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Alan Judson

 

From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 17 Jan 2017 9:56 am    
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Hey,
I'm fairly new to the pedal steel, but I can play challenging licks, runs, etc.

Does anyone have some cool warm up exercises, or scale runs, or fun ideas that they'd like to post?

Thanks,
Alan
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Frank Freniere


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The First Coast
Post  Posted 17 Jan 2017 10:02 am    
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http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=133524&highlight=sweet+child
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Lane Gray


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Topeka, KS
Post  Posted 17 Jan 2017 10:27 am    
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If you have the Winnie Winston/Bill Keith book, there's an exercise that's very close to the steel guitar ride from Lynn Anderson's "Ride, Ride, Ride". For limbering up the fingers, I still turn to Ride, Ride, Ride. I don't have the page number of the exercise handy, but here's Lynn and either Hal or Weldon, with the ride being at about 0:59:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tQQ4FJiFM50

There's also a up and back down pattern used as background for the recitation part of Mel Tillis' I've Got the Hoss and You've Got the Saddle. I don't know what fret it's at (I think it's in G so it'd be 15th fret), but this just goes 8-7-6-6B-5-6B-6-7-8-7-6-6B-5-6B-6-7-8-7 and on and on.
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Ian Worley


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Sacramento, CA
Post  Posted 17 Jan 2017 12:11 pm    
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Try this one: http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=176202
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Roy Peterman

 

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Muncy Valley, Pennsylvania
Post  Posted 17 Jan 2017 2:11 pm    
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If I'm not mistaken Lane, I am pretty sure Lloyd played on Lynn's "Ride, Ride, Ride". He did a lot of her early sessions. It sounds like a Sho-Bud permanent to me. IMO
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Kevin Fix

 

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Michigan, USA
Post  Posted 17 Jan 2017 4:57 pm     Warm Up..
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Before I play I do some runs out of some tunes like "highway 40 Blues". I start it off at it's normal timing then speed it up. Even some Jazz licks work. Anything to limber up fingers and my 63 year old brain. Fingers don't work as fast as they did at 35 or 40!!!!
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Alan Judson

 

From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2017 3:24 pm     Nice ones!
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These are excellent.
Let's keep 'em coming. I got a lot of years of steel playing ahead of me, Lord Willing.
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Sam Conomo

 

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Queensland, Australia
Post  Posted 18 Jan 2017 8:54 pm    
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[quote="Frank Freniere"]http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=133524&highlight=sweet+child[/quote]
nice work frank.
sam
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Frank Freniere


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The First Coast
Post  Posted 19 Jan 2017 5:46 am    
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Cheers, Sam.

Alan, here's a couple more:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=202408&highlight=hillbilly

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=136984&highlight=boogie
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