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Topic: Speed Pickin' - Lesson ONE from Zane King |
Zane King
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 9:00 pm |
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Speed picking' on a pedal steel takes not only a lot of time practicing but technique and exercise. I relate it a lot to golf. In order to have a great game, you must spend time and a lot of it, practicing. However, it is important to practice the right things. What this video covers is a couple of exercises that will give you some starting points on my technique. Check it out. Also, there is a 2nd lesson coming as well on this so look for that too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YomQAt6xQvU
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Email: zaneking@me.com
Last edited by Zane King on 24 Jan 2015 11:49 am; edited 1 time in total |
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John Alexander
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Posted 20 Jan 2015 10:03 pm
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| Good lesson - thank you! |
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Geoff Noble
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Scotland
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Dale Rottacker
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Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Billy McCombs
From:
Bakersfield California, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 9:48 am
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Zane you are a MONSTER picker. Cant Waite for the next Video. Thanks
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Gary Cooper
From:
Atmore, Alabama
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 9:59 am speed picking
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Zane, THANK YOU. VERY HELPFUL TRAINING AID.
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Josh Rossow
From:
Mchenry, Illinois
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 5:39 pm
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| Thanks for that video Zane, I'm going to work on those licks. |
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Quentin Hickey
From:
Nova Scotia, Canada
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Posted 21 Jan 2015 6:51 pm
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Hot dangit Zane, I dont think the devil would beat you in a speed pickin duel!!!  |
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Justin Emmert
From:
Greensboro, NC
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Posted 22 Jan 2015 6:59 am
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| Thanks Zane. Great stuff! |
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Ted Lowe Jr
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 24 Jan 2015 10:14 pm Great Lesson
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| Thanks for these great videos! Can you do one on the Famous Magic Lick? |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 25 Jan 2015 8:39 am
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| Ted,,are you talking about the 1 pedal, 2 finger, 3 string speed pattern? |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 25 Jan 2015 8:49 am
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| Terrific exercises, extremely useful - thanks, Zane! |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 25 Jan 2015 9:32 am
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A dumb question: Isn't it the "I Can Help" chord you're playing at the beginning, Zane?
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Brian Brgant
From:
Vermont, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2015 5:31 pm
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Newbie here...
Bear with me?
So my ears can't tell when you are at speed, but when you slow it way down, you are blocking after the last string in the set of three is struck, correct? When you play at speed it looks like your hand is blocking after each note? It is so damn fast I can't tell! I have been working on this. I am really slow. I practice it both ways. (Blocking each note, and blocking each set.) I am trying it with pick blocking as well. Hopefully one day my fingers and palm will just decide on there own which is best for the passage etc. I will never be fast. Hopefully one day I will be able to sound good! Great lessons for beginner and expert alike. Thanks for your efforts!  |
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Ted Lowe Jr
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2015 8:04 pm Magic Lick
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| Yes that's the 3 string, 2 finger, 1 pedal lick, It's in the song Hotfoot by Weldon Myrick. I would love to see it on video and a discussion on how to use it or parts of it in songs. |
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Zane King
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 26 Jan 2015 2:02 pm
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Can someone post some audio or video of this so called magic lick?
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Ted Lowe Jr
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2015 3:08 pm Magic Lick
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 27 Jan 2015 9:02 am
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Here is a "G",,I guess a type of scale "pattern", that that lick,,,and hundreds of other Emmons, Lloyd Green, Myrick, Rugg type speed licks are based on,,,,a common one that comes to mind is Bruce Boutons break on Highway 40 Blues. I think most,,or a lot of the time the licks run up and down the neck on EITHER strings 5 and 6 OR 6 and 7,,,,occasionally using the "off" string,,,and of course the 8th string root. A ton of mileage here for sure. I think I got this from Jeff's class in the early 80s.
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Sonny Jenkins
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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 27 Jan 2015 9:15 am
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| BTW,,,once you get these sounds in your mind, you hear them also in a lot of Buddy's C6 single note runs,,,,also Doug Beaumier posted some tab of non-pedal "speed" stuff that sounds VERY similar. It really isn't THAT difficult to similate the B pedal movement on a non-pedal guitar. Of course it would be very difficult (for me anyway) to get any where close to that on stuff like Hwy 40 Blues,,,,LOL. |
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Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
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Posted 28 Jan 2015 5:44 am
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Didn't mean to hi jack this thread,,,,,these instructional threads of Zanes are some GREAT,,,long awaited insight into some of the most talented and innovative steel playing around!!!!!!
Keep'em comin' Zane!!!!!! |
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Nigel Mullen
From:
Cassilis, New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 29 Jan 2015 4:37 pm
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| Thank you so much Zane. Really helps me. Sincerely NM |
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Don Sulesky
From:
Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 30 Jan 2015 5:58 am
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Excellent Zane....
Just what I was looking for.
Don
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Zane King
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 6 Feb 2015 4:42 am
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Sonny - I appreciate all of the dialogue here on the thread. You didn't hi-jack it at all. Keep on pickin' friends!
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Don Griffiths
From:
Steelville, MO
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Posted 12 Feb 2015 11:14 pm
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Thank you Zane, this has really helped my palm and pick blocking technique!
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Don Mogle
From:
Round Rock, TX, USA
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Posted 14 Feb 2015 11:09 am Speed Picking
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Thanks Zane! You're the best!
Thanks to other that shared their pearls of wisdom too!
Don |
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