Intonation practice CD and instructions
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I just got this report from Jeff Smith:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>Bob,
I just thought I would drop you a line and let you
know that I'm finding the drone CD not only helpful for intonation
purposes,
but also just fun for practice. It's nice to have accompaniment to jam
along to and work out ideas with that isn't too complicated.
Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Jeff Smith
Angola, IN</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Thanks Jeff !
Bob
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>Bob,
I just thought I would drop you a line and let you
know that I'm finding the drone CD not only helpful for intonation
purposes,
but also just fun for practice. It's nice to have accompaniment to jam
along to and work out ideas with that isn't too complicated.
Thanks for taking the time to do this.
Jeff Smith
Angola, IN</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Thanks Jeff !
Bob
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This just in from Mattt Hutchinson in the U.K.:
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>Hi Bob,
The cd turned up yesterday, many thanks.
My initial thoughts after an hour or so of practice with the cd are that it really tunes your ears in and makes you listen a lot harder. Obviously as you're less concerned with what you're playing (ie. not trying anything too
clever) it gives you a chance almost to sit back and listen to yourself.This is obviously great for intonation but also, I found, for tone.
When I first started playing steel about 4 years ago I was lucky enough to have a couple of lessons with BJ Cole. He basically said that it doesn't matter what you play if the
tone isn't up to scratch. A simple phrase played with good tone is better than a series of great licks with no tone. I found that your cd is the perfect tool for just sitting down and playing slow, simple phrases and concentrating
purely on 2 things
a) Am I in tune?
and
b) Do I sound good?
I also imagine it'll be a great resource for playing more 'ambient' and
improvisatory stuff to as well.
Many thanks, definitely worth every cent.
Matt
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Thanks Matt !
Bob
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><HR><SMALL>Hi Bob,
The cd turned up yesterday, many thanks.
My initial thoughts after an hour or so of practice with the cd are that it really tunes your ears in and makes you listen a lot harder. Obviously as you're less concerned with what you're playing (ie. not trying anything too
clever) it gives you a chance almost to sit back and listen to yourself.This is obviously great for intonation but also, I found, for tone.
When I first started playing steel about 4 years ago I was lucky enough to have a couple of lessons with BJ Cole. He basically said that it doesn't matter what you play if the
tone isn't up to scratch. A simple phrase played with good tone is better than a series of great licks with no tone. I found that your cd is the perfect tool for just sitting down and playing slow, simple phrases and concentrating
purely on 2 things
a) Am I in tune?
and
b) Do I sound good?
I also imagine it'll be a great resource for playing more 'ambient' and
improvisatory stuff to as well.
Many thanks, definitely worth every cent.
Matt
</SMALL><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Thanks Matt !
Bob
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For any of you who sing backup and play steel, if you want to get your singing intonation together, try singing against the drones, you won't believe your ears at first, it's even harder in some ways than getting playing in tune with the steel. I was practicing some of this stuff last night, just trying to eliminate the beats singing in unison with the first few drones was really challenging. Thanks be to Bob for this great tool.
Gerald
Gerald
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Herman,
I'll keep an eye on the mail and get that Cd out to you pronto.
Gary Carpenter in Ft Worth,TX just ordered a stack of them for his students. Any of you guys in the metroplex area can take a lesson from one of the greatest players and teachers ever and see if the drone thing would help your playing.
Also thanks to all you pickers that are checking out the intonation CD ! I hope its turning out to be helpful.
Bob
I'll keep an eye on the mail and get that Cd out to you pronto.
Gary Carpenter in Ft Worth,TX just ordered a stack of them for his students. Any of you guys in the metroplex area can take a lesson from one of the greatest players and teachers ever and see if the drone thing would help your playing.
Also thanks to all you pickers that are checking out the intonation CD ! I hope its turning out to be helpful.
Bob
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Hi Bob,
Never noticed before as I've mostly been using the single tones not the chords, but the cd you sent me has tracks 12 & 13 swapped (ie the A mag7 and Bmin7 are the opposite way round from where they are on the track listing). Doesn't matter as it's fairly obvious straight away but you might want to re-do the covers for any new ones you do.
I'm finding the cd really useful as I find I naturally play scales etc slower when I practice to the drones so both my pitch & accuracy of picking are slowly improving.
Never noticed before as I've mostly been using the single tones not the chords, but the cd you sent me has tracks 12 & 13 swapped (ie the A mag7 and Bmin7 are the opposite way round from where they are on the track listing). Doesn't matter as it's fairly obvious straight away but you might want to re-do the covers for any new ones you do.
I'm finding the cd really useful as I find I naturally play scales etc slower when I practice to the drones so both my pitch & accuracy of picking are slowly improving.
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Oh Yeah , what the Hell do we do with the rest of the band now!
Oh Yeah , what the Hell do we do with the rest of the band now!
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Toby,
The thing that is different about the chord drones I have on the CD is that they are absolutely beatless. I had a computer/composer guy make them. They are in pure JI tuning. That makes it so you can clearly hear beating on every note in a scale. It brings calibrating your ears and hands to a different level.
Bob
The thing that is different about the chord drones I have on the CD is that they are absolutely beatless. I had a computer/composer guy make them. They are in pure JI tuning. That makes it so you can clearly hear beating on every note in a scale. It brings calibrating your ears and hands to a different level.
Bob
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Got the CDs from Bob, a good guy to do business with. He took time to answer a question by email, and was quite helpful.
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