What's the first thing to learn as a new player?

Post by **b0b** » 21 Jun 2004 7:50 pm

Black sounds best. It's a proven fact!

If I ever start a steel guitar company, it will be called Black Guitars.

Carl, are you really referring to my post above, or did you attribute someone else's words to me? Your comparison to scripture is baffling. Certainly I didn't think that I was writing anything profound.

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Brett Day · Post by **Brett Day** » 21 Jun 2004 9:09 pm

Darrell,another good thing to do when starting out on pedal steel guitar is look for some instructional videos you can learn by. They teach you things like chords, scales, right hand and left hand techniques, and licks you can practice on steel. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel

John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 22 Jun 2004 5:19 am

HERB....... YOU HAVE BEEN SMITTEN BY THE "BIG E" SYNDROM. You should have been quarantined before you passed it on to B0b.

C Dixon · Post by **C Dixon** » 22 Jun 2004 6:10 am

Yes b0b,

It was meant for you. I find the following statement to be profound indeed:

"Those are the first three things to learn. Learn them well and you can find your way around any 3-chord country tune."

You summed up in your post IMO, the most important thing about the PSG regards the E9th neck; which is by far the most played PSG tuning ever.

All the other suggestions are good too. But yours got right to the core of how I believe a good teacher should begin any student. For it wades thru all the mist and mystery as well as gobbledegook of this incredible instrument. And opens up WHAT the PSG is all about.

With your suggestions as a foundation, ANY aspiring Steel guitar player (as oppossed to those just curious), can build on that like NO other suggestion I have ever read.

In a word, it says it all to the beginner IMO. That is why I could only come up with one analogy that would fit.

Did not to mean to cause you a problem.

carl

Lawrence Lupkin · Post by **Lawrence Lupkin** » 22 Jun 2004 7:11 am

Never attempt to pick your nose while wearing finger picks.

Larry Chung · Post by **Larry Chung** » 22 Jun 2004 7:18 am

Blocking the strings. Blocking is the key. Being able to articulate each note and control sustain are really important as is the picking hand in general. Control your right hand and be able to stop any string from ringing at any time.

I'm still working on that one!
lc

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David Doggett · Post by **David Doggett** » 22 Jun 2004 7:24 am

Like b0b says. Learn I, IV, V, with no pedals, with AB pedals, with A pedal and F lever. Then learn VIm, IIm, IIIb. Learn those in several keys. Play along with CDs or Band In A Box. Then get out of the woodshed and find some people as good or better than you to play with.

Kevin Hatton · Post by **Kevin Hatton** » 22 Jun 2004 7:51 am

Get a divorce lawyer, a psychologist, and don't give up your day job.[This message was edited by Kevin Hatton on 22 June 2004 at 08:52 AM.]