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Larry Johnson
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2020 10:58 am |
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| As you know the Pedal steel guitar is known for beautiful sounds due to the ability to raise and lower a single string in a group of strings. Here is a lick to try. String 2 lower to C#, and string 5 raise to C#.Pick both strings 2 and 5. Let them ring.Now at the same time, slowly, tastefully, release your pedal and knee lever( thats where mine are).Now what that does is the notes start in unison and string 2 raises to a D# and string 5 lowers to a B. That is on E9 neck open. You can play it in any key with your bar. You can add more on and go anywhere you want to. A beautiful lick with a sound that will make your liver quiver. Try it out , maybe you have a lick you want to share also, Thanks |
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 29 Jan 2020 6:00 pm
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Find a recording of Ray Price's song "Touch My Heart"!
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Bobby D. Jones
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2020 9:07 pm
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Dicky Overby used that 2nd string 5th string to C# split to kick some song off several years ago, As the first lick on a kick off.
Yes I stole it, I'm guilty, I use it in the kick off for one song our band plays. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 30 Jan 2020 5:07 am
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Been using that "lick" for over 40+ years. You don't hear it much any more though. I rarely use it these days.
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Larry Johnson
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2020 11:21 am Beautiful Intro Lick
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| Oh Yes, an oldie but goodie. Great guys,Thanks, That is what Pedal Steel can do. Do you have a favorite lick you would like to post? |
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Kenny Davis
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Great State of Oklahoma
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Posted 30 Jan 2020 5:30 pm
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| It was on the Neil Flanz Sho~Bud instructional LP. If I remember correctly, it was how a really cool intro resolved. |
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Don Mogle
From:
Round Rock, TX, USA
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Posted 30 Jan 2020 8:52 pm
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| Can you post a video or recording of this lick? |
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Skip Edwards
From:
LA,CA
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Posted 30 Jan 2020 8:58 pm
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Tom Brumley uses that lick to perfection on Rosie Flores' "God May Forgive You".
Right at the into...and the solo.
check it out...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYV0SCWiW5s
That lick also works great going from a 1 chord to a 2 chord. |
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Paul Sutherland
From:
Placerville, California
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Posted 30 Jan 2020 11:04 pm
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The lick is mildly interesting, but it passes so quickly I'm not sure anyone is impressed other than the player.
The whole tone lower on the second string has some cool other uses, so I'm not saying it's a useless change.
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Larry Johnson
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 31 Jan 2020 9:37 am Beautiful Intro Lick
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Hi Don Listen to Lee Baucums post on this topic.Just click on the link and it will show you how ,and you can hear it played. I think the slower it is played the prettier it is.
Thank you Paul for your input. |
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Ron Funk
From:
Ballwin, Missouri
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Posted 1 Feb 2020 12:23 am
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"Old Timers" might refer to that move as 'the Emmons cross,' as the pitch of the two stings cross over each other.
Lots of uses for that move. |
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Jerry Horch
From:
Alva, Florida, USA
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Posted 1 Feb 2020 5:15 am Lick
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Use it more defining utilizing a half stop on 2nd string on the way up with half A pedal coming off the pedal,then slide up 2 frets ,then hit 456 major triad.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 7 Feb 2020 8:37 pm
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What's both interesting and subtle is that Buddy used the split-lick at two different places in the (instrumental) melody line in TMH. On the intro, the notes split in early in the phrase, at the 2nd note. And on the ride, the split comes in at the 5th note! 
There was the same subtle majesty in all his Price backups. Everything he did on those ballads was just so simple and elegant. You'd think that copying that stuff would be easy, but damn few even get close.
It's like trying to copy the Mona Lisa.  |
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Kenny Davis
From:
Great State of Oklahoma
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Posted 8 Feb 2020 10:33 pm
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| My bad...Hadn't heard the Sho~Bud Instructional album for years...Just listened and that lick was not on the record. I must have been dreaming! |
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Paul Mozen
From:
Fl, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2023 4:29 pm dueling strings
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| I just read your thread and went and did it. I love it. I slightly desynchronized the string changes and it's even better. I could think of a million songs to use it on. Thank you !! |
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John McClung
From:
Olympia WA, USA
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Posted 28 Nov 2023 7:34 pm
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That's a great counterpoint lick!
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Jim Hoke
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2023 3:05 pm
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| Wow Skip - that Brumley thing is the best I've ever heard! What a master. |
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Jim Hoke
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2023 2:29 pm
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| and also a great primer in using the B and C pedals. |
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