[musictlk] Tips on playing lap steel

[Robert Moore]

 Mike. 
I have never felt a slide steel so I am going out on a limb here so  excuse
me if this turns out to make no sence. 
One  idea I might have is that if your left thumbe is free, you could  mark
the threads tacktily  and ride your thumb along the neck to   gage where the
frets are until you get a feel for it and  develop the muscle memory to not
need that. Let me know if that is  workable. 

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Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2017 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [musictlk] Tips on playing lap steel

Hi Linda

Unfortunately, the strings on the lap are about an inch above the neck, so
you can't feel the frets.  Also, the frets are painted on and aren't hard
wire frets so you couldn't feel them if you wanted to

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> On Aug 2, 2017, at 11:37 AM, Linda Mentink via MusicTlk
<musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> I've never played a lap steel, but you might want to feel for the 
> frets with your fingers, as you would playing the
iano.  Practice will develop muscle memory in your fingers.
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Linda
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Jolls via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org
> To: "MusicTlk at nfbnet.org" <MusicTlk at nfbnet.org Date sent: Wed, 2 Aug 
> 2017 15:25:08 +0000
> Subject: [musictlk] Tips on playing lap steel
> 
> Does anybody have tips on playing a lap steel?  The problem I'm having is
that my bar hand is obstructing my sight of the fret and it's difficult to
get the exact tone on the fret that I want.  With my low vision it's hard to
see the fret and precisely position my hand.  Any suggestions?
> 
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