| Subject: | [RESOGUIT-L] Re: Gene Wooten Lick from Dobro Rhumba | | Date: | Thursday, June 21, 2007 15:14:03 (-0400) | | From: | Eugene <U14 @....org>
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| In reply to: | Message 6933 (written by don.hergert) |
Playing the right way is at most: subjective.
I could argue that the only right way to do slants is with a chain-saw; however
via email this argument would not be as humorous as making this argument
in-person. In-person the various gestures and poorly done accents would
contribute to the whole effect of this argument.
The right way for me to do reverse slants is to not do them at all because of a
wrist problem which I have. However holding the bar quasi-diagonally between my
thumb and one of my fingers is the technique which I can get away with doing most
of the time. This technique also leaves my pinky free to mute the strings behind
the bar.
I subscribe to a philosophy that contends that learning a variety of techniques
to perform a given task is usually a good option. This allows one to call-upon
and invoke whatever technique works best for you at any given point in time.
I also subscribe to a philosophy which contends that engaging in dialogue and
asking questions is typically far more educational than simply decreeing to
someone that my way is the best way. I am very glad to be reading this thread
and have someone that is willing to step up and promote dialogue.
Regards
-- Eugene
At 6/21/2007 05:41 AM, you wrote:
>Many thanks to you all for responding. I'll push on with the finger flips, they work for me and I can do them naturally and fast. I just need to work on intonation and muting more, that'll come with time. If I continued trying the wrist flips I would probably just quit trying to do slants altogether, and I don't want to do that.
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>This question came from the Huck Finn festival where I had a guy at a jam tell me that I was doing it all wrong, that you had to hold the bar with the index finger over the top and that wrist flips were the "only right way" to do slants. I know him from other jams and he is a somewhat respected and accomplished musician, but the squareneck is not his primary instrument so I wanted to hear more about this from people who specialize in it...
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>I appreciate hearing the other side of this coin, here, where the real experience is. Thanks again!
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>Best,
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>-- Don
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