Video - Powerglide - E9 speedpicking - Tab added

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 21 Jun 2016 12:14 pm

Thanks Rob, it's nice to hear from another Mass. steel player!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 6 Jul 2016 6:22 am

John Sluszny · Post by **John Sluszny** » 6 Jul 2016 11:29 am

Jim Fogarty wrote:Killer, as always, Doug.

Any chance you're going to tab it and make it available to learn, one way or the other?

Thanks!

So do I !

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 6 Jul 2016 12:17 pm

Greetings from the next state over, Doug. Nicely done..really clean picking. Can't beat the sound of those P/P's

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 6 Jul 2016 3:39 pm

Thanks guys, I tried to write out the tablature a couple of days ago, but I was having problems playing the pattern slowly so I could figure out exactly what I did! In other words, I can play it fast but I can't play it slow! I'll give it another try in a couple of days.

Alan Cannell · Post by **Alan Cannell** » 7 Jul 2016 12:23 am

I mentioned this before with you Doug but I think it's worth another observation , your playing is excellent but your right hand looks so relaxed. There are a few players whose right hand looks so awkward with digits sticking out in various directions and there are players like yourself whose right hand looks where it should be. At the end of the day I suppose it's the end result that matters but with a hand that looks like yours there seems less effort to achieve maximum effect. I guess there will still be the pick block or palm block or a combination of both to argue about but your right hand looks to me how it should look.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 7 Jul 2016 8:32 am

Thanks Alan, yes, this is mostly pick blocking, so I don't need to use the edge of my hand to block the strings, like with palm blocking. So there's not much bouncing of the hand required for this. I studied Jeff Newman's material back in the day and I spent a lot of time practicing palm blocking, turning the hand slightly and using the edge of the hand to block every note. But that doesn't work so well for the stuff I'm playing here. This pattern is mostly 16th notes and pick blocking works better here IMO. It's almost like playing banjo rolls. I also studied with Jimmie Crawford for a week in Nashville back in the day and learned about his style of blocking, which he called the semi-mute. He played a lot of banjo style rolls on steel. Thanks again for checking out the video.

Stu Schulman · Post by **Stu Schulman** » 7 Jul 2016 9:54 am

Oh My!!That's just great!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 8 Jul 2016 5:30 pm

I just added tablature for the main run. See the original post. It's also on my blog ---> http://playsteelguitar.com/blog/

Bosse Engzell · Post by **Bosse Engzell** » 9 Jul 2016 2:46 am

Tanks you for the TAB.

Bosse in Sweden

Jim Fogarty · Post by **Jim Fogarty** » 9 Jul 2016 8:32 am

Thanks much for the tab, Doug!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 11 Jul 2016 4:54 am

There are a lot of variations of this pattern. I think I play it a little different each time. Pick blocking is important to keep the notes from running together.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 26 Jul 2016 8:35 am

I just added the backing track to my blog: http://playsteelguitar.com/blog/

There is one track at full speed and another track at 20% slower.

Tim Hughes · Post by **Tim Hughes** » 26 Jul 2016 9:44 am

Thanks Doug for the backing tracks. Love em!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Aug 2016 6:38 pm

Thanks for checking it out!

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Video - Powerglide - E9 speedpicking - Tab added

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