Intentional fishtailing?

David Mason · From: Cambridge, MD, USA

Does anybody else like the way it sounds (sometimes) to bring the low note of a pair of notes or a chord up to the desired tone first, then ease the treble notes up later? I really like the way it sounds when I "sneak up" on a chord, but when I do it on the whole chord, it just sounds sloppy - by slanting, then straightening the bar, it sounds intentional. BTW, when I'm playing steel chords, I try to arrange that there are no other instruments playing full chords.

Dave Van Allen · From: Souderton, PA , US , Earth

This is one of the "bag of tricks" that players can use to add expressiveness to their playing. Like any "trick" use sparingly...

Terry Sneed · From: Arkansas,

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[This message was edited by Terry Sneed on 16 June 2004 at 03:38 PM.]

Donny Hinson · From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.

I second Dave's comments. Use it, but don't "overuse" it!

Travis Bernhardt · From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Just make sure you're not fishtailing your vibrato. Fishtailing during vibrato sounds terrible (if you ask me...

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-Travis

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