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Topic: Barbara Mandrell palm or pick blocking ? |
Albert Svenddal
From:
Minneapolis, MN
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Posted 26 Mar 2016 5:59 am |
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Great playing. Is she pick blocking?
http://youtu.be/x2M_J16z9sk
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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Larry Petree
From:
Bakersfield. Ca. USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2016 7:36 am Blocking
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| With Norm's permission I will answer his way of blocking. He learned his method of blocking many years ago from Vance Terry, and it is a bit different than todays way. He uses his thumb blocking the string he has just picked and follows up the strings. It is very clean, and no noise that I can hear. He showed me his method many years ago, and believe me it is not easy to learn after palm blocking for many years. |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 26 Mar 2016 10:21 am
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when i was learning, blocking wasn't something people got all het up about.
obviously you don't want strings ringing if it makes it sound bad. so don't let those strings ring!
any way you can do that is good. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 26 Mar 2016 1:19 pm
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I think it's easy to see she's doing 3 kinds of muting! Along with bar-tracking, you can see both her thumb pick and finger picks go back to resting on a string after she's picked it, and you can see her palm resting on (edge-muting) the bass strings.
The vast majority of players I've see use both these methods, as well as bar-tracking. |
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Bob Knetzger
From:
Kirkland, WA USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2016 4:30 pm
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| I dig her very lady-like deployment of the RKR lever at the very end--by using her hand! That is some unusual technique. |
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Bill Miller
From:
Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
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Posted 28 Mar 2016 7:57 am
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| Apart from the blocking discussion, what is going on with that doubling? Is it just my ears or is there a second steel on the track? I hear Barbara and the six string lead guy but it seems like there's a shadow steel in there. Maybe it's just the guitar player but I don't think so. |
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John Booth
From:
Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2016 8:54 am
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Are her E9/C6 necks switched?
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Mar 2016 11:51 am
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Bill: No doubling on there, but I think she's just using some fast triplets that make it sound fuller.
John: No switched necks..that's C6th she's playing on the inside neck.
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Jerry Fessenden
From:
Vermont, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2016 12:15 pm Barbra Mandrell
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| I wonder if that is Mike Jones guitar that he had when he was with her . |
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Dan Robinson
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 1 Apr 2016 10:35 pm
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Thanks, Joachim. Had not seen that before. Barbara's picking is so strong, and her smile always makes me smile. Amazing collection of players, and some surprises. Lee Greenwood on sax, who knew? |
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Tommy Detamore
From:
Floresville, Texas
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Posted 2 Apr 2016 7:46 am
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Really great! And it's so cool that she borrowed heavily from the Texas Troubadors'arrangement of "Steel Guitar Rag". That's my all-time favorite version!
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Darrell Criswell
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 2 Apr 2016 8:58 am
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| I wonder what she thinks of her steel playing days and the steel guitar today? I wish someone would do an interview about that. I saw a picture of the music room in her house and it had all kinds of instruments but no steel guitar. I have the impression she has pretty much put her musical days behind her. A great steel player. |
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