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MUSICO
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Jeremy Williams in Spain
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Posted 9 Mar 2004 7:52 am |
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In another thread about guitar mags someone posted some of the tips they had read in steel columns
"I still remember some of his tips like... never covering more than the highest string you are playing."
Why?
I see this done by all great players. I copy it. I don't doubt it's the best way to go about things......
But I still think it would be better for me if I understood....
Why?
Jeremy Williams
Barcelona Spain
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 9 Mar 2004 8:32 am
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| Covering more strings than you have to just means more string noise when you slide the bar up and down! It also makes playing harder because you're adding bar downforce (to cover those unused strings) that isn't accomplishing anything. In other words, it's more tiring to your bar hand. |
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Nicholas Dedring
From:
Beacon, New York, USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2004 9:05 am
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| I find that if I'm playing stuff on 3,4&5, and the bar is covering 1 and/or 2, the string noise when sliding is not only more noticeable, but it is also ringing out in a dissonant way. Just an example. |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2004 9:36 am
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mega dittos Donny and Nicholas,
carl |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2004 9:51 am
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It allows blocking of the strings above the bar with the left hand as the bar leaves those higher strings, example, bar and pick the 3rd string, move the bar down to bar and pick the 5th string and as the bar is moving down to cover the 5th string the fingers behind the bar can block the 3rd string. Not always necessary but the technique is available to you.
Jerry |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 9 Mar 2004 11:19 am
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Jerry that block has become SOP for me, you just can't get clean and real fast single notes without adding that block too.
At least not till you can pick block like Joe Wright or Paul Franklin. |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2004 1:00 pm
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David, I put it in those words because for me most blocking of single strings is with the tips of the right ring and little fingers which trail right behind my picks at all times so close that at times one will try to block before the strings is picked.
However, there are times other means are necessary for me.
Jerry |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 9 Mar 2004 3:08 pm
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Hi Jerry. I do that too.
I seem to be doing a bit of every blocking technique I have read of here. Each is getting a bit better with time, in parallel.
Maybe I am fortunate to have fewer old habits to break from my dobro days. |
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Jeff Hogsten
From:
Flatwoods Ky USA
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Posted 9 Mar 2004 4:14 pm
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| I thinks I posted the thread he is talking about. The main thing that has done for me is blocking. I have developed a combination of blocking which works well for me, when Im going up the neck I block with the palm of my right hand and I have trained it to follow the bar up. In other words if 6 is the highest note Im playing then my palm is muting 7.8.9. and 10 then when I come down my left hand is blocking the strings I just come down from like Jerry explained. I have heard very little about this but it is a great benifit. It also eliminates a lot of overtones you may get if you covered a lot more strings. By the way does anybody remember the guys name that wrote those early columns, Ernie ? [This message was edited by Jeff Hogsten on 09 March 2004 at 04:17 PM.] |
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