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I started playing both piano and PSG in the late 70's. I always knew piano was going to to be my main instrument, and actually put PSG aside entirely for more than 25 years once I started working ful ...

Matthew - Could you add to that old thread the David Wright and Junior Knight copedents you have posted here? I think the Maurice Anderson copedents are already covered, but not these other two. Tha ...

For more information on Bb6 copedents, you might be interested in this thread: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=227795&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Sometimes when I have made a suggestion to another musician about what or how to practice, I have found it profitable to turn around and apply the suggestion to myself, in my own practice.

In this ...

Bill, you might like to take a look at Gradus Ad Parnassum by Johann Joseph Fux, was written in Latin and was first published in 1725. According to Wikipedia, a copy of this is the only surviving bo ...

That's a great approach, IMO.

I especially like the second step, separating out the rhythm pattern of the melody and working on it alone. I think that by doing that step carefully for a number o ...

Good advice - thanks.

Nice job Pete!

I struggle with cut common and 4/4 . . . .

I could never understand what "cut time" (2/2 instead of 4/4) was all about until I played sax in high school band, with the band director con ...

The "compound" meters (6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 ) are typically used to notate music where the basic beat is 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 but each beat is consistently divided into three instead of two.

For ...

One of you California steel guitarists of that era, or one of your colleagues, came to Jackson Wyoming as part of Larry Booth's band in 1978 or 1979, and spent an afternoon visiting with me at my pla ...

Nice going!

Red Rhodes

Same here, watching him on Cal's Corral, Sunday afternoons in what year - 1965?

After a few years on the Forum I felt more and more insignificant and decided in view of this I would just give up on the Forum, Steel guitar and do things that I enjoyed!

Welcome back Bo - it is g ...

Very good!

Very nice set, good playing all around, the sound is easy on the ears, the tune selections are nice. Where do I ever hear In a Mellow Tone or I Can't Give You Anything But Love, let alone on steel gu ...

Bud Carter played a modified version of Bb6 because of a problem rotating left foot. That may very well be one of his old guitars,,,last one I saw that he had was black.

That's interesting - if th ...

Much of it (maybe all) could make sense as a Bb6 tuning. For example, if the changes on V and RKL are all half steps, those are standard Maurice Anderson Bb6 knee levers. Same with LKR, at least the ...

Lotsa nice stuff going on there! Very well done - thanks for posting it.

i enjoyed it Smile

My music back ground is classically trained piano (some horns, no guitar). I read music (weak on chords but studying) and am constantly translating the tabulature in these books to piano keyboard in ...

Very nicely done!

Me too!

Thanks for the reply so fast , take this song (take these chains from my heart) e g c c d e g f e d according to what im thinking here is that to make this melody into traids you would use the c ...

Much in-depth information on modes and practically every other musical topic is available (free) on Rick Beato's YouTube site. He's done a video on each of the usual modes, and some I've never heard ...

