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Topic: 1st song to learn? |
Rick Lawrence
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 8:58 am |
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anyone have any suggestions for a 1st song to learn for a PSG noob? I am just teaching myself with the mel bays complete psg book.
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Ken Metcalf
From:
San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 10:13 am
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3 chords and let er rip.
I have free Down load practice tracks and a 101 lesson
How about Release me, Crazy Arms, Waltz across Texas and a practice track for Sit here and Drink.
There is a lick to learn and then a Practice Track
FREE DOWN LOAD (15 Tracks)
Let me know if you have trouble or questions.
It's under Free Stuff at Austin Steel Guitar Co-op
http://steel-guitar-austin.com/Free-Stuff.html
Also check STEVE ALCOTTs Tracks for Practice.
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CrowBear Schmitt
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Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Douglas Bone
From:
Fort Worth,Tx. USA
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 2:24 pm First Song
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Hey Rick, Good luck. First song I learned was "Wild Side of Life"or "Honky Tonk Angels". Fairly simple melody same basic tune as "The Great Speckled Bird", a gospel tune.
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Dennis Saydak
From:
Manitoba, Canada
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 3:12 pm
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House of Gold (B - E - F#). Melody is easy to remember if you can take your mind of these lovely gals. Hank also recorded it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQgJ_2Rnufw&feature=related
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 3:41 pm
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After working with Winnie Winston's book for a while, the first song I figured out was "She Thinks I Still Care." I also use to play along with Bob Dylan's highway 61 revisited album.
What you need to do is learn how the pedals work and the different chord positions etc. It's called learning to "think steel."
It doesn't really matter which song you choose. Just about any song will serve this purpose.
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Bent Romnes
From:
London,Ontario, Canada
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Carl Kilmer
From:
East Central, Illinois
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 5:29 pm
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Hi Rick, "Mansion on The Hill" is a good one, and it's a pretty one.
You can actually play it on just one fret till you get it worked out.
That's a real good way to figure out what the pedals and knee levers do.
Then you can change it and work it out real nice up and down the neck.
Carl
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 18 Sep 2011 8:45 pm
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| Geez Jim, you gave my secret away. DRAT!!!! |
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David Beckner
From:
Kentucky, USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2011 7:49 am first song
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My first song was 'LAST DATE'..got it from Mike Archer beginning E9 dvd...check him out.
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Sherman Willden
From:
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2011 11:05 am
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Start by playing a major scale from string 8 to string 3. Now start on string 6 and determine how to play "Wildwood Flower" using that major scale.
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2011 12:13 pm
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As a beginner you will struggle for a long time to pick the right string (I still have trouble with that after more than 30 years).
It may be best to start with a simple single note melody. For example you could play "You Are My Sunshine" in the key of A starting on open strings. Move to fret 5 for the 2nd and 3rd phrases, and back to open strings for the last phrase. |
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Ruth Iseli-Dahler
From:
Switzerland
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Posted 19 Sep 2011 12:47 pm
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I started with this:
Steel guitar rag
http://www.youtube.com/user/swisssteellady?feature=mhee#p/u/4/DItDrXgiLjI
The second part is tough but the first one is easy. If you want to learn it , I can send you the mp3's I learned it from: Jeff recorded himself explaining what to play, a nice way to learn from.
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Alexander Rehfeld
From:
Aberdeen, Scotland
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Posted 19 Sep 2011 1:35 pm
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| I highly recommend Mike Archer's DVDs, Jeff Newman's "Up From The Top" course and Mickey Adam's youtube lessons. (All three are fantastic teachers!) |
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Michael Robertson
From:
Ventura, California. USA
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Posted 19 Sep 2011 2:17 pm First Song
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There is more going on with the steel than you might here the first time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAO_ton4qXo
Good luck have FUN and welcome.
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Lynn Fargo
From:
Fort Edward, NY
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Posted 20 Sep 2011 6:17 pm
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Hi Rick,
I'm not technically a newbie, but after a 25 year hiatus from my guitar, I certainly feel like one again. Anyway, I feel I know where you're coming from. I, also, recommend Winnie's book. Lots of good stuff in there. But I highly recommend Jeff Newman's "Music to Steel By" course, if you're looking to develop that country sound. I just received an e-mail from Fran stating this was still available. You can contact Jeffran College and ask for their printed catalog.
The course contains 10 country songs that never go out of style, like Faded Love, Release Me, Crazy Arms, Wild Side of Life, to name a few. Each song has an intro and ending, and a few different versions of the verses/chorus. The back up tracks sound professional, also. Jeff includes various string grip combinations and lots of rocking those pedals in each song. This course will really give you a workout and you'll use what you've learned forever. PM me and we can figure out a way for you to hear a little of it before you buy it, if you'd like. (No, I don't get a commision from this, I just love this course.) |
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Ruth Iseli-Dahler
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Switzerland
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Posted 20 Sep 2011 8:46 pm
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PM me and we can figure out a way for you to hear a little of it before you buy it, if you'd like. (No, I don't get a commision from this, I just love this course.)
Lynn, would love to hear that, too
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Lynn Fargo
From:
Fort Edward, NY
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Posted 21 Sep 2011 9:39 am
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Ruth, I e-mailed you. Will try to get some of that on a private YouTube to you.
Lynn |
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Jake Gathright
From:
Foreman, Arkansas, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2011 11:59 am
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| My first pedal song was "Together Again" for obvious reasons... lol |
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Brett Day
From:
Pickens, SC
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Posted 23 Sep 2011 9:38 pm
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I guess the first song I learned on pedal steel was "Cold, Cold Heart" by Hank Williams. I learned "Mansion On A Hill" a few years later...played the first few parts on strings five and six-Bruce Bouton teaches the song on his pedal steel guitar instruction video. I learned to play "Look At Us" right after I learned "Cold, Cold Heart" and they were the two songs I played at the very first steel guitar show I played.
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 24 Sep 2011 3:24 am
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Rick, as a teacher of guitar and PSG, I would recommend you start with a simple song you already know very well, a song you can either play on another Instrument or one you can sing and know by heart. Learning an instrument is one thing, learning to play a song that you don't know on Instrument that you are trying to learn how to play is TWO battles. Something simple, for example,a Hank Williams song, something with perhaps 3 chords.
You didn't say, are you playing other instruments as well or is this your first Instrument ? This matters...
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