The Steel Guitar Forum

George Buechley wrote:Anyone struggling with that Intro? Might take me another week to get it to sound good.


George

It's a little tricky!
I got to work it out other ways since I don't have that change, but I don't mind- that's part of the deal when your a dedicated 3 x 4 player. There ain't too many teaching that, though, so more power to you guys who get a chance to learn a few things on it.

William has step up his game on the broadcast, if you want to learn the Steel guitar, this is the place to be.

It looks like a great Saturday lesson today!


George

William has agreed to teach Chimes on one of his weekly broadcast in the next week or so. If you are not a regular subscriber to the broadcast, you can contact him at his web site or forum to get signed up for this broadcast.

That is good news, I am looking forward to learning how to better do chimes. I'm sure William has a few tricks up his sleeve that he can share with us.

William, will be teaching MAMA TRIED a Merle Haggard
tune staring May 23. You can sign up at his web site
$20 bucks for four weeks http://www.pedalsteeler.com/

That will be a good one for sure. Some nice licks in there! I will see you there Joey!

If you're a regular Saturday Broadcast member then you've had the Intro for the last month or so to work on. I know I spent quite a few hours working on that one. It's not an easy intro.
It will be fun to do the whole song.

George

Over a 100 is viewing this broadcast weekly, if you are new to the steel guitar. You should give this a try, the technique exercises alone will be priceless. I wish someone had told me about William
when I was starting out.

William starting MAMA TRIED this coming Saturday!

Boy, last weeks technique exercises were really challenging. William has us using strings two and seven which I don't use very often but it's really a good exercise for your right hand.
I am ready for the next new song, "Mama Tried" should be really good.

Here's the link to William's version of 'Mama Tried':

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQTZzU851Dg


This will be a very challenging project song. I know I've already spent quite a bit of time getting the intro down.

George

Gonna be a good time for sure, and a good
one to have in your bag of tricks! I'll see you guys there!

Mama Tried starts tomorrow! Don't miss it!


George

Hey George, Just checked out the sheets for tomorrow's Steel-In. This is gonna be a good 'un! Anybody else like to see these live? I usually tune in about half hour late, but I like attending weekly when he's doing the thing, keeping it regular, like Metamucil for my polycarb pedal.

Hey Dan,
Yeah I do the same thing--use William's Saturday Live class as a weekly framework for practicing. This week's worksheets look really good. I find it's the perfect time to work on psg.

George

The Professor of the Steel Guitar lined up a great broadcast last Saturday to kick off Mama Tried. If you missed it, you missed a good one! JA

This is turning out really good. Each one of those little lines in the verse is like a little exercise unto itself. Giving my index finger on the pickin' hand some workout!

It's a great workout! The reverse rolls on the chorus then the pick me ups in the first verse really get you going. William did an incredible job tabbing this out. I'm looking forward to the next verse now.

George

Everyone should have the track by now. If not just let
William know! See you all on Saturday!!

Everyone get ready-- here comes the chorus!

George

That chorus is no joke. It's hurtin' my feelings.

I agree Daniel! This is probably the most complicated song we've worked on with William. Persevere! Do like William says, 'do what you can and move on'. I'm getting a lot out of this song. The forward rolls and and then the chunka chunka thumb and two finger pulls right after that are difficult movements. I can almost do it without thinking about it too much, but I know it's gonna take me a couple more weeks to get it down right. I'm glad William is taking the time to go through this song.

George

I'm hanging in there, George! Like you noted, it takes a little care in sorting out your pickin' patterns to get the timing on point, but so far I haven't had to "move on" and hope I can get them later in the future. Not saying I got it together, but I'm stumbling home alright.
The way he interprets the parts is really inventive and varied, but it all hangs together seamlessly. The stuff coming down the pike is going to get real innarestin'.

Almost time to try some more of 'Mama Tried'!

George