The Steel Guitar Forum

Abundant energy is the key to meaningful practice sessions. Whatever triggers a lower energy output that can determine successes, and has been a critical aspect in the study of the pedal steel guitar. I wonder if others have felt these changes?

Gee Bill did u forget to take your Thorazine this morning?

Is this just a fancy way of stating that when you get tired, your playing is not up to par ?

Richard,

We are accustomed to a heaping helping of cups running over zealous delights. We are surrounded by others who choose to live according to changes in lifestyles that were never thought possible. When things become more difficult to address, your tonality will yield accordingly. Moving with the flow will determine the outcome of our best efforts.

Is this just a fancy way of stating that when you get tired, your playing is not up to par ?

Neither is your spelling. Faltering, Bill, not faultering …

If you don't feel like practicing, then don't. It's as simple as that. You won't achieve anything meaningful anyway.

amen

Barry,

Misspelling is a great system to check for weaknesses. Believe it or not, I recognized the possible error, as I neglected to double check. Good work on your part. I'll try to remain a little more alert as I progress through other subjects. Memory is the only reliable method of correctly spelling the English language. Mine is just about average.

richard burton wrote:Is this just a fancy way of stating that when you get tired, your playing is not up to par ?

In plain English Richard - yes.

Bill Hankey wrote:.......... Memory is the only reliable method of correctly spelling the English language........

A spell checker is probably more reliable.

"Faultering" is actually kind of an ingenious portmanteau word. With all the mistakes I make, it would certainly apply to me.

I pulled out my copy of Klein's comprehensive etymology dictionary of the English language in order to decipher or convert into intelligible form this post that even an old knuckle dragging Neanderthal such as I could understand the essence of what is being implied in this post.Think I will stop trying to decode this post for fear of being diagnosed as encephalopathic and wind up on nurse Mildred Ratched's floor. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.

"porte manteau" is a "coat hanger" for those that want to be in

Merriam-Webster:

Definition of PORTMANTEAU
1
: a large suitcase
2
: a word or morpheme whose form and meaning are derived from a blending of two or more distinct forms (as smog from smoke and fog)

I love it when you edamacated guys use them big ole words,and what they mean. Since I was drafted out of the third grade most of my vocabulary was taught by an old hard-assed DI. I know a lot of things [but civvies] don't understand,things like what is a cluster &^*&,a FNG,Chow,butterbar,cat hole,ma deuse,latrine,mess,skivvies,etc. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.

how bout that Brint - ya' learn somethin' every day
i had no idea it was used in english
thought it was french
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portmanteau
Mercy bookoo
break is over - back to the subject

Portemanteau, was a manteau(coat) container to carry (porter) coats in 17th century french
Ed

The concept is that the portmanteau bag, like today's garment bag-type suitcases, has two halves that fold together to form a single bag. So the term is used when two words are "folded" together.

Origin and many examples here:

http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/portmant.htm

My apologies for the digression.
(I still like "faultering." )

Thanks Brint, you've made my day more meaningful. There is much more to hope for by knowing that there are gentle folks who weigh many of life's turns just a little more thoughtfully.

... and so the thread takes off into something totally unrelated.
Git'er back on track Bill. I know you can do it

Yo Bent, I think he's better off on the thorazine..

Bent,

Perhaps it would be a great time to consider how a precious few steel guitarists move quickly into positions of playing levels that others struggle to capture, with little or no success. What gives, does anyone know for sure how to reach a reasonable explanation for these differences in adaptability to a difficult task? David Hartley's style is a fine example of what I'm seeking in terms of progressive perfection.

I UZE TEH DAN "Potatoe" QUAYLE SPEL CHEKER.....TAHT WEIGH I DUN'T HALF TA WURRY ABUOT MIS-SPELT WURDS...

Some have talent and some don't...pretty simple

Ya couldn't beat cross tops, beer and a little weed back in the day if you wanted to get some serious practice time in -- say three days. But that was long ago in a different world. Back then, we played all types of music, both Country AND Western. New breed of cats hate C&W and get their kicks at Starbucks...