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Topic: Blue Jade - Lap Steel Guitar |
Mike A Holland
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 1 Jan 2018 7:31 am |
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Further to Andy Volks recent post and tab regarding Buddy Emmons Blue Jade. I felt like I would like to have a go at recording a video of this for Lap Steel Guitar. First thing, I did not find this easy ( I seldom do)! I listened to the Buddy Emmons track a lot to try and get his feel and phrasing. The backing is a couple of Ukulele tracks....one tacking the rhythm and the other the oriental piano fills, plus a bass guitar holding the track together. I have learned a massive amount from recording this. I hope you enjoy it! C6 tuning CEGACE low to high.
to play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdGe-EJn4to |
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James Kerr
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Scotland, UK
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Posted 1 Jan 2018 3:09 pm
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A lot of work to get what you want there Mike, you are a braver man than I, but very well done nevertheless.
James. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 1 Jan 2018 6:24 pm
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Nice job, Mike of a deceptively tough tune. Buddy's version is definitive so you're going to the right well.
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Mike A Holland
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 2 Jan 2018 11:46 am
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| Thank you James and Andy. I think the biggest thing I learnt with this tune was the phrasing. I was trying to play further behind the beat than I would normally play.......and still think I could have stretched it even more!!!! |
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 2 Jan 2018 2:17 pm
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Nice tune. Well done. Having not heard it before, I went to the Buddy Emmons rendition and not four bars into it I remembered why I don't care for the pedal guitar sound.
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Don't go in the water after lunch. You'll get a cramp and drown. - Mother. |
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Mike A Holland
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 3 Jan 2018 6:58 am
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| Haha david, I know very little about pedal steel guitar but this guy Buddy Emmons is a great musician. He transcends the instrument and the music is gorgeous! |
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Daniel McKee
From:
Corinth Mississippi
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Posted 4 Jan 2018 6:37 pm
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| very nicely done! Cant say I had heard this classic done on non pedal before but I very much enjoyed it. Great tone you have as well. |
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Mike A Holland
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 7 Jan 2018 3:00 am
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| Thank you Daniel. I think the tone has a lot to do with the CC type pickup supplied by JAG in the UK. |
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