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Topic: Please describe comping on the steel guitar |
Sherman Willden
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Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Posted 30 May 2010 10:39 am |
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Is it just picking with the thumb then using two or three fingers to pluck the rest of the chord?
Thank you;
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It is easy to play the steel guitar. Playing so that the audience finds it pleasing is the difficult act. |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 30 May 2010 11:01 am
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It's just playing chords, often in a rhythmic pattern. It's what you play when you're NOT playing lead.
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Comp
Definition: short for “accompany.” When a jazz soloist is improvising, the members of the rhythm section comp for him by providing the pulse, groove, and harmonic structure of the tune. Comping also involves interaction with the soloist, so although they are not featured, the members of the rhythm section are also improvising to some degree while they are comping. |
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 30 May 2010 1:37 pm
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If anybody else in the band is comping it may be better to lay out. Think about comping fiddle players ! They are a nightmare. Very few things make a band sound as crappy as conflicting comping.
Assuming you are past that one thing that can help a band out is to pick up what the guitar player is playing. Play it when he solos or double it. Check out what horn sections do in jump blues and swing for rhythmic ideas. For some rock type stuff a repeating pattern like Paul Franklin does on Dire Straight's "Calling Elvis" is pure genius.
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