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Topic: hammer on/ pull offs |
Dan Klotz
From:
Houston, Texas
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Posted 24 Sep 2015 11:53 am |
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I'm guessing that every steel player that's been at it a while is sick to death of the Steel Guitar Rag. However, me being new to the instrument, I feel like I should learn all of the standards.
Is there a trick that I might be missing when it comes to hammer ons and pull offs? I just started learning the tune, but my hammer ons sound "clangy".
Do you:
Use the nose of the bar?
Still try to mute/ contact with fingers behind the bar?
What about when you go to the bridge and have to lay the bar flat again. Do you use a different "grip" on the bar for hammer ons and then switch back to normal?
Sorry for the rookie questions, I couldn't find the answers when I did a search.
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Robbie Daniels
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Casper, Wyoming, USA
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Posted 24 Sep 2015 12:17 pm
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I play Steel Guitar Rage on C6, that way I don't have to have to do tricks with the bar and probably the majority of steelers play it on C6 also.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 24 Sep 2015 12:34 pm
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Or if you have only E9, at the 5th fret with Es lowered.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 24 Sep 2015 11:08 pm
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| Dan, use a little more bar pressure, and do the move fairly quickly. Get on and off the string by about 1/2", and make sure you're muting...when necessary. (Sometimes you want the notes to ring when you pull-off, and sometimes you don't.) Use the tip of the bar when you're doing only one or two notes, and keep the same grip on the bar. (If you hold the bar properly, you won't have to change your grip.) |
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Jonathan Shacklock
From:
London, UK
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Posted 25 Sep 2015 2:13 am
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I switch to a Stevens style bar for that tune, I find it a lot easier to do the hammer ons and pull offs. I think my middle finger pads the strings just behind the bar to mitigate the 'clang'. Take it away Leon:
https://youtu.be/pLBR9C0riVA |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 25 Sep 2015 6:50 am
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Jonathan, I just looked at the video and tried doing it that way. I've never been interested in hammering about near the nut but I find that if I use just the nose of the bar, like you I have my middle finger behind it, and blocking with the thumb gets a clean result. So now I think it would be fun to alternate between that and the 5th fret, which is where I've been playing it up to now.
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Bill Davison
From:
Just far enough away from Seattle, WA, USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2015 8:53 am
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| Ian Rae wrote: |
| Or if you have only E9, at the 5th fret with Es lowered. |
Hey, that works great. I've been trying to work out a different way to play that song. Thanks Ian. |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 27 Sep 2015 2:08 am
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It's really only the same as playing it on the C6 at the 4th fret. I play a B6/E9 uni so it's impossible to say which I'm doing as this where the two tunings coincide.
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