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Strategies For Beginning Improvisation, Part 2
Hopefully, you’ve had some time to spend with the exercise presented in Part 1. If you have, then hopefully you will never play and listen to music in the same way. It’s just a small step on a journey of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bebop, Eddie Harris, improvisation, jazz, lap steel guitar, music theory, steel guitar, western swing
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Strategies for Beginning Improvisation, part 1
Over the next few weeks or maybe even months, I’m going to explore the topic of improvisation and present a few simple strategies for improving your ability to communicate through improvisation. At this point in time, I won’t be going … Continue reading
Thelonious Monk’s “Pannonica” arranged for C6/A7 lap steel
Today, I watched a documentary on Barroness Pannonica Rothschild and I remembered that I had once worked out an arrangement for the brilliant tune Monk wrote in her honor, simply entitled “Pannonica”. I had not played it since and I … Continue reading
Repost: A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square arrangement
Just in case this one got lost in the shuffle I’m reposting it. Originally from September 2010. The other day, Andy Volk sent me an email with his arrangement of A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square, a beautiful song from … Continue reading
Better late than never….
OK, so my wife is right about me: I don’t like to stop and ask for directions. I always wind up taking the long, scenic route. Is that so bad? Hey, I read Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance. … Continue reading
Trial by fire
In Jan. ’04 I began gigging with the Moonlighters. If you really want to force yourself to learn something new, FEAR is the greatest motivator. I’d noodled around onstage with a lap steel by making atmospheric sounds with a singer/songwriter, … Continue reading
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Tagged hawaiian steel, jazz, lap steel guitar, mike neer, moonlighters, sol hoopii, steel guitar
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In the beginning…..
There was a lonely lap steel sitting in its chipboard case under a table on a dusty, dry summer day in Englishtown, NJ. “$50,” he said, almost as if a plea. “I’ll give you $40.” The deal was done. It … Continue reading
Giant Steps for Lap Steel, C6/A7 tuning
This arrangement of John Coltrane’s “Giant Steps” is for 6 string Lap Steel Guitar tuned to C6/A7 (E C A G E C#). It is a good exercise in changing chord grips quickly and moving from one end of the … Continue reading
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Tagged buddy emmons, c6/a7 tuning, coltrane, giants steps, jazz, lap steel guitar, mike neer, steel guitar
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