The British Steelies Society

Just had a request from a member requesting any instruction on pick blocking. Any Ideas please?

to learn & perfect my pick blocking i practice a major scale in a cycle of 4ths : that way i play in all keys
Videos:
http://sd-2.archive-host.com/membres/vi ... _VIDEO.avi

http://sd-2.archive-host.com/membres/vi ... e_DO_2.AVI
TAB
http://sd-2.archive-host.com/membres/up ... tab703.pdf

i also practice the same scale in triplets
& also play the major scale through it's 7 degrees up to root at the octave ( up & down)
1°---C ( Ionien) maj7
1
2----------------------------------8
3
4---------------------------------------8
5------------------------8---8A
6-------------8---8B
7--------8
8---8

2°---D ( Dorien ) mineur7
1--------------------------------------8
2-----------------------------8
3
4----------------------------------8
5-------------------8---8A
6--------8---8B
7---8

3°---E ( Phrygien ) mineur7
1--------------------------------------8
2----------------------------8
3-------------------------------------------8
4---------------------------------8
5----------------8----8A
6---8----8B

4°---F ( Lydien ) maj7
1---------------------------------8
2---------------------8
3----------------------------------------8---8B
4---------------------------8
5---------8----8A
6---8B

5°---G ( Mixolydien ) 7 dominant
1
2----------------------------------------------15D
3
4------------------------------------------------------15
5--------------------------------15----15A
6----------------15----15B
7---------15
8---15

6°---A ( Aéolien ) mineur7
1----------------------------------------------------------15
2-----------------------------------------15D
3
4--------------------------------------------------15
5--------------------------15----15A
6----------15----15B
7---15

7° ---B ( Locrien ) mineur b5
1-------------------------------------------------15
2---------------------------------15D
3----------------------------------------------------------15
4------------------------------------------15
5------------------15----15A
6---15----15B

1°---C ( Ionien) maj7

1----------------------------------------15
2-------------------------15D
3-----------------------------------------------15----15B
4----------------------------------15
5------------15---15A
6---15B
not the best example but you can get an idea :
http://www.youtube.com/user/SteelGuitarFrance?feature=mhum#p/u/27/J33EfWkILTk

Micky Adams has some exercises on YouTube