Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: beet1e on July 16, 2002, 03:21:40 AM
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I have minimal knowledge about C&W music, but have recently acquired a Sheryl Crow CD – Tuesday Night Music Club. In ”All I Wanna do...”, the backing music is, I believe, provided by steel guitars. I’m interested to know how they work, and how the sound is produced. It doesn’t sound as if the strings of the instrument are being plucked. I find it an interesting and pleasing sound. :) I’m hopeful that some of you good ol’ southern boys will be able to help me out here.
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Search some music from Dick Dale.... :)
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Hi beet1e,
It's called a pedal steel guitar and is played sitting down with a slide in the left hand and fingerpicks. The pedals are for individually bending the notes of each string(usually 10...sometimes 12 or double necked 20) kind of like a super articulated whammy bar on a typical electric guitar. They are a staple of Country music but are often heard in mainstream music as well. They are extremely difficult to play well...like most instruments I guess. Very distinctive sound and the muted attack and pedal-actuated bends are why it doesn't sound "plucked" even though they are. Hope this helps.
kbman
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kbman - excellent! Thanks for that, which was exactly what I wanted to know. So this model in the photo is a double necked 20 string?
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Yup...and I ain't no good ol' southern boy neither...glad I could help. ;)
kbman
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kbman
Yup...and I ain't no good ol' southern boy neither
LOL! :):):)
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(Insert the sound of plucking Banjo's and calls for viddles with crawdads here)
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