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Topic: right hand palm muting |
Brian Evans
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Posted 26 Jul 2017 4:38 am |
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| I just dug out my old National Dynamic, purchased years ago literally to save it from being screwed onto the wall of a fake pub, tuned to C6 and started to try. I watched a lesson that emphasized right hand palm muting. My guitar has a combo pickup and bridge cover/palm rest, so palm muting is impossible at the bridge, and clumsy past the palm rest. I seem to mute with my fingers. Is this a bad habit, should I take the palm rest/pickup cover off? |
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Stefan Robertson
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Posted 26 Jul 2017 4:59 am
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Take that cover off or learn to pick block
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 26 Jul 2017 5:10 am move your picking hand forward
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Simple solution -- move your picking hand forward towards the head.
Contrary to popular belief , resting the picking hand on any part of a steel guitar , is a detriment to better playing Technique.
I've developed a technique where my picks hit basically at an octave above the bar position,
meaning I move my picking had for pretty much every note. Works for what I do anyway.
Players can get a wide range of tonal quality by hitting closer and further from the pickup.
This youtube video touches on numerous picking techniques<<Click
If you notice I am picking way ahead of the pickup and never resting my hand on the instrument.
It is an advertisement for my DVD on the subject, there is a lot of Free information in the video.
I am sharing this information that I was tought by Jeff Newman
Buddy Emmons and Paul Franklin from when I was a Student at Jeffran College Nashville 1980-90.
Hope this helps folks.
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David M Brown
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California, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2017 5:33 am
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Stefan Robertson
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Posted 26 Jul 2017 6:24 am
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I think resting the picking hand DOESN'T hinder technique at all and is a necessary skill for clean playing.
Its actually a way of training your picking hand to be accustomed to string positions.
Also if executed correctly when using palm blocking enables the player rapid speed.
I think both pick blocking and palm blocking together equal max speed. It all depends on the situation.
Plus the cleanest technique - Doug Jernigan. I have studied his right hand extensively and both techniques are employed. Haven't heard a faster or cleaner player ever. On Pedal and non-pedal.
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 26 Jul 2017 7:14 am blocking
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I will agree learning as many blocking techniques as possible and utilizing them is a requirement for best overall technique.
So far as the anchoring the picking hand argument - no one will ever convince me that is not a detriment to advanced technique.
But of course my experience is limited to standing 1 meter from Doug J while he played a blazing solo on one of my instruments for my wife and I privately at the Dallas Non Pedal Shows.
And the other few dozen to players I've stood right next to watching intensely and asking direct questions on this exact subject -- many now deceased --
Tom M, Jeff N, Maurice A, Buzz E, Herb R, Billy R, Cindy CD, Ricky D, to drop a few names.
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Stefan Robertson
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Posted 26 Jul 2017 7:35 am
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I agree anchoring is not the way but bouncing quickly to mute and release is necessary.
Palm movement is necessary as you move your palm forward and backward.
Have a look at the right hand in this clip using a Chromatic scale. Not the fastest or cleanest I can play but this is all closed bar and no open strings. Plus I had the tone rolled down so it wasn't as bright as could be.
https://ilapsteel.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/chromatic-scale/
George I also had a chance having a chat with Doug through Skype about technique. He is awesome.
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 26 Jul 2017 7:51 am Starting to get it on the money
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I agree anchoring is not the way but bouncing quickly to mute and release is necessary.
Palm movement is necessary as you move your palm forward and backward. |
Now you are on the Right Track,
this is exactly what Jeff Newman taught me at the Nashville School last century in the 80's.
A few Decades later in 2002 Jeff awarded me a Teaching Credential to share hand techniques with as many students as possible.
I do very much Love your new found dedication to the Art Form as it proves once again Steel Guitar is alive and well and spreading to the Youth.
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Stefan Robertson
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Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 26 Jul 2017 7:54 am Re: Starting to get it on the money
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I do very much Love your new found dedication to the Art Form as it proves once again Steel Guitar is alive and well and spreading to the Youth. |
Appreciated. Youth at 36 but hey I'll take it.
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