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Topic: Jerry Byrd's instructional series - 6 or 8 strings? |
John Bushouse
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Posted 13 Apr 2008 11:11 am |
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This is the "INSTRUCTION COURSE FOR STEEL GUITAR" available at Scotty's. Also, what songs are covered, and what is the balance between excerises and songs?
Thanks much,
John |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2008 2:02 pm
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Many more songs than excercises. Covers the basic tunings (E13, B11, C6) including their historical root tunings (A, C#m, I don't remember about open E). Finishes off with C6/A7. If I remember right, I went through it on a 6 string guitar and got along better than just ok. I remember that there were no more than one or two tunes that required 8 strings. And that the 8 string sections could be worked around. I found it to be an excellent book. I highly recommend it.
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 13 Apr 2008 4:33 pm
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| Ditto. |
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 13 Apr 2008 7:26 pm JERRY BYRD.........
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JERRY BYRD was without compromise, the top man!
His music speaks for itself......
Why you would have any doubts or raise any questions about his instructional course......amazes me.
You couldn't go wrong with any one of his courses.
Jump in and start learning! |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 13 Apr 2008 9:25 pm
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Oh, yeah. What songs are covered? Sweet Lei lehua, Steelin' the Blues, Sand, How D'ya do?, Blue Hawaiian Moonlight.
I'm not sure of the others. Maybe someone will help me out here. But perhaps...
Hanalei Moon, Beautiful Kauai......lots of Hawaiian stuff. At least one more of his own country compositions.
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Don Kona Woods
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Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 13 Apr 2008 10:52 pm
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Here is the rest of the songs in the instruction course:
The follow are TABS:
Song of the Islands
Aloha Oe
Forget Me Not
Evening in the Islands
Old Timey Waltz
Aloha Tears
Moonland
Ua Like No Like
Paradise Isle
Sweet Someone
May Day Is Lei Day in Hawaii
Pua Rose
Tennessee Waltz
Reminiscing
Rainbows Over Paradise
Over the Waves
Hawaii Aloha
I Regret to Say Aloha
Down Country Blues
Dance of the Goldenrod
South Sea Moon
The following are in notation:
Hawaiian Waltz
Serenade
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
You Are A Beautiful Lady
Old Plantation
Hawaiian Love
Sweet Lei Mamo
Hawaiian March
The Jerry Byrd Instruction Course For Steel Guitar is highly recommended. I would not have been playing steel without it, probably!
Aloha, 
Don |
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John Bushouse
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Posted 14 Apr 2008 5:05 am Re: JERRY BYRD.........
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| Ray Montee wrote: |
JERRY BYRD was without compromise, the top man!
His music speaks for itself......
Why you would have any doubts or raise any questions about his instructional course......amazes me.
You couldn't go wrong with any one of his courses.
Jump in and start learning! |
Ray, I certainly wasn't doubting the material - in fact, it sounds too good to be true . I like the fact that the material goes through the "evolution" of tunings. I have a 7-string National. I was worried that the materil might be geared primarily towards 8 strings (but it sounds like the top 6 are the "money" strings).
As far as the songs, I've picked up some instructional material where the songs were definitely NOT what I wanted to learn. The song lists Don and Edward posted sound great.
Now, to save up that $117... |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 15 Apr 2008 9:34 pm
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An interesting aside:
I bought the very first edition (red cover) of Jerry's method...no CD or tape included...many years ago. I found it to be full of useful information. However, I began to notice a number of errors which disturbed me, so I wrote to Jerry and asked what had happened ? He agreed and was obviously very upset because the printer screwed up so many pages. Jerry eventually sent me about 20 replacement pages which I never inserted in the book, but still have them. |
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Gary Boyett
From:
Colorado
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Posted 16 Apr 2008 3:27 am
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The book I got from Scotty has Cd's in it. It was so messed up that I can hardly use it. There are pages out of place, missing etc. I have spent more time trying to figure out how to put it together than learning in it.
When I talked to Jr. he said that is the way it is...
I must say that I was very disappointed. The book itself is priceless, the way it is put together- I think a six year old could do a better job. |
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2008 6:53 am "That is the way it is"...?
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Gary, before I blow a fuse, are you saying that you bought the JB course from Scotty (the only legit distributer) and was sent a product that was essentially a mess and got merely a blow off answer from him per your concerns?
I hope I'm misreading you, as this sounds..., less than good. |
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