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Topic: Have We Covered All The Learning Bases? |
Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 12 Jul 2012 11:25 am |
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| Are we running short on particulars that haven't been written about concerning the pedal steel guitar? It doesn't seem possible, and yet strong points on several important issues have thinned down to "bare bones". This forum was thought of as one that encourages, teaches, and most importantly help to build a rapprochement between sincere members. I feel that when we read, we should learn something new. That much seems reasonable. |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 12 Jul 2012 12:25 pm
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| "That would be an ecumenical matter"....hic.... |
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 12 Jul 2012 5:39 pm
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| what have we learned from this, bill? |
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 3:38 am
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Chris,
What else could I expect by issuing a semblance of effrontery by inquiring about matters pertaining to ways and means to stress important gains leading to progressiveness on the pedal steel guitar? You've undoubtedly heard of the program "In Search Of". What have they learned? It's understandable that associates could become leery when a person becomes a little too inquisitive. |
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Stephen Silver
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 4:11 am
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Let's start a post gets closed pool. How long until this, like most hanky posts, gets closed?
I say 32 responses. Most of which will be hankey.
S
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Bill Hankey
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Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 4:57 am
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Stephen,
Well, all I can say is that it's your prerogative, if you choose to be obsequious. I tend to resist such behaviorisms. In this fight or flight thing, you won't see me flying anywhere too soon. Neither are my practice sessions interrupted by shenanigans. |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 5:14 am
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Hankey: Steel Guitarish for Godwin.
(Just kidding. I enjoy ya, Bill)
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Stephen Silver
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 5:53 am
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Inigo Montoya: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 6:22 am
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Jim,
For those in doubt it's a metonymic word or synonym for subservient. I find it difficult to conform to absurd beliefs, or otherwise useless methodologies. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 6:34 am
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Yah, I know Bill. I kept looking for the hint of subservience in Stephen's post, and failing to find any. Other than that, no problem! 
p.s. but thanks for introducing me to the word, "metonym". I hadn't encountered that one before.
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 6:50 am
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I'd not heard of it either.
It drove me to install the Dictionary app.
At the risk of being pedantic, metonymy ain't synonymy. But it's a cool word, and I didn't know that phraseological¹ practice had a name.
¹Not sure if that's the right word
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 6:53 am
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metonym: just another fancy name for drum machine, Jimbeaux. If you've gone this many years without one, I don't think you need it
I'm pretty sure "subservient" is a job title dreamed up by the kids that work at the counter at Subway |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 7:15 am
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| Facial expressions exceed verbosities in any language. Misconstruing another's point of view is a common occurrence in matters concerning the pedal steel guitar. More than once, I've witnessed matter-of-fact data just pushed aside and deemed unimportant or irrelevant to matters at hand. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 7:20 am
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| Bill Hankey wrote: |
| Facial expressions exceed verbosities in any language. Misconstruing another's point of view is a common occurrence in matters concerning the pedal steel guitar. More than once, I've witnessed matter-of-fact data just pushed aside and deemed unimportant or irrelevant to matters at hand. |
True enough, though it is rarely done in a subservient manner...
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 7:38 am
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Jim,
Any advanced player who will rush to assist in helping to alleviate the problems with those who are struggling to become more knowledgeable on the pedal steel guitar, are the most admirable, as far as I'm concerned. |
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 9:25 am
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| Déjà vu. Déjà etc.. |
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 10:10 am
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Stuart Legg,
Would you attend a school for learning new pedal steel techniques that haven't been introduced, or would you just sigh and whisper De'ja Vu? I get a little concerned when camaraderie heads for the ditch side of the highway to better knowledge. |
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Kirk Eipper
From:
Arroyo Grande, Ca.
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 10:40 am
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WTF????????????
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 11:09 am
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Kirk Eipper,
I'm not a big fan of vulgarities! It's never difficult to surmise which side of town those who practice through bad "habits" coarse terminology, might very well have visited. It's a strange situation, having been exposed to more than I'd care to be. I know that the language a person uses doesn't necessarily predict just how far advanced or what level he may be at on the instrument. But, is it worth finding out, if the conditions are to listen to unseemly commentary? Trending in the ways of philistinism will find me parting company with anyone so afflicted. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2012 3:59 pm
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Bill,speak for yourself,Maybe you need to learn more about the steel,But I'm OK thank you sir.I can run throuh a tune a time or two and have it forever. You said one time you had been working on that old tune[Pick me up on your way down] for years.You sure can assume a lot as allways. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
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Bill Hankey
From:
Pittsfield, MA, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2012 4:42 am
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| Speaking of "covering the bases" reminds me of what I would consider unfounded claims about the practical application of tuning changes on the pedal steel guitar. Consider the tautness of the strings in any diversified tuning. The practical tautness of strings applied to the ordinarily common Spanish guitar is commonplace among musicians. It is widely accepted in every part of the world. Over here in America, where the pedal steel guitar is predominately surpassing the Spanish guitar in order of importance in any musical situation, we have a number of individuals who choose to hold true to a specified tuning. The popular consensus in this land of opportunity, is to follow traditional beliefs. I for one, have broken the traditional keepsake E9th chromatic tuning. Those opposed to the change, apparently on the whole, have assumed that there exists a deficiency of tautness. I couldn't disagree more. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 14 Jul 2012 5:01 am
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| Bill Hankey wrote: |
| Over here in America, where the pedal steel guitar is predominately surpassing the Spanish guitar in order of importance in any musical situation... |
Wow. What parallel universe are you living in, Bill? (I like yours better!)
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Stephen Silver
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 14 Jul 2012 5:48 am
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Bill I have a question.
Do you ever get tired of having most every thread you start or participate in closed and locked?
Most Sincerely |
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Stuart Legg
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Posted 14 Jul 2012 10:15 am
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Bill my Déjà vu. Déjà etc.. was more about how with a lot of help by the same folks your topics all seem
much the same with the same results.
Don't get me wrong I like your topics for precisely that reason. It's somewhat like a TV show that only had one episode and then rerun over and over with new reviews by the same critics.
I think it's the insanity of it all that I can't resist. |
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