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Topic: whats the best coarse for a beginner ps |
Robert Danielson
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Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2013 12:50 pm |
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| I had played a 6 string lap in the 50's and have a msa Redbarron for a starter a friend loaned me I want to leard on the pedal help Bob |
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Fred Thompson
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Zephyrhills, FL
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Posted 4 Feb 2013 2:40 pm
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Robert, IMHO, the best way to start is with Winnie Winston's book, "Pedal Steel Guitar". It can be found on e-bay and other sites. Just be sure it has the CD with it.
Good Luck and have fun!
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Ken Metcalf
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San Antonio Texas USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2013 2:47 pm
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Lots of good free stuff on line like Mickey Adams Etc.
Poke around in here and on you tube and you will find many other people..
It just takes some time when you are starting.
Hang in there and ask questions.
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Howard Smith
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Callison, South Carolina, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2013 7:49 pm A Good Place to Start
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I suggest getting the E9 theory and the number system course from Mark Van Allen, and also the beginner courses from Jeff Newman. I used these when I started less than a year ago, and have found them very useful for starting out. Also you have made a really good first step by using this forum, since their are tons of players that would like to see new players enter this field. Below are the websites for Mark Van Allen, and Jeff Newman.
http://www.markvanallen.com/store_books.html
http://www.jeffran.com/courses.php
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Florida USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2013 4:42 am
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I agree with Fred. There's a reason Winnie Winston's book is considered to be a classic instructional one for pedal steel.
A hundred years ago (well, maybe not THAT much) I bought my first pedal steel. Knew nothing about it other than I wanted to play it. Teachers were non-existent back then and there was certainly no internet. Heck, you were lucky to know anyone else who played the thing.
But I did get Winston's book because it was pretty much the ONLY pedal steel instruction book available, although Dewitt Scott and a few others had some method books, too, as I learned later. Anyway, it became the only thing on the music stand in front of me and I plowed through it day after day, week after week.
I cut my teeth of that book and I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn pedal steel guitar. |
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Nic du Toit
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Milnerton, Cape, South Africa
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Posted 5 Feb 2013 5:01 am
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Robert, check this out....
See you there!
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W. C. Edgar
From:
Iowa City Iowa, Madison CT, Nashville, Austin, Phoenix
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Posted 7 Feb 2013 2:13 pm
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I think that without a doubt the BEST book out there is Scotty's Anthology Of Steel Guitar. By DeWitt (Scotty Scott)
The Winnie Winston book to me is really outdated.
I like to support Scotty's anytime I can. Without him the International Steel Guitar Convention would not exit. |
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