Now Hear This
Here’s an ear challenge to anyone who learns anyone else’s steel parts from recordings. Do this so that the ear can also interpret the exact moves, in addition to memorizing the physical moves.
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How I Practice
“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good – Malcolm Gladwell FOCUS ON TODAY’S WEAKNESS…
Memories To Learn
HEY, WHAT HAPPENED? Anytime I miss something that I am going for on a gig or session, it is caused by not having a physical move or…
Chord Tones and Extensions
Here are the intervals derived from the Harmonized Major Scale chords that made the 60’s steel guitar styles famous. From John Hughey . . .
Muscle Memory
I continually practice playing any new idea or problematic issue until I can sit back down to the guitar day after day and never mess it…
Making It Fit
What I play onstage in any situation goes towards “How do I arrange my role for what is played onstage” The more musicians that are…
Number Theory
The Nashville Number System (NNS) uses the formula of the diatonic harmonies. It is a shorthand system which does not follow exact textbook
A Perfect Copy
Let’s look at how to learn to play a part from a popular song. We can get the notes right, but sometimes it still does not sound exactly …
Dynamic Phrasing
Everyone that wants to play fast or slow starts out copying their heroes (as I did) in my early teens. Most players that learn this way …
Backing A Singer
Becoming a good backup musician depends on knowing where the “holes” are located. We either pad or layout until those holes appear.
Change Is Good
When I played the 1 & 2 & 7 raise lever and the PF4, many said they were just “lick pedals”. That’s not how I was looking at it, and . . .