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Topic: The Point of no return
John Alexander Replies: 7 Views: 549	Forum Section: Music Posted: 1 Feb 2019 9:59 am Subject: The Point of no return
John Alexander Replies: 7 Views: 549	I started playing both piano and PSG in the late 70's. I always knew piano was going to to be my main instrument, and actually put PSG aside entirely for more than 25 years once I started working ful ...
Topic: 12 String Universal Bb6
John Alexander Replies: 10 Views: 724	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Jan 2019 4:31 pm Subject: 12 String Universal Bb6
John Alexander Replies: 10 Views: 724	Matthew - Could you add to that old thread the David Wright and Junior Knight copedents you have posted here? I think the Maurice Anderson copedents are already covered, but not these other two. Tha ...
Topic: 12 String Universal Bb6
John Alexander Replies: 10 Views: 724	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 27 Jan 2019 10:43 am Subject: 12 String Universal Bb6
John Alexander Replies: 10 Views: 724	For more information on Bb6 copedents, you might be interested in this thread: https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=227795&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
Topic: Niche Topic: Approaching an unknown piece of sheet music.
John Alexander Replies: 8 Views: 740	Forum Section: Music Posted: 22 Jan 2019 1:43 am Subject: Niche Topic: Approaching an unknown piece of sheet music.
John Alexander Replies: 8 Views: 740	Sometimes when I have made a suggestion to another musician about what or how to practice, I have found it profitable to turn around and apply the suggestion to myself, in my own practice. In this ...
Topic: Point Counter Point
John Alexander Replies: 16 Views: 748	Forum Section: Music Posted: 18 Jan 2019 12:55 am Subject: Point Counter Point
John Alexander Replies: 16 Views: 748	Bill, you might like to take a look at Gradus Ad Parnassum by Johann Joseph Fux, was written in Latin and was first published in 1725. According to Wikipedia, a copy of this is the only surviving bo ...
Topic: Niche Topic: Approaching an unknown piece of sheet music.
John Alexander Replies: 8 Views: 740	Forum Section: Music Posted: 3 Dec 2018 1:03 am Subject: Niche Topic: Approaching an unknown piece of sheet music.
John Alexander Replies: 8 Views: 740	That's a great approach, IMO. I especially like the second step, separating out the rhythm pattern of the melody and working on it alone. I think that by doing that step carefully for a number o ...
Topic: Itzak Perlman on how to practice
John Alexander Replies: 1 Views: 1965	Forum Section: Music Posted: 1 Nov 2018 11:35 pm Subject: Itzak Perlman on how to practice
John Alexander Replies: 1 Views: 1965	Good advice - thanks.
Topic: Canadian Sunset - Playing along with BE's rhythm-track
John Alexander Replies: 12 Views: 2639	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 29 Oct 2018 11:38 pm Subject: Canadian Sunset - Playing along with BE's rhythm-track
John Alexander Replies: 12 Views: 2639	Nice job Pete!
Topic: Please explain the difference between 2/4 & 4/4; 3/4 & 6/8
John Alexander Replies: 23 Views: 3251	Forum Section: Music Posted: 12 Oct 2018 10:54 pm Subject: Please explain the difference between 2/4 & 4/4; 3/4 & 6/8
John Alexander Replies: 23 Views: 3251	I struggle with cut common and 4/4 . . . . I could never understand what "cut time" (2/2 instead of 4/4) was all about until I played sax in high school band, with the band director con ...
Topic: Please explain the difference between 2/4 & 4/4; 3/4 & 6/8
John Alexander Replies: 23 Views: 3251	Forum Section: Music Posted: 12 Oct 2018 10:30 pm Subject: Please explain the difference between 2/4 & 4/4; 3/4 & 6/8
John Alexander Replies: 23 Views: 3251	The "compound" meters (6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 ) are typically used to notate music where the basic beat is 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 but each beat is consistently divided into three instead of two. For ...
Topic: Remembering Al Bruno, Archie Francis, Rod Culpepper & many
John Alexander Replies: 20 Views: 4412	Forum Section: Gone Home Posted: 20 Aug 2018 8:27 pm Subject: Remembering Al Bruno, Archie Francis, Rod Culpepper & many
John Alexander Replies: 20 Views: 4412	One of you California steel guitarists of that era, or one of your colleagues, came to Jackson Wyoming as part of Larry Booth's band in 1978 or 1979, and spent an afternoon visiting with me at my pla ...
Topic: Another short jazz tune - Body and Soul
John Alexander Replies: 13 Views: 710	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 23 Jul 2018 1:19 am Subject: Another short jazz tune - Body and Soul
