki
From:
Finland
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Posted 12 Mar 2010 4:55 am
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| Like Brad said,"The Jerry Byrd Instruction course for steel guitar" is a really great book to have,it is all there. |
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Rick Winfield
From:
Pickin' beneath the Palmettos
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Posted 13 Mar 2010 3:45 am Cindy
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IMHO
Cindy Cashdollars DVD will give you a "quick" start up, with plenty of ideas.
rick |
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