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Kay Das Member From: Singapore and Irvine CA |
posted 15 November 2006 02:37 PM
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For me, they are both very beautiful instruments, each with their own "difficulties" or "easinesses" in learning, depending on which way you look at it (is the bottle half empty or half full?). Playing non-pedal steel is a bit like driving a stick shift(manual)car....better techniques required for "handling" the "curves" on the "road", more faithful at emulating the human voice, demanding more of "horizontal" dynamics along the fretboard. 6 to 8 strings per neck. Playing pedal steel is more like driving an automatic...fluid transmission...(now where is that gas pedal?) ....is better in traffic...more facility in handling chords and subtly fluid chord changes and demanding of more vertical dynamics across the strings.10 to 14 strings per neck. Complementary instruments. And their combination may lead to innovation, maybe the next step in the evolution of steel guitar? ------------------ |
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