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Wes Jordan
From:
Urbandale, Iowa 50323
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Posted 27 Dec 2006 11:41 am |
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| I know of 4 ways to play chimes. I am wondering what are the most effective and popular methods. Also how many players mix them up? |
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Justin Griffith
From:
Taylor, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2006 12:11 pm
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Some pics would be worth a thousand words here. I know of 2 ways but never can chime more than 1 string at a time. I have practiced this for hours on end to no avail.
Guess I will never work for Hank Thompson 
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Matthew Prouty
From:
Warsaw, Poland
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Posted 27 Dec 2006 12:39 pm
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I love those chimes. One of the best songs to work chimes is Playboy Chimes with Herbie on the steel.
I watch this Hank Thompson video for some clues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot4FzlE-aXA
Watch right after the first verse where Riveira does what seems like a three note chime and pumps the expression pedal. He is using the thumb pick and the palm of his hand. Watch his hand shoot up into the air to get that clean breakaway. Then he does fills that look like he is using the soft side of his pinky and the thumb pick.
Then watch at the end of the steel solo when there is a close up of the palm and thumb brush. Not sure if he is hitting two or three notes, but I am sure someone with better ears than me will chime in to clarify.
Herb Steiner told me he gets the best tone from the palm. These videos are great for seeing some of the secrets if you are isolated.
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 27 Dec 2006 1:49 pm
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This may help a little, it's taken from the August 2004 Vol.2. Issue 3. of "Aloha dream"
Baz
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Ben Jones
From:
Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2006 3:20 pm
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Man, I cannot get that palm harmonic. The palm is such a big surface area, plus (since its a big surface area) it covers the frets and I cant see. someday.
what i really want to get tho is that thing Buddy Emmons always does where its three harmonics then on the fourth harmonic there is a bend (or slide) up and back down so it goes "ooo-weee-ooo". hehe..thats a lousy description but he's always doing that move, maybe someone knows the one Im talkin about?.
Its all over that Willie Nelson album.
Basils photo doesnt show the only technique ive had success with..the pinky tip.[This message was edited by Ben Jones on 27 December 2006 at 03:21 PM.] |
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Colby Tipton
From:
Crosby, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2006 5:43 pm
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Ben,
Not even on the count of a accident? I do it all the time playing, just not when I want to. It gives you good tone even when you don't want to. I forgot to mention while playing a chord passage. edited: Palm
Colby[This message was edited by Colby Tipton on 27 December 2006 at 05:44 PM.] [This message was edited by Colby Tipton on 27 December 2006 at 05:46 PM.] |
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Justin Griffith
From:
Taylor, Texas, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2006 6:29 pm
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Bill Myrick
From:
Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
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Posted 28 Dec 2006 2:23 am
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Ben--Are you referring to the sound he gets like at the end of "Houston" intro ?? I think it involves volume pedal on and off as well--My friend Steve Matlock in Branson can flat nail it --coarse Emmons showed him.  |
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