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Johnny Pal


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Post  Posted 26 Sep 2021 8:55 pm    
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Aloha: At around 42 on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVgy9gMHTHY (Loretta Lynn Hal Rug)
Hal rips a bouncin Betty stacato descending pull off run. I'm clueless how he does this.
I have a good ear and can usually figure things out but I'm stumped on his one. Can
anyone explain how he executes this run? Any ideas appreciated!! Mahalo, Johnny
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John Swain


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Winchester, Va
Post  Posted 27 Sep 2021 4:49 am    
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Thst is "Lorretta Lynn Medley " off Hal's Altered Ego album. Clem Schmitz (sp) has a tab book for it on his EBay site.
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Johnny Pal


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Post  Posted 27 Sep 2021 1:59 pm    
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Of all the gin joints, mahalo so much John, what a find!
Johnny
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scott murray


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Asheville, NC
Post  Posted 27 Sep 2021 2:26 pm    
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I've never heard anyone but Hal play those fast hammer-offs... it's one of his signatures.

does it on this tune too
https://youtu.be/YCjTzhUx-k0

and jump to 50 secs in this video to watch him play it
https://youtu.be/vzkQoFsbrlI
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Dave Mudgett


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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
Post  Posted 27 Sep 2021 4:54 pm    
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From a duplicate thread in a different section, Ron Ferrier wrote:
Ron Ferrier wrote:
Ive seen him do that lick before and he is bouncing the bar up and down.
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Silas Hamilton


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Asheville, North Carolina
Post  Posted 27 Sep 2021 7:59 pm    
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I can do these Hal licks, somewhat. I no joke work on them nonstop for hours, until my hand cramps. And still can’t really do them. They are really difficult because it’s not just hammering on, its pulling off back towards yourself at that speed.
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Chris Templeton


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Post  Posted 28 Sep 2021 7:42 am    
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Peggy Green played some of those licks of Hal's work with Loretta & Conway. When I heard Hal's steel I knew I had caught the steel bug.
Buddy introduced me to Conway at Hermitage Inn in the late 80's. That was a thrill.

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Johnny Pal


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Post  Posted 28 Sep 2021 9:32 pm    
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Thanks for all the help and stories fellas. Mucho appreciated!!
Johnny
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Ken Boi


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Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2021 9:41 pm    
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Cool sounding lick for sure!

Just a reminder that in YouTube the 3-dots in the screen corner has the Playback Speed option. When you slow it down the lick starts to make sense to the ears. Not that I could duplicate it, but the details start to show through.
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Johnny Pal


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California, USA
Post  Posted 2 Oct 2021 11:38 pm    
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Cool Ken on the three dot thing speed slow-down thing but I tried the ones on my screen
and they are for YouTube apps, report, and save. I must be missin somethin? I'll keep
searchin maybe it's under apps.
Mahalo!
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Ken Boi


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Arizona, USA
Post  Posted 3 Oct 2021 5:34 am    
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Johnny Pal wrote:
Cool Ken on the three dot thing speed slow-down thing but I tried the ones on my screen
and they are for YouTube apps, report, and save. I must be missin somethin? I'll keep
searchin maybe it's under apps.
Mahalo!

For Apple iPad and iPhone, the 3-dots (vertically lined up) are in the Upper Right corner of the video. Click on it and 'Playback Speed' is one of the selections.

For Windows-10 environment, YouTube will have the 'GEAR' icon at the bottom right of the video. Hover over it and it shows 'Settings'. Select that and 'Playback Screen' should be an option.

Not sure what Android devices show though.

Good luck!
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Johnny Pal


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Post  Posted 4 Oct 2021 9:55 am    
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Gottem bruddah Ken: Haha, what a dumb. I was looking outside of the actual video screen
and all along, the gear on the bottom of the rectangular field was staring me in the face.
What a great find!
Mahalo nui loa!!!
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Henry Matthews


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Texarkana, Ark USA
Post  Posted 4 Oct 2021 1:53 pm    
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Johnny, you can use windows media player and slow it way down to where you can figure out what’s he’s doing. I use it a lot and slowing down about half speed really helps. It also keeps it in same key.
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Johnny Pal


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California, USA
Post  Posted 5 Oct 2021 7:58 pm    
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Thanks Henry, I was clueless that Windows Media had that slow-down/stay in key feature.
Another great find. BTW thanks for playing "Johnny Come Lately," one of my fave Eagles'
songs! Dang, looks like ya got a gaggle of pedal steels haha.
No need to answer.

Hawwwwwww!

Johnny
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