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Topic: Exercises for foot pedal movement? |
Joseph Borja
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San Marcos, Texas
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Posted 3 May 2011 10:28 am |
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Hi, wondering if anyone had any ideas to work on foot pedal movement. Specifically, I play Emmons setup and I seem to have tuning issues when working the A pedal.
Any help?
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 3 May 2011 2:17 pm
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Hi, Joseph, could you be a bit more specific about the tuning issues? If, for example, the 3rd or 6th strings sound sharp when you are engaging just the "A" pedal, it's often because your ankle isn't bending enough to let the edge of your foot clear the B pedal when pressing A. Hard to tell that's happening, and can be corrected by attention to the foot angle, or if that won't do it, adjusting the position of the pedals from the floor to allow clearance. It's a minute adjustment.
If you're just talking about the pitch of the A pedal move (B to C# note) make sure your guitar is adjusted to give you the full raise. |
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Dave Galloway
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 3 May 2011 6:36 pm Re: Exercises for foot pedal movement?
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| Joseph Borja wrote: |
Hi, wondering if anyone had any ideas to work on foot pedal movement. Specifically, I play Emmons setup and I seem to have tuning issues when working the A pedal.
Any help? |
Personally, and I'm still new at this beast, I frequently do ankle flexing exercises, to the left and hold... then to the right and hold, while I am sitting around watching TV. Also, I have my A pedal set up a little higher than my B pedal.
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 3 May 2011 11:44 pm
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| Also, I have my A pedal set up a little higher than my B pedal. |
I'm thinking that might do the trick. Its an easy thing to try out anyway. I set my A and B pedals so that they bottom out in the same place. The A pedal sits a bit higher than the B pedal when they are at rest.
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Joseph Borja
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San Marcos, Texas
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Posted 4 May 2011 10:31 am
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Thanks for the advice guys. Yeah, I'm thinking it's a technique problem. It hits the right notes, but the timing and pitch always seem a little off.
I'm gonna change the pedal height and see what happens.
thanks
Joey!
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James Morehead
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Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 6 May 2011 8:32 am
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Joe Wright has these excersises in his DVD's. Very complete set of excersises for Ankle and knee technique.
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 6 May 2011 5:09 pm
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I looked into some guitar exercises for rehabbing my left wrist and hand after carpal tunnel surgery, and the real obvious one was: "PLAY GUITAR." Besides stretching for range-of-motion, there isn't anything that is going to involve the specific muscle groups better tha... well, put it this way.
If you've got the time to sit in front of your TV and watch garbage,
AND you're wondering how come you're not getting better at pedal steel... 
WIGGLING YOUR FOOT WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING TV ISN'T IT.   
(I have been known to hook up the li'l mini-mixer and play real-time steel guitar soundtracks for select college football games - those guys don't know how good they're got it.... yay, go FSU! etc.) |
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