Cherokee - Lap Steel Guitar Practice

[sabatica]

So this song is great as it has lots of room for different voicings but can be quite problematic because you have lots of room for LOTS of different voicings and they all work. So I was mixing and matching and haven’t settled on some yet just having fun.

https://ilapsteel.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/cherokee-lap-steel-guitar-practice/

Keep Steelin'

[Uncle Roy]

Such a great song to work with.
Thanks for posting pity no response from other lap players yet.

[sabatica]

Hmm... not sure ...maybe no one is online or likes it.

Took a lot of study but I'm learning different voicings so now I can approach it in different keys and chord melodies. Hell of a lot of work but hey I have my own end goal so I have to be patient.

Decided I want to be bale to play any song from a basic jazz sheet plus improv as good or better as some of the pedal legends without pedals. Insane but I'm going to give it my best shot.

Cheers to the years of practice ahead.

[Tony Russell Davis]

Sorry Stefan, I didn't pick up on the original post, but now I've listened I am impressed by your ability to pick out the inversions and, particularly, the accuracy of intonation. It's not easy to move up/down several frets and hit the fret(s) bang on. Even more tricky when a slant is involved.
Good job, best wishes Tony.
PS have you posted your tuning somewhere; if not - would you do that please? T.

[Danny Mitchell]

I, too, missed this.

Excellent

Really enjoyed the chord work. Also, that's a great, informative site you've put together. Resource to the max!

Good luck with your journey of discovery It sounds like you will be going deep.

Thanks for posting

[Tony Russell Davis]

PS have you posted your tuning somewhere; if not - would you do that please? T.

Found it. Ta, Tony.

[sabatica]

Hey guys. Huge Thanks. Much appreciated.

Yeah its tons of study but I'm enjoying the Theory side. Due to the nature of who I am I need to know how and why things work.

So I learn more through self study than just copying a record. Strange for some but works for me.

Also once you learn the why you can mix it up cause the principle can apply to other songs.

For example I used common guitar voicings 7th comping in between the melody.

And a cool trick I learned in building Chord Scales and then pedal moves from a Drop 2 Major voicing to #5. I use it in Body and Soul, Cherokee, Take me out to the Ball game etc.

As for hitting bang on I am inspired by the clean articulation of Doug Jernigan and he doesn't use Vibrato unless its needed intentionally.

I see Vibrato like a vocalist. In the 20's to 40's singers used it on every note and phrase. They couldn't hold a straight note due to its overuse so it loses its subtlety and intensity. Now modern days a singer who can't hold a straight note usually gets vocal lessons and then when they belt out a big note or express soft yearning will they use vibrato.

So that's my goal to use it not overuse it.

Clean playing like Jernigan and then vibrato when needed feels like the approach I want to use.

[sabatica]

My tuning for those that are wondering:

https://ilapsteel.wordpress.com/the-bebop-tuning/