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Topic: New Bebop Lap Steel book coming soon |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 7:57 am |
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I've been really working hard on this book for the last few weeks and I'm close to having it completed. The book/audio CD will hopefully be ready for January 2011. I must say, this has been a revelatory experience!
I've arranged a number of Bebop heads for C6 lap steel (most are playable on a 6 string, some are require an eight string), from Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Thelonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, etc., in the original keys. This is the most challenging thing I've ever played on lap steel, but it is so rewarding in many ways.
I've played these heads in every conceivable way and I was able to really narrow it down to very specific moves in order to preserve the bebop inflections. That is the key to this whole project: it is not about just making the notes, but making the notes swing with the type of inflection they are meant to have and laying it all out so you can play it up to tempo with practice.
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Don McGregor
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Memphis, Tennessee
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 8:13 am
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Count me in! I still am nowhere near digesting and absorbing your earlier lessons, but a hungry man would rather have to much to chew on than not enough.
I am thankful for your beautiful obsession. |
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Steve Cunningham
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Atlanta, GA
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Jon Nygren
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 10:12 am
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 10:55 am
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The tablature is really the whole ball of wax in this book--there will be tab and notation, though, including all right hand picking fingering. It is very specific--it has to be.
Otherwise, I'd just say "go get a Real Book".
 (although there are a bunch of mistakes in there!)
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 11:08 am
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Some of the titles are Ornithology, Woody 'N You, Daahoud, Oleo, Groovin' High....ya dig?
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Geoff Cline
From:
Southwest France
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 11:12 am
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| dig it totally. I'm down for one...soon as they're done, son. |
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Jon Nygren
From:
Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 11:21 am
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| Definitely interested in this one, keep us posted. |
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Dave Giegerich
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Ellicott City, MD, R.I.P.
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 2:09 pm
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Hey Mike, I'll definitely want one of these too. Thanks for all your messages the last few months, hope to see you soon.
Dave |
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Bob Stone
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Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 2:27 pm
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Hi Mike,
Great news. I'll be the first on my block.
Keep 'em coming.
Best,
Bob |
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Fred
From:
Amesbury, MA
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Posted 24 Nov 2010 2:27 pm
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Sounds great! Any chance you'll include Straight No Chaser?
I'll buy it anyway.
Fred |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 4:22 am
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Bah beedaly ba ba doo ba doo ba dee ba ... bah doo ba da ba dee ba doo ba dee ....
Groovin' High man! Lookin' forward to it. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 7:42 am
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@Dave: It's so great to see you posted here, Dave. I'm thinking about you every day and I admire your strength, brother. You are a hoss!
@Fred: Straight, No Chaser is in the book. There is some eye-opening stuff in there. You'll see what I mean....
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I have a lot to be thankful for.
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 25 Nov 2010 7:12 pm
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| Hey Mike.....which C6 tuning are you using in your book?.....same one as you listed on the comping thread? |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 26 Nov 2010 10:56 am
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Howard, if you were using a 6 string, then it should be tuned to C6 with an E on top because you will need the lower C string and maybe even the A string. If you were using an 8 string, then the high G C6 tuning would be fine, except that there will be nothing written for that string; however, one might find a way to incorporate it, as well.
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Jeff Strouse
From:
Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2010 3:43 am
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Yipeeeeeeee!  |
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Michael Johnstone
From:
Sylmar,Ca. USA
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Posted 27 Nov 2010 10:26 am
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| I'd like to see that too |
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William Lake
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 27 Nov 2010 11:05 am
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When it becomes available, let me know. I'll make you an offer you cannot refuse.
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