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| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Learning to Pick | | Date: | Monday, May 21, 2007 18:46:16 (+0000) | | From: | reso-man <reso-man @.......net>
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Hey, St. Mike don't play flat! Is that one of them WIND UP "turntables" Tom?
Maybe it needs a couple of "cranks".....lol....u ol goat!
Running for cover
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From: Tom Foote <footet@evergreen.edu>
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> On May 20, 2007, at 4:12 PM, reso-man@comcast.net wrote:
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> > [snip...]
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> > I heartily recommend courses and instruction from QUALIFIED
> > instructors, tho, and as to showing anyone "how to play a lick",
> > it's my pleasure, but I keep Tom Foote's recent expression "do no
> > harm", borrowed from the medical profession, in mind.
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> Primum non nocere should be our battle cry... there are so
> many bad habits a guy can get into
> it's worth taking a lesson from somebody who knows for sure
> what to do and get straightened out
> and on the right path early. I did a reso workshop for a
> small regional festival here in WA back in
> April and showed a couple of guys how to pick block (thanks,
> Orville...) on a descending strings
> 1,2,3 in Am ... simple... not too complicated and it
> works... and the results are obvious immediately.
> try it and see... it's a quick way to demo for folks
> starting out why those ringing strings 1 & 2 need to be
> shut down so #3 can sound alone.
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> > Back to practicing scales for the upcoming Reso-Summit......hey
> > Betty, what's a Pentatonic scale anyways?
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> DANG!! Richie's practicing... I'd better get to work, or
> I'll be eating a lot crow instead of pulled pork barbecue
> in Nashville in November... : > )
> >
> Tom, who needs a new turntable, or else Mike is playing
> flat on Killing Me Softly... naw-www... : > ) it certainly
> is a challenge playing between the fret
> markers... sigh-h-hhhh
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