John Alexander Replies: 13 Views: 710	Nice going!
Topic: Your Biggest Early Influence (redone)
John Alexander Replies: 84 Views: 5568	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 2 Jul 2018 8:42 pm Subject: Your Biggest Early Influence (redone)
John Alexander Replies: 84 Views: 5568	Red Rhodes Same here, watching him on Cal's Corral, Sunday afternoons in what year - 1965?
Topic: The Forum can make you feel Insignificant
John Alexander Replies: 48 Views: 3831	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Jun 2018 7:31 pm Subject: Re: The Forum can make you feel Insignificant
John Alexander Replies: 48 Views: 3831	After a few years on the Forum I felt more and more insignificant and decided in view of this I would just give up on the Forum, Steel guitar and do things that I enjoyed! Welcome back Bo - it is g ...
Topic: Giant Steps by John Coltrane video on YouTube
John Alexander Replies: 13 Views: 1395	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 27 Apr 2018 12:03 am Subject: Giant Steps by John Coltrane video on YouTube
John Alexander Replies: 13 Views: 1395	Very good!
Topic: Herb at Austin Steel Co-Op, Feb 2015
John Alexander Replies: 12 Views: 1695	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 21 Feb 2018 1:48 am Subject: Herb at Austin Steel Co-Op, Feb 2015
John Alexander Replies: 12 Views: 1695	Very nice set, good playing all around, the sound is easy on the ears, the tune selections are nice. Where do I ever hear In a Mellow Tone or I Can't Give You Anything But Love, let alone on steel gu ...
Topic: Can anybody figure out this copedent? It's crazy!!!
John Alexander Replies: 5 Views: 967	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Feb 2018 4:29 pm Subject: Can anybody figure out this copedent? It's crazy!!!
John Alexander Replies: 5 Views: 967	Bud Carter played a modified version of Bb6 because of a problem rotating left foot. That may very well be one of his old guitars,,,last one I saw that he had was black. That's interesting - if th ...
Topic: Can anybody figure out this copedent? It's crazy!!!
John Alexander Replies: 5 Views: 967	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 11 Feb 2018 1:09 pm Subject: Can anybody figure out this copedent? It's crazy!!!
John Alexander Replies: 5 Views: 967	Much of it (maybe all) could make sense as a Bb6 tuning. For example, if the changes on V and RKL are all half steps, those are standard Maurice Anderson Bb6 knee levers. Same with LKR, at least the ...
Topic: Playin' with Myself: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
John Alexander Replies: 9 Views: 981	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Jan 2018 12:49 am Subject: Playin' with Myself: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
John Alexander Replies: 9 Views: 981	Lotsa nice stuff going on there! Very well done - thanks for posting it.
Topic: Blue Bayou Steel Solo
John Alexander Replies: 4 Views: 1470	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 19 Nov 2017 11:03 pm Subject: Blue Bayou Steel Solo
John Alexander Replies: 4 Views: 1470	i enjoyed it
Topic: Instructors input desired regarding Ext. E9
John Alexander Replies: 15 Views: 1491	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 31 Oct 2017 11:32 pm Subject: Re: Instructors input desired regarding Ext. E9
John Alexander Replies: 15 Views: 1491	My music back ground is classically trained piano (some horns, no guitar). I read music (weak on chords but studying) and am constantly translating the tabulature in these books to piano keyboard in ...
Topic: Please help me improve!
John Alexander Replies: 18 Views: 2007	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 Oct 2017 12:05 pm Subject: Please help me improve!
John Alexander Replies: 18 Views: 2007	Very nicely done!
Topic: Dissertation finished
John Alexander Replies: 33 Views: 5198	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Oct 2017 3:39 pm Subject: Dissertation finished
John Alexander Replies: 33 Views: 5198	Me too!
Topic: Melody
John Alexander Replies: 12 Views: 2218	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 23 Oct 2017 11:34 am Subject: Melody
John Alexander Replies: 12 Views: 2218	Thanks for the reply so fast , take this song (take these chains from my heart) e g c c d e g f e d according to what im thinking here is that to make this melody into traids you would use the c ...
Topic: Modes
John Alexander Replies: 9 Views: 1863	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Oct 2017 5:55 pm Subject: Modes
John Alexander Replies: 9 Views: 1863	Much in-depth information on modes and practically every other musical topic is available (free) on Rick Beato's YouTube site. He's done a video on each of the usual modes, and some I've never heard ...