My Daily Warmup

Sherman Willden · From: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

I play the below listed instructional material before I do anything else. At first it took some time but I found that I could play through it rather quickly by just looking at the page once I learned it.

Sherman



Book	Page	Title	Comments


Anthology	15	Warm-up Exercises	


	16	C MAJ Scale	


	17	Blocking Exercises	


	19	Twinkle Steel	


	24	Single Note Picking	


	29	Intros	


	29	ABC Pedals	


	30	Runs	


	36	Runs	


	36	ABF Pedals and Levers	


	41	Runs, Licks, and Fills	


	43	C Scale	


	45	C Scale Harmonized	


	50	Sounds of the Dobro	


	51	Dobro Sounds	


	52	50’s Rock	


	53	Boogie Woogie	


	56	Recognizable Intros	


	57	Snappy Intro	


	58	Banjo Roll	


	87	Fast Finger Exercises	


	88	Fast Picking	


Pedal Steel Guitar Method	61	C Scale Positions 1 and 2	


	62	Single Note Scale Exercises	


	84	A Minor Scale	


	85	A Daily Scale Study in A Minor	


	91	B and C Progressions	


	94	G Scale	


	107	F Scale	


	108	F Scale in Thirds and Sixths	


	159	A Country Modulation	


	166	House of the Rising Sun	


	167	House of the Rising Sun	


	168	House of the Rising Sun	


	169	House of the Rising Sun	


	173	Fast Picking	


	174	A Tricky Intro	








Pedal Steel Guitar	26	B To E Scale	


	26	A Scale	


	28	Harmonic Scale	


	43	C Chords	


	50	Blocking Exercises	


	51	Blocking Exercises	


	69	Intro	


	70	Intros	


	71	Fills	


	72	Fills	


	72	Turnarounds	


	73	Turnarounds

Mark Treepaz · From: Hamburg, New York USA

Sherman;
I'm probably missing it, but which book(s)/author(s)are you referencing here?

[This message was edited by Mark Trzepacz on 21 September 2006 at 08:23 AM.]

Sherman Willden · From: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Mark;

Anthology is Anthology of Pedal Steel Guitar by DeWitt Scott ( Scotty )

Pedal Steel Guitar Method by DeWitt Scott

Pedal Steel Guitar by Winnie Winston and Bill Keith

Sherman

Rick Nicklas · From: Verona, Mo. (deceased)

I just interlace my fingers, push my palms out until my knuckles crack and I'm ready to go.

Andy Sandoval · From: Bakersfield, California, USA

Sherman, that looks like quite a lot to go through before you get to just play for fun. How long does it take you? I don't think I could do it but I usually do practice some warmup exercises if I'm havin trouble with something. Most time though I fire up Band in a box for some back up and just practice songs that I like to play.

Bill Mayville · From: Las Vegas Nevada * R.I.P.

Hi Sherman
I see quite a few things you are MISSIG.
The way your going about it may too elementary for you. I see your missing how to use the two minors with effect,I also think,Plus chords would help. It looks like your'e knocking yourself dead on some of the stuff.Working and useing the (plus )chords may be really helpful.They help you start off songs like,Night life,and many other songs on either neck.If you want , a cheap flight to Vegas ,and you and I could go over Everything.
Bill (steelinlasvegas@cox.net)

Tony Prior · From: Charlotte NC

it would take me 7 days to complete this daily exercise .

Terry Edwards · From: Florida... livin' on spongecake...

The only exercise I do is an exercise in futility!

Actually, hauling and setting up all your equipment counts as quite of bit of exercise before a gig!

Terry

chris ivey · From: california (deceased)

that would be 10 yrs of practice for me........not that i don't i need it, but i'm lazy!

Bill Hatcher · From: Atlanta Ga. USA

That is very adventurous for a warm up!!

I would say that to really do everything you have on that list and do it in a manner that would be meaningful and not just rush through it would take a couple of hours. That is way too much time to warm up.

That list is not a warm up list, it is a pretty serious study list!

Alan Brookes · From: Brummy living in Southern California

Then after you've done that do you run round the block a couple of times ?

Believe it or not the Russian Olympic Chess Team insist that their players go running and do exercises in the belief that physical fitness improves brainpower.

Brian Henry · Posted 22 Sep 2006 1:06 pm

Alan! A good idea is to run around the block a few times them kick the block under the bed

Jeff Lampert · From: queens, new york city

That takes care of the first 5 minutes. What do you do for the rest of the hour?

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J Hill · From: Colorado, USA

Sorry, that was a mistake.

[This message was edited by Leila Tuttle on 22 September 2006 at 09:18 PM.]

Ricky Littleton · From: Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Cocoa Beach, Florida USA

My warm-up routine is normally a once or twice run through of the break in "Above and Beyond". Gets my hands and feet in the groove pretty well, but again, maybe that's just me.

Ricky...

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Marc Friedland · From: Fort Collins, CO

Sherman,
Even in a 4-hour gig, there's usually only about 3 hours of actual performance time, and then considering the time that the steel player is simply waiting for their turn to play, it may amount to less than 3 hours of playing the pedal steel.
If your warm-up exercises takes two to three hours to complete, that's equal to or actually longer than many gigs. Obviously, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, and I applaud you for your efforts. I think the only point others are making is that they might call it a practice routine and not a warm-up.
You mentioned that you do that before doing anything else. Do you then begin a different approach to practicing or playing the psg?
Marc

Nic du Toit · From: Milnerton, Cape, South Africa

Marc,........after that he must be dog tired.......maybe he then switches to Banjo, .

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