As always, you make sense of what other teachers I’ve had made a real mess of. Often, less really is more - dobro players might be real speed demons, but this shows that sometimes two notes can do the trick. Thanks again.
Troy’s TH-cam lessons led me to Troy’s website. I have OK background in guitar and mandolin, and I decided to buy a lap steel and dobro. I have bought several download lessons from Troy. They have helped me move forward more quickly. I think many of his lessons would be good for people who don’t necessarily have other musical instrument background, as well as those of us who do. Great teacher and fun instruments to learn and play.
Quite elementary stuff here theorywise, but I certainly find it hard to quickly get to that reverse slant (5th and 3rd string) and having it intone cleanly. I'm using the Shubb SP2 Tone Bar which generally is a nice and heavy piece of steel with a semi bullet tip on one end, but meanwhile I think that especially for these reverse slants I maybe should have gone for a shorter one which would much likely be easier to handle when doing slants. I guess - as to the Shubb - it is as long as it is because it then can be used with an 8 string lap steel and being a beginner I didn't really take that into account when buying it. So my advice from this experience is that in order to do (specifically reverse) slants more easily you should look for a tone bar that is just long to cover the 6 strings of your (6 string) lap steel. The additional length which may be nice to have for an 8 string ios definitely not needed for a 6 string and makes handling a bit awkward.
Hey Troy! Thanks very much for sharing all of these complimentary lessons here on TH-cam, IT's very helpful and kind of you! i'm a longtime guitar player but lap steel beginner, and fell in love with the Duesenberg Fairytale and have one arriving soon 😍 Just a quick question on minor chords - as a music instructor myself, i notice you use the term "chords" when you seem to be referring to diads, that infer a chord but are not quite actual chords.... Is this because (as i'm noticing on my electric guitar that i've got tuned to open tuning at the moment for lap steel practice) intonating a three-note clump together takes a lot of exactitude in one's hand position on the slant, and most of the "chords" we would play on lap steel simply have to be diads for functionality's sake? 🤔🤷♂️ Thanks very much again for everything you do 🙏🙏🎶
I just think of the "chord" in general as notes out of that chord. So 2 or 3 or more notes, etc works for me. I don't think too much of the exact terminology. On lap steel one plays a lot of "diads" or 2 note chords, simply out of necessity.
As always, you make sense of what other teachers I’ve had made a real mess of. Often, less really is more - dobro players might be real speed demons, but this shows that sometimes two notes can do the trick. Thanks again.
Thank you Troy! I just tuned up my lap steel with the Open D string set I purchased from you. It sounds awesome! Now to learn the Open D scales...
Troy’s TH-cam lessons led me to Troy’s website. I have OK background in guitar and mandolin, and I decided to buy a lap steel and dobro. I have bought several download lessons from Troy. They have helped me move forward more quickly. I think many of his lessons would be good for people who don’t necessarily have other musical instrument background, as well as those of us who do. Great teacher and fun instruments to learn and play.
Quite elementary stuff here theorywise, but I certainly find it hard to quickly get to that reverse slant (5th and 3rd string) and having it intone cleanly. I'm using the Shubb SP2 Tone Bar which generally is a nice and heavy piece of steel with a semi bullet tip on one end, but meanwhile I think that especially for these reverse slants I maybe should have gone for a shorter one which would much likely be easier to handle when doing slants. I guess - as to the Shubb - it is as long as it is because it then can be used with an 8 string lap steel and being a beginner I didn't really take that into account when buying it.
So my advice from this experience is that in order to do (specifically reverse) slants more easily you should look for a tone bar that is just long to cover the 6 strings of your (6 string) lap steel. The additional length which may be nice to have for an 8 string ios definitely not needed for a 6 string and makes handling a bit awkward.
Dunlop 926, the Lap Dawg, fits the bill 🤙
Hello Troy. From the UK. You have a great way of making something that sounds really complicated. Make sense. Thank you
Thanks Ted! I appreciate that.
Hey Troy! Thanks very much for sharing all of these complimentary lessons here on TH-cam, IT's very helpful and kind of you! i'm a longtime guitar player but lap steel beginner, and fell in love with the Duesenberg Fairytale and have one arriving soon 😍
Just a quick question on minor chords - as a music instructor myself, i notice you use the term "chords" when you seem to be referring to diads, that infer a chord but are not quite actual chords.... Is this because (as i'm noticing on my electric guitar that i've got tuned to open tuning at the moment for lap steel practice) intonating a three-note clump together takes a lot of exactitude in one's hand position on the slant, and most of the "chords" we would play on lap steel simply have to be diads for functionality's sake? 🤔🤷♂️
Thanks very much again for everything you do 🙏🙏🎶
I just think of the "chord" in general as notes out of that chord. So 2 or 3 or more notes, etc works for me. I don't think too much of the exact terminology. On lap steel one plays a lot of "diads" or 2 note chords, simply out of necessity.
Very interesting
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