Four on the Frypan

Lap steels, resonators, multi-neck consoles and acoustic steel guitars

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Marc Muller
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Years of playing the incorrect Real Book changes, finally put on the record and figured the actual changes out. Def changed what I was used to since the 80s, but what the heck. Aside from some bad notes, the steel still sounds wonderful 90 years later. (Originally learned this as an extra credit assignment in Steve Bauer's ear training class at Berklee 1981. I actually used solfege to learn this on the steel!)

https://youtu.be/u5i_Izm3LDw
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Post by Jerry Overstreet »

Nice. Frypan has sweet tone. Enjoyed your delivery of Miles' tune.
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Post by Daniel Baston »

Nice use of open strings in your lines! And I like how you pickup the bar for some whole tone moves on the same string, so it doesn't always sound like a slide. Helps to break it up and make things sound a bit more in tune (IMO). Nice!

One thing, the backing track is a little sad (or maybe it's just quiet). You need some more swingin' rhythm behind you (that's a compliment!).
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Simple bass/guitar backing track on purpose to concentrate on making the changes and not get in the way.
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Nice playing, Marc. Enjoyed hearing that tune on steel.
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Nice playing, Marc. Enjoyed hearing that tune on steel.
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That's nice. Thanks for sharing Marc :)
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Post by Tim Whitlock »

Wow - terrific playing and fantastic tone from that gorgeous frypan! Really enjoyed it - thanks for sharing!
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very nice single-note work!... J-D.
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