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Stefan Robertson
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Posted 20 Oct 2015 1:41 pm |
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So I was looking into getting a grittier tone while playing and not changing the distortion. So I started playing around with two string plucking simultaneously while playing a melody for beefiness.
I recorded this in less than 10 mins so apologies for the mistakes. I just wanted to remember what intervals cause beefiness that is so coveted in electrified playing situations.
So here is a song called step and a little more about its idea of testing intervals. Apologies once again for the mistakes I just tried to get it down on the fly.
No guitar/bass was used only Lap Steel Guitar and some drums and percussion programming
https://ilapsteel.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/double-string-playing-step-lap-steel-guitar/
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Brent Marklin
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Evansville, IN, USA
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Posted 21 Oct 2015 5:06 am
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| Interesting Sound! Lots of interesting tones going on for one instrument. Kind of reminds me of a cross between Ween and (repeated listening edit) Reeves Gabrels or something. Definitely a gritty tone. Very cool thanks for posting. |
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Tony Palmer
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St Augustine,FL
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Posted 24 Oct 2015 2:12 am
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Ok I'm a little lost on what you mean by two string playing and how that is affecting your tone? I like the tone a lot, very interesting for certain new age/jazz sound, but not understanding your theory on how to achieve it...
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Stefan Robertson
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Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 24 Oct 2015 10:07 am
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| Tony Palmer wrote: |
| Ok I'm a little lost on what you mean by two string playing and how that is affecting your tone? I like the tone a lot, very interesting for certain new age/jazz sound, but not understanding your theory on how to achieve it... |
Sorry I am playing 2 strings simultaneously for a lot of the solo to try and test out a grittier tone without changing effects.
So I was practicing a simple melody line and just playing the 3rd and the fifth in relation to that melody line like a chord. But sometimes it was too clean so I added the 4th instead of the 3rd and it became grittier. more growly. 
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Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
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Matt Berg
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Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 24 Oct 2015 7:40 pm
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| So when I studied classical harmony I was told that thirds were consonant and fourths dissonant. I took this to heart for way too long when I was looking at a jazz organ video I discovered that the 4th interval has a special name, the clang, and was part of the vocabulary of jazz organ players. It made me start to reconsider what harmony lessons I had learned. |
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Stefan Robertson
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Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 24 Oct 2015 10:47 pm
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| Matt Berg wrote: |
| So when I studied classical harmony I was told that thirds were consonant and fourths dissonant. I took this to heart for way too long when I was looking at a jazz organ video I discovered that the 4th interval has a special name, the clang, and was part of the vocabulary of jazz organ players. It made me start to reconsider what harmony lessons I had learned. |
Awesome info. I never knew. Man the knowledge on this forum is truly impressive. We all come from different backgrounds musically but all ended up on the most advanced of all the instruments but looks the easiest.
Lap Steel Guitar
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Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
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