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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 ...

Unfortunately, by the time the hearing loss/tinnitus sets in at a noticeable level, it's already irreversible, although not too late to protect what what you still have left.

The fact that I've nev ...

anyone here over 50 able to make any progress with fast staccato picking . . . . ?

Yes. At age 60 I started playing steel again after a 28-year break. This time I switched from palm blocking to ...

Good!

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Thinking of P5 and P6 as making a diminished 7th chord on strings 3 to 8, P7 provides harmonic color tones or melodic tones that can be used with the diminished chord, much as P7 is used with the no-p ...

I hear a VIaug7 and see his left thigh move up and down again. Then the II13.

Yes. Up three frets (not two) from the no-pedal position with the 5th string lowered a half step gives the VIaug7 on ...

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Topic: Itzak Perlman on how to practice
John Alexander Replies: 1 Views: 345	Forum Section: Music Posted: 1 Nov 2018 11:35 pm Subject: Itzak Perlman on how to practice
John Alexander Replies: 1 Views: 345	Good advice - thanks.
Topic: Canadian Sunset - Playing along with BE's rhythm-track
John Alexander Replies: 12 Views: 745	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: 745	Nice job Pete!
Topic: Please explain the difference between 2/4 & 4/4; 3/4 & 6/8
John Alexander Replies: 23 Views: 1038	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: 1038	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: 1038	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: 1038	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: 2471	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: 2471	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: 637	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: 637	Nice going!
Topic: Your Biggest Early Influence (redone)
John Alexander Replies: 84 Views: 5076	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 2 Jul 2018 8:42 pm Subject: Your Biggest Early Influence (redone)
John Alexander Replies: 84 Views: 5076	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: 3572	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: 3572	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: 1211	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: 1211	Very good!
Topic: Herb at Austin Steel Co-Op, Feb 2015
John Alexander Replies: 12 Views: 1559	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: 1559	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: 866	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: 866	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: 866	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: 866	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: 883	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 16 Jan 2018 12:49 am Subject: Playin' with Myself: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
John Alexander Replies: 9 Views: 883	Lotsa nice stuff going on there! Very well done - thanks for posting it.
Topic: Blue Bayou Steel Solo
John Alexander Replies: 4 Views: 1398	Forum Section: Steel on the Web Posted: 19 Nov 2017 11:03 pm Subject: Blue Bayou Steel Solo
John Alexander Replies: 4 Views: 1398	i enjoyed it
Topic: Instructors input desired regarding Ext. E9
John Alexander Replies: 15 Views: 1358	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 31 Oct 2017 11:32 pm Subject: Re: Instructors input desired regarding Ext. E9
John Alexander Replies: 15 Views: 1358	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: 1897	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 26 Oct 2017 12:05 pm Subject: Please help me improve!
John Alexander Replies: 18 Views: 1897	Very nicely done!
Topic: Dissertation finished
John Alexander Replies: 33 Views: 4881	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 23 Oct 2017 3:39 pm Subject: Dissertation finished
John Alexander Replies: 33 Views: 4881	Me too!
Topic: Melody
John Alexander Replies: 12 Views: 2109	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 23 Oct 2017 11:34 am Subject: Melody
John Alexander Replies: 12 Views: 2109	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: 1783	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 10 Oct 2017 5:55 pm Subject: Modes
John Alexander Replies: 9 Views: 1783	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 ...
Topic: Any One use ear protection?
John Alexander Replies: 31 Views: 3681	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 3 Sep 2017 2:25 pm Subject: Any One use ear protection?
John Alexander Replies: 31 Views: 3681	Unfortunately, by the time the hearing loss/tinnitus sets in at a noticeable level, it's already irreversible, although not too late to protect what what you still have left. The fact that I've nev ...
Topic: Age related question re speed picking
John Alexander Replies: 17 Views: 2131	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 3 Sep 2017 1:45 pm Subject: Re: Age related question re speed picking
John Alexander Replies: 17 Views: 2131	anyone here over 50 able to make any progress with fast staccato picking . . . . ? Yes. At age 60 I started playing steel again after a 28-year break. This time I switched from palm blocking to ...
Topic: Jazz/Fusion Pedal Steel
John Alexander Replies: 13 Views: 3094	Forum Section: Steel Players Posted: 15 Aug 2017 12:23 pm Subject: Jazz/Fusion Pedal Steel
John Alexander Replies: 13 Views: 3094	Good!
Topic: WTB: Peavey LTD 400 amp
John Alexander Replies: 6 Views: 1046	Forum Section: For Sale: Amps and Accessories Posted: 20 Jul 2017 11:54 am Subject: WTB: Peavey LTD 400 amp
John Alexander Replies: 6 Views: 1046	Private message sent.
Topic: C6 -- P5, P6, P7 Together
John Alexander Replies: 8 Views: 1289	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 29 Jun 2017 4:27 pm Subject: C6 -- P5, P6, P7 Together
John Alexander Replies: 8 Views: 1289	Thinking of P5 and P6 as making a diminished 7th chord on strings 3 to 8, P7 provides harmonic color tones or melodic tones that can be used with the diminished chord, much as P7 is used with the no-p ...
Topic: Explain this Emmons move
John Alexander Replies: 8 Views: 1679	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 23 May 2017 4:25 pm Subject: Explain this Emmons move
John Alexander Replies: 8 Views: 1679	I hear a VIaug7 and see his left thigh move up and down again. Then the II13. Yes. Up three frets (not two) from the no-pedal position with the 5th string lowered a half step gives the VIaug7 on ...