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Topic: Guitar to Steel - Tony Rice's fills |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 19 Oct 2017 6:19 am |
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Learning from other instruments and applying what you've learned to the steel is a nice way to get out of the musical ruts where we sometimes find ourselves.
Tony Rice's guitar playing on "Comeback to Old Santa Fe" is practically a textbook on how to accompany a vocalist. Despite his virtuoso abilities, Rice weaves a tapestry of perfectly timed fills, arpeggios and textural chords that totally keep the listener involved in the song - catching one's ear for their timing and taste - but never over played so that they take you out of the story of the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74aqp4sYH30
Tony repeatedly uses variations of one run on the F major chord that first appears at 0:28 secs into the song. I've transcribed it in Open D and C6th tunings. The first Open D version is my favorite - that leap from fret 3 to fret 12 really catches your ear. It's all basic major but his phrasing and interval choice makes it sound melodic and fresh and not like a run-of-the-mill scale or arpeggio run.
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Steel Guitar Books! Website: www.volkmediabooks.com |
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gary pierce
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Rossville TN
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Posted 19 Oct 2017 6:57 am
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| Nice work Andy, I'll try that on my reso. |
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Andy DePaule
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Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 19 Oct 2017 1:56 pm Great Read
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Hi Andy,
Off subject, but just received your book from Amazon yesterday.
Great read and plenty of fun photos too.
Thanks for all the effort you put into that.
Best wishes,
Andy 
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 20 Oct 2017 1:19 am
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Thank you, Andy! Are you referring to Lap steel Guitar or Guitar Dreams?
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Steel Guitar Books! Website: www.volkmediabooks.com |
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Andy DePaule
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Saigon, Viet Nam & Springfield, Oregon
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Posted 20 Oct 2017 7:23 am Lap Steel Guitar
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Hi Andy,
Lap Steel Guitar because I didn't know there were two.
Will need to take a look at that also.
Putting a book out is a lot more involved than most readers would ever guess.
Best wishes,
Andy
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Inlaid Star Guitar 2006 by Mark Giles. SD-10 4+5 in E9th; http://luthiersupply.com/instrument-gallery.html
2017 Mullen SD-10, G2 5&5 Polished Aluminum covering. Custom Build for me. Great Steel.
Clinesmith Joaquin Murphy style Aluminum 8 String Lap Steel Short A6th.
Magnatone Jeweltone Series Lap Steel, Circa 1950? 6 String with F#minor7th Tuning.
1956 Dewey Kendrick D-8 4&3, Restoration Project.
1973 Sho~Bud Green SD-10 4&5 PSG, Restoration Project. |
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