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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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The pedal steel guitar as we know it has been played in the “modern” manner ever since Bud Isaacs recorded his famous intro on Webb . . .
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"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...
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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...
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Here are the intervals derived from the Harmonized Major Scale chords that made the 60’s steel guitar styles famous. From John Hughey . . .
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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...
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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...
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The Nashville Number System (NNS) uses the formula of the diatonic harmonies. It is a shorthand system which does not follow exact textbook
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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 ...