Fred Glave
From:
McHenry, Illinois, USA
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Posted 15 Feb 2008 11:44 am |
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| How did you more experienced players make big progress on the steel? I've come to my own conclusion on how to progress at playing the steel. It comes down to practicing the scales. By doing so, I have found that everthing else will fall into place. While practicing the scales, pickblocking exercizes can be done, as well as speed picking and gaining better understanding of the capabilities of the pedals, and levers become clearer. |
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Jim Eaton
From:
Santa Susana, Ca
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Posted 15 Feb 2008 1:04 pm
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I have found that if I give a student a tab of a song that plays the melody out of a pedal's down position, lets say Amarillo by morning as an example,and tell them that after they learn it in that position that they should then "find" the same melody line in the pedal's up scale position.
Jeff Newman drilled it into my head that you can and should always find and learn how to play anything in several different positions or your missing out on so much it's not funny!
JE:-)>
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