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Topic: New book: Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar - Out Now! |
Peter Funk
From:
Germany
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Posted 8 Oct 2015 5:19 am |
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Here's to all you Weissenborn players, Dobroists ets.:
I'm very happy to announce my new book "Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar" which will soon be published by Mel Bay 
The text on the back cover says:
ACOUSTIC LAP STEEL GUITAR -
16 great solo arrangements for unaccompanied Lap Steel Guitar For the Beginning to the Advanced Player
by Peter Funk
This book is a collection of sixteen instrumentals arranged for acoustic lap steel guitar in D and G tuning. Lovely Hawaiian tunes such as “Aloha Oe†are included as well as more bluesy selections such as “Whistlin’ Blues†and “Careless love.†The book even includes an Irish ballad, “Down by the Sally Gardens,†arranged specifically to be played on a lap steel guitar. Special techniques such as “bar slants,†natural harmonics,†and “behind-the-bar-bends†are carefully explained. Accompanying audio is available online.
It begins with simple, short pieces and goes on to increasingly more difficult and quite demanding and ambitious transcriptions.
Unfortunately I don't know the exact release date, but sure will let you know.
Here are two tunes which are included:
Down By The Sally Gardens
Franklins's Dream
Last edited by Peter Funk on 16 Dec 2015 11:51 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 8 Oct 2015 6:39 am
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Congratulations and good luck with the book!
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Brad’s Page of Steel
A web site devoted to acoustic & electric lap steel guitars |
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Michael Maddex
From:
Northern New Mexico, USA
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Posted 8 Oct 2015 7:48 am
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Peter, congratulations! 
I am looking forward to the publication of your book. Be sure to let us know when and where we can buy a copy.
Good luck with this.
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"For every expert, there is an equal and opposite expert." -- Arthur C. Clarke |
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Steve Branscom
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Pacific NW
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Posted 8 Oct 2015 8:44 am
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You might also think about announcing this on the dobro and weissenborn sites, reso-nation.org and resohangout.com
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 8 Oct 2015 11:36 am
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Congratulations, Peter and nice playing!
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Steel Guitar Books! Website: www.volkmediabooks.com |
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Guy Cundell
From:
More idle ramblings from South Australia
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Posted 9 Oct 2015 3:26 pm
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| Great stuff! I wish you much success. I hope your book will provide a pathway for the many people who love the beautiful sound of this instrument and want to join in. |
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Peter Funk
From:
Germany
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Posted 12 Oct 2015 5:29 am
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| Thank you all for your congratulations |
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Peter Funk
From:
Germany
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Posted 16 Dec 2015 12:42 pm
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Just found out that my new book is already available at Mel Bay's online store (they didn't told me yet)
If you want, you can get a copy here: Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar
Hope, you will like it!
And please feel free to let me know wether it helps you on your way in playing unaccompenied acoustic tunes ... |
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David Venzke
From:
SE Michigan, USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2015 5:41 pm
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TTT
... and starting tomorrow, get 30% off until Dec. 30. |
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Peter Funk
From:
Germany
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Posted 4 Jun 2016 12:50 am
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Someone who purchased my book lately let me know, that the folks at Mel Bay forgot to indicate a URL from where to download the Online Audio files 
I contacted them and they told me, they will remedying this issue. In the meantime you can download the files directly from Mel Bay: "Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar - Audio Files"
Have Fun |
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Alex Shi
From:
Taiwan
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Posted 21 Dec 2016 6:17 pm
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| Would these arrangements also work on an electric lap steel tuned to open D? |
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Ron Simpson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2016 6:38 pm Samples
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| The songs included in this post are excellent. |
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Larry Carlson
From:
My Computer
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Posted 21 Dec 2016 6:43 pm
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| Alex Shi wrote: |
| Would these arrangements also work on an electric lap steel tuned to open D? |
Yes they would.
I have a Weissenborn and of course most of the songs for it are in open D or open G. I play them all on my electric lap steels.
To me some of them even sound better on the electric lap steel. Either way it adds variety and a different instrument to express myself.
I also have a pickup installed on the Weiss. That really sounds amazing to me when it's amped up.
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I have stuff.
I try to make music with it.
Sometimes it works.
Sometimes it doesn't.
But I keep on trying. |
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Alex Shi
From:
Taiwan
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Posted 21 Dec 2016 7:00 pm
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| Larry Carlson wrote: |
| Alex Shi wrote: |
| Would these arrangements also work on an electric lap steel tuned to open D? |
Yes they would.
I have a Weissenborn and of course most of the songs for it are in open D or open G. I play them all on my electric lap steels.
To me some of them even sound better on the electric lap steel. Either way it adds variety and a different instrument to express myself.
I also have a pickup installed on the Weiss. That really sounds amazing to me when it's amped up. |
Thanks for the info, I'm eager to give it a try. |
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