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Topic: Sprinklings Of Harmonics |
Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 7:37 am |
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Oftentimes, I wonder about the use of harmonics. I sense a great potential that is rarely used in recorded material. Keeping the bar plastered down on the fretboard, seems to be a growing style seen in the You Tube presentations of newcomers. Have sentiments gone in some other direction?  |
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Mike Perlowin
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Los Angeles CA
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richard burton
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Britain
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 10:25 am
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Richard,
I enjoyed your recordings that include the use of palm harmonics. Thanks for responding, and offering to demonstrate how well they fit into melodies that have been popularized by players including you. You may have reported the number of steel guitars that you own. If we can keep this thred active by getting a few responses, perhaps others will introduce a few suggestions in the advantages of harmonics. |
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Bo Legg
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 11:14 am
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Bill, I try to avoid harmonics at all cost simply because the old joke that has become an axiom that PSG players play harmonics when they can't figure out what they should play.
I say don't give them that hint and it will take them a little longer to figure out that I don't know what I'm playing. |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 1:52 pm
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Bo Legg,
Have you heard any chord melody harmonics on you tube? I've searched around a bit, but have come up empty handed. As I had previously written, there may be hidden potential that has slipped past conventional approaches to enhanced melodies. |
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Bo Legg
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Posted 16 Jan 2009 8:14 pm
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Bill I haven't heard any songs played in harmonics since I stopped having to outrun dinosaurs to school everyday.
Perhaps you should play our National Anthem on the PSG with harmonics and catch a lot of flak like Jimi did with his over driven version.
You would become an instant celebrity and get on some TV talk shows and when ask about daring to play harmonics on the SSB you say “I think it was beautiful". |
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2009 6:38 am
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Mike,
I was amused by your reminder to use caution whenever using cayenne pepper. I'd go back to see if any thoughts would be forthcoming from your analogous choice of like situations. Who could argue the misuse of cayenne pepper? There is one opening for disagreement that may create support from others who may feel as I do about Cayenne pepper. Why not avoid it in its entirety? Simply avoid dishes made by chefs who think everything consumed must leave a burning sensation in the nose. Those who eat out usually are watchful of how their food is prepared. The fussiest diners quite often are dissatisfied when their prepared steaks are not prepared exactly as they were ordered. This lack of harmony, thankfully, is unrelated to the harmonics found by playing the steel guitar. Their beauty in tonal effects exceeds that of natural tones. For those who have lost the ability to hear the incredible beauty of highs, harmonic chording may offer something new for avid listeners. |
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2009 1:19 pm
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| Pity, as we blink our eyes, we can go from shades of of colors that represent realities, to quite silly notions of having conquered every imaginable challenge. Judging by the subject matters settled upon here on the forum, I believe steel guitarists are some of the most likely groups to have settled into a series of independent lifestyles, after seriously attempting to play the instrument. Theirs is a concept not shared by others who do not go beyond a token effort to excel musically. |
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 18 Jan 2009 9:16 am
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| Most of the flair is missing when responses wither and dry up like plants in an old frog pond, during a hot dry summer. Views and viewpoints are quite necessary in threads that offer gainful approaches to unexplored studies. It's really more confusing than it seems to be at first glance. Anyone who deliberately disrupts or enters into distructive practices, should be held accountable for such acts. |
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