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Topic: Blocking. Just a note of thanks to everyone |
Bob Doran
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Ames, Iowa, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2007 5:06 am |
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who helped me out a while back.
I know all of you take blocking for granted but it was a complete mystery to me and I felt an impossible task to learn.
I must have gotten 10 great tips, and believe me, each one was necessary and helpful.
What a difference now. So much confidence all of a sudden.
THanks again!
Bob |
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Gary Shepherd
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Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 11 Feb 2007 11:09 am
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Why not list all those great tips here. I'll put them in my next book.
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Gary Shepherd
Carter D-10 & Peavey Nashville 1000
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Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 11 Feb 2007 11:36 am
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By all means, please post them here.
Tips cheerfully accepted! |
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Bob Doran
From:
Ames, Iowa, USA
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Posted 20 May 2007 7:36 am Blocking Tips
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Well, here are the tips for blocking all of which I found very helpful and necessary.
Sorry if I missed some of the posts.
If I have time to look back through the forum for old discussions, will post those also.
1) Jon light-Pick with fingers actually flexing and moving, not just hand (sounds obvious but really helped me a lot)
2) John Roche- relax right arm and start slowly.
Keep fingers relaxed.
3) Mike wheeler- Don't roll you hand left or right in the process of picking....straight up and straight down. Make you fingers move to pick the strings, not your whole hand.
Position your hand at about a 45 degree angle to the strings and use your right palm edge to deaden the strings.
You can hold the little finger out straight, or you can tuck it in.
4) Jim Bob Sedgwick- The middle finger of the bar hand should extend past the tip of the bar. Only cover the strings you are playing. If you are descending, the tip of the finger will automatically mute the note just played on the string above.
Many slow things do not require blocking at all.
5)Bob Doran- Find a really simple song that requires a lot of A and B pedal work like "Doe, a Deer" (start on low 8th string in open positon) and then practice it every day. |
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 21 May 2007 2:07 pm
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Bob, I'm very happy to hear you're progressing so well. Hang in there, it get better and better the more you practice it.
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Best regards,
Mike |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 21 May 2007 2:57 pm
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Glad to have been some help. Believe it, the day will come when you no longer even think about it.  |
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