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Topic: do you use any visual cues for fret location? |
Kristen Bruno
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Orlando, Florida, USA
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Posted 19 May 2008 9:57 am |
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When I play a guitar or dobro with a slide, I usually mark the fret locations on the side of the neck with pieces of white tape so i can see them in dim light. When holding these instruments as you would normally hold a guitar (not sideways like a lapsteel) its easy to see the tape for fret location for fast accurate bar transitions.
On a lap (or pedal) steel guitar, my hand blocks me from seeing the exact fret placement of the bar. I can "hear where I want" to be from doing it so much, but I really think I have a slight lag time going on playing in this position because I can't really see where the fret is under my hand. I think a visual cue would help me. Do any of you have any visual cues or tips regarding fast accurate placement of the bar? I try to be as accurate pitchwise as possible before using vibrato to vary the pitch.
Thanks
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 23 May 2008 2:11 pm
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If you're holding the bar in the classic/correct manner most steel players prefer, you should have virtually no problem seeing the frets until you get really high up on the neck.
Are you usuing some kind of Dobro style bar handling that is different from 'normal' steel playing?
The frets are simply a general location kind of thing, as many fretboards are out of wack a bit, and it's your ears that are to do most of the work. |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Kristen Bruno
From:
Orlando, Florida, USA
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Posted 24 May 2008 4:08 am
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I went to the site but couldn't find any video clip. Just Pictures and mp3s.
kristen |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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