| Which Pedal(s) do you Push to get the Subdominant ? |
| A |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| B |
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2% |
[ 2 ] |
| A and B |
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68% |
[ 54 ] |
| C |
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2% |
[ 2 ] |
| What's the Subdominant ? |
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21% |
[ 17 ] |
| All Four Knee Levers |
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5% |
[ 4 ] |
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| Total Votes : 79 |
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Topic: PSG Proficiency Test |
Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 4 Jan 2009 1:21 pm |
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From time to time the subject is brought up of a Proficiency Test, where the fortunate graduates would receive a certificate to show that they have reached an acceptable level on the steel guitar.
I'm going to give away the secret now and allow you to take the test yourself. If you pass you will be entitled to a certificate. Send $500 to Alan Brookes and you will receive a framed proficiency certificate, something to treasure.
Here is the only question....
You have a 10-string pedal steel guitar with two pedals, A and B, and no knee levers, set up in the standard Nashville E9 tuning and copedant. Which pedals would you push to get the subdominant ? |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 4 Jan 2009 2:42 pm
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A&B. Then, to get to the tonic, I'd open the medicine chest.  |
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Jim Hoke
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 4 Jan 2009 2:53 pm
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| In my house, I'm the sub-dominant. (try it, you'll like it). Me and my dominatrix like to play "push the pedals", but not with my steel. |
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Tamara James
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Posted 5 Jan 2009 9:24 am
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a&b until I get to the bridge...then I would go to your other post and no one would notice anything I did after that.  |
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Roger Edgington
From:
San Antonio, Texas USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2009 12:33 pm
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| Tamara, Some songs don't have a bridge. |
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Gary Preston
From:
Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Posted 8 Jan 2009 6:11 pm
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| Then i would use the ''Canoe '' pedals if there weren't any bridge . |
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KENNY KRUPNICK
From:
Columbus, Ohio
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Posted 8 Jan 2009 10:45 pm
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| Hope there's no alligator comin' after ya' |
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Brian Kurlychek
From:
Maine, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2009 12:20 am
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I know which pedals to push to make a IV chord. does that count?
_________________
We live to play another day. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 9 Jan 2009 6:10 am
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My pedals are not dominant, they are sub-missive...
My knee levers have issues, but that's another story... |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 9 Jan 2009 7:38 am
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| Roger Edgington wrote: |
| Tamara, Some songs don't have a bridge. |
...and some bridges don't have a song. |
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Tamara James
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Posted 9 Jan 2009 10:41 am
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| Alan Brookes wrote: |
| Roger Edgington wrote: |
| Tamara, Some songs don't have a bridge. |
...and some bridges don't have a song. |
Some guy sold me a bridge named "London" and he said it goes in everything. so all songs have a bridge. One verse, one bridge, one chorus. On a good day they might get an intro and a tag. On a bad day, I'll just stay near the coffee pot.
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Duncan Hodge
From:
DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2009 7:02 am
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I believe that the person who "dominates" the long hard round underwater vechicle filled with seamen (also known as a sub) is called "the captain".
Do I win the prize, and what is it???
Duncan
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"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." |
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 10 Jan 2009 8:25 am Release the AB Pedals
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Alan,
To get the subdominant on a PSG setup as you described, release the A and B pedals and slide down two frets.
Example: Key of C, 3rd fret, AB pedals down, (strings 8, 6, 5), is the Tonic Chord.
Release the pedals and play the same strings at the first fret to obtain the subdominant.
There are many other ways.
If this answer is unacceptable I want my $500 refunded. |
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Don Brown, Sr.
From:
New Jersey
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Posted 10 Jan 2009 8:51 am
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Allen you stated:
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| You have a 10-string pedal steel guitar with two pedals, A and B, and no knee levers, set up in the standard Nashville E9 tuning and copedant. Which pedals would you push to get the subdominant ? |
None! The reason being, you didn't give any reference to any beginning Key to start with.
Now please send me my Certificate. Therefor, a subdominate of nothing = nothing.  |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2009 10:10 am
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This thread is like the joke about the educated banjo player taking his final exam:
Examiner: What is the subdominant of C?
Banjo Player: (silence)
Examiner: What is the subdominant of C?
Banjo Player: (more silence)
Examiner: I asked: what is the subdominant of C?
Banjo Player: But C IS the subdominant! |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 10 Jan 2009 10:53 am
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I'm wondering how long this thread will continue before everyone realizes it's a joke.
The fact is, you can't even start to play the pedal steel in E9 without knowing what to do with the A and B pedals. That comes in the first 5 mins. 
There's a pretty plain hint in the option "All four knee levers." Pushing all four knee levers at the same time is an impractical acrobatic effort at best, but since in the question it states that there are no knee levers, in this instance it's impossible... |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 10 Jan 2009 10:58 am Re: Release the AB Pedals
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| Joey Ace wrote: |
| ...If this answer is unacceptable I want my $500 refunded. |
You're right Joey. I don't seem to have received your check yet, though. |
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