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Topic: Basic Fills |
Landon Roberson
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Church Hill, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 23 Oct 2011 11:01 am |
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| I am looking for basic fills to play at church on songs that are mainly 1-4-5 I can play the chords to the songs but when I listen to country songs I hear the steel player playing fills instead of just playing the chords and that is what I would like to learn now and start playing. It sounds to me like there are some basic fills that I could learn and use in different keys to play, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
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Herby Wallace
From:
Sevierville, TN, R.I.P.
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Posted 23 Oct 2011 12:02 pm Fills
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Landon,
I don't know if the HWP-3 backup course helped, but as I mentioned, my course called 100 Runs and licks contains all types of fills and I show above each fill what the chord progression is for that lick.
Herby Wallace |
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Sherman Willden
From:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 24 Oct 2011 9:35 am Just a helpful suggestion.................
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Well Landon: There are a lot of steel players that make back-noises but it's only the professionals that truly understand what it is they are doing. I do not believe you can learn to play back-up from a song-book since the phrasing for "Old Rugged Cross" will NEVER fit accurately, the needs of "WHISPERING HOPE". Every song, phrase, has its own specific needs.
Whether you play a petal steel guitar or lap variety, playing back=up is a 'specialty' that all too few have invested the necessary time in, to master. It's a listening, EAR THINGIE!
Fearing repitition, I'd none the less suggest that you atleast invest a minimal amount of time visiting the songs posted on the Jerry Byrd-Fan Club.com or Stein-Frederics' JERRYBYRDCHANNEL on You Tube.
You will see quite readily that altho' the songs' chords repeat themselves, Jerry Byrd NEVER PLAYS the same back up phrases except on the rarist of occasions.
Learning to play back-up and do it well, is definitly
a learned art form. I urge you to give it a long hard look before you rush into that 64 notes per measure mentality. |
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James Sission
From:
Sugar Land,Texas USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2011 9:42 am
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Go to Jeff Newmans lessons and scroll down to "bandstand backup". He teaches a lot of ways to fill and make the chords resolve and he does it in a way that is just like playing in a band with a singer. He explains the scale movements and why they work as well. Its a great foundation to build on and addresses exactly what you are asking for.
http://jeffran.com/courses.php?content=VideoCourses |
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