I can send you one along with instructions for $10.00.
Overseas $12.00

I take paypal or checks.

Send me an E mail if you want to pay by Paypal and I'll send you a money request.

Bob Hoffnar
136 Coffey st
Brooklyn, NY
11231

thanks, Bob

[This message was edited by Bob Hoffnar on 13 December 2005 at 07:50 PM.]

Just so you guys know this is not a way to learn how to play in just intonation, play fast or crafty. Its just a way to learn how to focus your hearing so you can play in tune along to whatever gets tossed at you.

Bob

[This message was edited by Bob Hoffnar on 20 July 2004 at 01:27 PM.]

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Bob that is great man;
I understand it perfectly and would be very excited to practice it(If I
didn't already that is..ha.).
Unfortunately Most Steel players haven't a clue on this technique in
hearing intonation as none of the major teachers ie:
Emmons;Franklin;Wallace;Newman..etc. teach this; so it is not the norm and
you know how folks stay away from the norm..ha.
But you and I know the MAJOR importance of this and the EXTREAME
improvement it has given us; as it was passed along to me from Gary
Carpenter and you and I both know Carp plays more in tune than possibly
anyone we've ever heard..ha...
I was very fortunate that Carp helped me with this Technique and I hope that
many others will take on your challenge/teaching aid to further their
technique.
Good luck my Brother and folks may not realize right now, that what your
offering is the MOST important advancement of improving their playing the
Steel Guitar.

Bob you can quote me on any or all of this if you like.

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Thanks Ricky !

Its a way to train your ears to hear into the tonal center of what you are playing along with and then adjust to on the fly.

The droning chords are great because you can easily hear how each note in the scale can be in tune or out of tune if you play slowly enough and learn how to listen. Its like being able to tune with harmonics (you know that beating sound that gets slower the closer to pitch you get) to every note in a scale.

Bob

[This message was edited by Bob Hoffnar on 27 July 2004 at 04:34 AM.]

I'll have to come over and check it out for myself this weekend. Too bad I already have perfect pitch.
Does that mean I can stand up in a canoe without falling over?

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Info for musicians, transcribers, technique tips and fun stuff.

Thanks Bob, for not keeping this one under your hat.

Thanks for the feedback guys. Keep it coming.

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Bob,

I just thought I would drop you a line and let you
know that I'm finding the drone CD not only helpful for intonation
purposes,
but also just fun for practice. It's nice to have accompaniment to jam
along to and work out ideas with that isn't too complicated.

Thanks for taking the time to do this.

Jeff Smith
Angola, IN

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Thanks Jeff !

I have plenty of them left if anybody wants me to ship them one before the convention.

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Hi Bob,

The cd turned up yesterday, many thanks.

My initial thoughts after an hour or so of practice with the cd are that it really tunes your ears in and makes you listen a lot harder. Obviously as you're less concerned with what you're playing (ie. not trying anything too
clever) it gives you a chance almost to sit back and listen to yourself.This is obviously great for intonation but also, I found, for tone.

When I first started playing steel about 4 years ago I was lucky enough to have a couple of lessons with BJ Cole. He basically said that it doesn't matter what you play if the
tone isn't up to scratch. A simple phrase played with good tone is better than a series of great licks with no tone. I found that your cd is the perfect tool for just sitting down and playing slow, simple phrases and concentrating
purely on 2 things

a) Am I in tune?

and

b) Do I sound good?

I also imagine it'll be a great resource for playing more 'ambient' and
improvisatory stuff to as well.

Many thanks, definitely worth every cent.

Matt

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Thanks Matt !

Gary Carpenter in Ft Worth,TX just ordered a stack of them for his students. Any of you guys in the metroplex area can take a lesson from one of the greatest players and teachers ever and see if the drone thing would help your playing.

Also thanks to all you pickers that are checking out the intonation CD ! I hope its turning out to be helpful.

Never noticed before as I've mostly been using the single tones not the chords, but the cd you sent me has tracks 12 & 13 swapped (ie the A mag7 and Bmin7 are the opposite way round from where they are on the track listing). Doesn't matter as it's fairly obvious straight away but you might want to re-do the covers for any new ones you do.

I'm finding the cd really useful as I find I naturally play scales etc slower when I practice to the drones so both my pitch & accuracy of picking are slowly improving.