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Topic: Welcome to the Future |
Warren Anderson
From:
Oregon City, Oregon USA
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 Posted 6 Nov 2009 11:23 am |
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| As a new steel player I am trying very hard to learn to play by ear and try to stay away from tabs and I feel I'm doing quite well but for the life of me I'm having a hard time with the intro with Brad Paisley's Welcome to the Future. Can anyone help? |
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Bo Legg
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Lebanon, Missouri, USA
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| Posted 6 Nov 2009 1:18 pm |
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Warren, I don't say this to be funny or sarcastic but it appears that you’re asking for tab.
I don't think you’re being fair to yourself by limiting the learning process to just using your ear.
I would use the "Oh yeow!" method of using tab.
You look over the tab till you see about where everything is played on the neck and then you fold up the tab book and then practice by ear and then for the parts you couldn't play you open the tab book and find that part "Oh yeow!" that's the way that goes.
After a lot of practice and a lot of "Oh yeow!" you discover that most steel guitar playing is "Oh yeow!" followed closely by another "Oh yeow!" followed by a lot more "Oh yeow!" |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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| Posted 6 Nov 2009 3:59 pm |
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| I find that the best way to learn a lick is to record it (on the computer), and isolate just a couple of seconds at a time, letting it loop while I find the best way for me to play it with my slightly non-standard copedent. |
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Warren Anderson
From:
Oregon City, Oregon USA
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| Posted 7 Nov 2009 1:10 am |
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| Bo, It's not that I'm opposed to tabs at all.I just thought that I would learn more about playing the steel by ear. I would appreciate it very much if someone had a tab of the intro. And Richard i have never tried to record onto the computer but it sounds like a very interesting way to achive that goal. |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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| Posted 7 Nov 2009 7:19 am |
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This might get you in the ballpark:
First riff
Second riff
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Warren Anderson
From:
Oregon City, Oregon USA
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| Posted 7 Nov 2009 10:31 am |
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| Richard thank you very much! I am in Las Vegas for a couple of days and can't wait till I get home to try it. I was real close to that as i recall. Its so nice to have help form experts like yourself and Bo and many others. This is a wonderful Forum! |
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Frederic Mabrut
From:
Olloix, France
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Warren Anderson
From:
Oregon City, Oregon USA
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| Posted 8 Nov 2009 7:45 am |
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Fred,
Thank you for the tabs. I will definitely give this a try when I get home next week. If I could find a pedal steel guitar here in Vegas, I would give it a try now!  Thanks again! |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC..
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| Posted 9 Nov 2009 5:21 am |
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well what I hear is not off the B pedal but rather the 13 fret ( D) position , Less energy less pedal movement.
yes many redundant positons but then it gets down to how much energy and pedal movement is there..
When I sit down to take a lick apart the first thing I listen for is the energy and the phrasing..the little stuff that is real important...
First I played this one on the telecaster to get the "degree" of notes then I layed it out in a few positions to get the feel and the "energy exerted " by Randal..
Here is what I hear , 3 elements with minimal pedal action and they flow very nicely across the D chord and end on the root G. And don't forget, we are allowed to move the bar !
remember, think relative positions, not necessarily AB at first...
this one has the E raised (8th string) for the first phrase element.
just another option for you...
hope it helps, here is a short MP3
www.tprior.com/future.mp3
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