GSR wrote:Get funky with the munky.
don't forget about the fact that you need to play it by laying it face up on your lap... and sarah, is it a dobro or a lap steel guitar?DreaminBassMunky wrote:I have little knowledge of how to play a slide guitar but I have seen them used. First off you need a slide. Then you get your open tuning. Then you slide your slide up and down the neck to get the chords you want. It's kinda like having a bar chord right there. Like say you're using open E tuning, if you put the slide on the first fret you would be playing F. Other than that, you'll really need to just experiment.
when you play any kind of slide there is an important technique you must be aware of... first of all, since its a lap steel, place the slide on your index finger, then, when you lay the slide down of the strings, place your remaining fingers of your fretting hand behind the slide... this helps hold the strings down and keeps a whole bunch of notes from being played at once...NoNotThat wrote:lap steel. I think (among the many problems im having) that I just have problems with getting only one note to sound. but practice makes perfect....huh....
yeah see I can't do that. the damn thing is solid. i could get a new one...is one better than the other?fatjack wrote:when you play any kind of slide there is an important technique you must be aware of... first of all, since its a lap steel, place the slide on your index finger, then, when you lay the slide down of the strings, place your remaining fingers of your fretting hand behind the slide... this helps hold the strings down and keeps a whole bunch of notes from being played at once...NoNotThat wrote:lap steel. I think (among the many problems im having) that I just have problems with getting only one note to sound. but practice makes perfect....huh....
you mean the slide? even so, you should be able to lay some finger behind it (which is the important part of what i said, the other stuff was just secondary)NoNotThat wrote:yeah see I can't do that. the damn thing is solid. i could get a new one...is one better than the other?fatjack wrote:when you play any kind of slide there is an important technique you must be aware of... first of all, since its a lap steel, place the slide on your index finger, then, when you lay the slide down of the strings, place your remaining fingers of your fretting hand behind the slide... this helps hold the strings down and keeps a whole bunch of notes from being played at once...NoNotThat wrote:lap steel. I think (among the many problems im having) that I just have problems with getting only one note to sound. but practice makes perfect....huh....
i just like the standard Dunlop steel slides...like good old Timmy...NoNotThat wrote:yeah see I can't do that. the damn thing is solid. i could get a new one...is one better than the other?fatjack wrote:when you play any kind of slide there is an important technique you must be aware of... first of all, since its a lap steel, place the slide on your index finger, then, when you lay the slide down of the strings, place your remaining fingers of your fretting hand behind the slide... this helps hold the strings down and keeps a whole bunch of notes from being played at once...NoNotThat wrote:lap steel. I think (among the many problems im having) that I just have problems with getting only one note to sound. but practice makes perfect....huh....
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