| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Palm Blocking | | Date: | Thursday, August 24, 2006 22:31:35 (EDT) | | From: | KCSteelPlayer <KCSteelPlayer @...com>
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In a message dated 8/24/2006 8:57:54 PM Central Daylight Time,
laruepork@netzero.com writes:
> Is it a similar effect of dampening strings while you strike the strings
> with yer left hand, bar
> muting as another way of saying it, using left hand techniques to mute
> strings, etc.?
>
> Only, yer using right hand, and the palm, to mute whilst striking strings?
>
The simplest way to describe it is to use the side of your hand (the one
that's towards the coverplate strap) to mute the notes before you strike the
next
one.
When reading about it in the various steel guitar instruction manuals, it
perplexed me, but a lesson from St Mike removed the mystery: you just let the
meat of your hand drop onto the strings before you lift your hand for the next
note. The key lies in lifting your hand no more than necessary to feel
comfortable picking and dropping your hand no more than necessary to cut off the
notes. Just like everything else the pros do, the key is "economy of motion."
Try
to make it look effortless, like you're barely moving, rather than making it
look like you're struggling to get your hands to get the job done.
Lane
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