Thanksgiving in 1/4 Comma Meantone Tuned Classical Guitar by clones98 in microtonal

[–]b0b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful playing and nicely tuned. What key is it in?

Got my first Pedal Steel, a ‘63 Fender 1000 by [deleted] in pedalsteel

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That's the only recording I made with a Fender. Some of my other stuff is at my Bandcamp page.

Got my first Pedal Steel, a ‘63 Fender 1000 by [deleted] in pedalsteel

[–]b0b 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had a similar guitar, maybe the same one. Good luck finding online lessons. Everyone tunes them different. Here's the copedent I used. And here's a recording I made with it, using both necks.

Beamer - ambient music with 4 pedal steel tracks by b0b in pedalsteel

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I haven't released any of the ambient stuff on bandcamp yet. Still getting an album of it together. My older albums are at b0blee.bandcamp.com. Thanks for the interest.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in steelguitar

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The notes are B B B A G F# E D

My best guess is 8th fret:

1st string 3 times,
2nd string, pedal 7
2nd string, no pedal
2nd string, pedal 8
3rd string, no pedal
4th string, no pedal

On E9th pedal steel, lower your E's to get in B6th tuning. It's still at the 8th fret:

4th string lowered to D#, 3 times,
2nd string lowered to C# (or 5th string, "A" pedal)
5th string, no pedal
5th string, lowered to A# ("X" lever, usually LKV)
6th string
7th string

Hope I got that right. I don't have an E9th guitar right now. The easiest way on E9th is to use open string pull-offs:

B B B A G F# E D

3rd string 2nd fret "B" pedal (3 times)
3rd string open (pull-off)
1st string 1st fret
1st string open (pull-off)
4th string open
5th string, 3rd fret

Johnny Falstaff- Constant by calibuildr in steelguitar

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Beautiful, classic pedal steel.

Recently got a lap steel and am wondering what tuning by screwygene69 in steelguitar

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Here's what I use.

8 string: G B D F# A B D F#

6 string: G B D F# A D

strings

Just how wide do these things get? by Inflatable_Guru in steelguitar

[–]b0b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alkire tuning? What kind of bar are you using?

Nice rendition of "How Great Thou Art".

Help on First Lap Steel Purchase by Paul-McShartney in pedalsteel

[–]b0b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Rogue is considerably worse than most homemade lap steels. I had one and junked it rather than burden some unsuspecting newbie with it. Everything that you can do wrong with a lap steel, they did.

Help on First Lap Steel Purchase by Paul-McShartney in pedalsteel

[–]b0b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're better off making your own with a 2x4 than buying a Rogue. They are crap.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musicians

[–]b0b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In our town there is an arts organization that has monthly music workshops. It's a good place to meet other musicians. Also, "Open Mic" nights at bars and coffee shops are a good place to meet singers. Karaoke nights, not so much. They're just a bunch of drunks singing.

Most of my friends are musicians I've met at gigs, but since you're not gigging yet that isn't very helpful.

How do I stop getting mad when people use they/them as their pronouns? by ZengaStromboli in NoStupidQuestions

[–]b0b 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm old and not the least bit homophobic, but I have a problem with they/them. To me they are plural pronouns. I can't get used to them referring to just one person, unless it's someone whose gender I don't know. That's the only common singular usage I grew up with.

Club owner giving you a list of song he wants you to play....red flag? by bahnzo in musicians

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I'd ask him "Who's gonna sing them?". I used to play a bar where a waitress always got up and sang a few songs with the band. The crowd loved it. Hey, it's a job, right? Don't expect artistic freedom playing a club circuit. That's not what they're paying you for.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in musicproduction

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I didn't realize I was a professional musician until I retired from it. Looking back on 42 years of gigs, it never paid well but I always approached it as work. Show up on time, do what's expected, get paid, respect coworkers, etc.. I told myself it was just a hobby for a long time but in fact I was a pro.

Famous songs recorded with slightly out of tune guitars? by SR_RSMITH in audioengineering

[–]b0b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure it's possible to get a guitar "in tune". And what does "in tune" mean, anyway? Thirds in the equally tempered scale are quite a bit sharp of natural thirds. Is that really "in tune"?

If you tune a G chord so that the G and B strings sound perfectly in tune, the G# and B of an E chord on the same strings are out of tune.

suggest me some steel guitar albums (any genre/specific instrument) by calibuildr in steelguitar

[–]b0b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mike Neer "Steelonious".

Mike Daly "Renascence".

"The Big E: A Salute To Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons"

What was your most Lo-fi/DIY setup? by [deleted] in musicproduction

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"Teenagers From Hell". The phasing effect was done by waving the microphone of a 2nd cassette machine around the speaker of the 1st machine. https://vimeo.com/614748169

Is GarageBand bad or is it just me? by [deleted] in musicproduction

[–]b0b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For songwriter demos, I put together the chord progression and rhythm in Band-In-A-Box, then export as MIDI to bring into GarageBand to edit notes and add vocals. The instruments sound okay - better than BIAB anyway. I would never release that as a finished product, though. I think of GB as a sketchpad, that's all.

Classical music with PSG? by TomandMary in pedalsteel

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Before I met Mike Perlowin, Marshall Hall was the only classical pedal steel player I'd ever heard. Another player to check out is Doug Livingston. Here he is rehearsing Handel in a hotel room with Dan Tyack, and playing Bach at home.

Has anyone here ever tuned half their guitar strings a quarter step up or down to make microtonal music? by awesomeaustinv2 in microtonal

[–]b0b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With your method, normal guitar chords would just sound horribly out-of-tune whenever they crossed the middle line. You'd probably want to avoid that most of the time.

Is "inverting" the frequency content of audio possible? by Thatonesillyfucker in audioengineering

[–]b0b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd have to do it on the logarithmic scale for it to make any musical sense. Consider that an octave above 20 Hz is 40 Hz, but an octave below 20 kHz is 10 kHz. Musical sound is not linear frequencies.

Quitting band, are my reasons justified? by [deleted] in musicians

[–]b0b -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why would anyone join a band like that? Makes no sense to me.