Country Bends & Volume Swells. Pedal steel sounds for lead guitarists. Triads & double stops lesson.
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2024
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"Faux steel bends" as they're also known, are an important skill to have in your arsenal of tricks as a lead guitarist. Not only can they provide you with an endless supply of snappy, twangy country licks, but they can also be used in a much more ambient, layered soundscape type of a way to add ethereal beauty to your playing.
Volume swells are seen as something of a "dark art", but like anything, spend some time getting these movements into your muscle memory and before long you'll find yourself 'violin-ing" left, right and centre! ;)
Aside from all of that, this is a good lesson for exploring triads and double stops too!
(Lesson materials will also include my backing track)
And as always, stick around til the end for gear talk and recommended listening 👌🏻
⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
00:00 - Performance
00:35 - Introduction
01:14 - Learn the changes
02:02 - Solo breakdown (without volume swells)
02:40 - CAGED thinking
04:03 - Patreon & Lesson materials
08:52 - Double stop vibrato & bending within chords
09:02 - Louis Skillz
09:27 - C7 chord bend
10:27 - Common country bend
11:19 - Gospel move ii-I
12:06 - The Campilongo lick
13:16 - Advanced Bending; two strings to different heights!
Technique & Tone;
15:04 - Volume swells
18:46 - Metronome play through with swells
20:03 - Hands vs Pedal
20:26 - Tone talk; important tele tips!
22:37 - Recommended listening
23:02 - Sign-off
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Gear used in this video;
Nachocaster #5485 telecaster
Lazy J20 amplifier
Strymon Flint (reverb pedal)
Universal Audio OX - amp top box
Universal Audio Apollo Twin X
Logic Pro
Universal Audio plugins
Sony ZVE-10 camera
Neewer Desktop Tripod
Final Cut Pro
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Alex
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Awesome!
Ah thanks Jeff, much appreciate mate 🙏🏻🧡
Bringing the goods once again, along with some great cat footage. Who could want anything more? And then you have Jeff McErlain commenting on your channel. You are on a roll!
Haha thanks buddy, yeah it's hard to argue with that! 🙏🏻
Hard to describe just how excited I am about this one! I live for dreamy ambient and dreamy pedal steel sounds and yet am not that good at them. I don't think I can join you during the premiere but will watch later ... already bought the lesson materials. :)
Oh man, that’s too cool! Thank you! This will be the first of a handful of these “ambient pedal steel” type of videos.. the next one will be much more soundscape-y too 🌊
I am on vacation in Barbados with my wife for our 25th wedding anniversary. It is seriously beautiful here but I am REALLY missing my Tele right now!😊 Thanks Alex!!
Ah man, that sounds amazing! Congrats on your 25th anniversary my friend! That tele will be waiting patiently for you when you get back 😉
i have so totally been there brother. i have an old original newburg, ny, built by ned, Steinberger i bought used back in the late 80’s as a travel guitar back when i was flying around on business but trying to practice in hotel rooms in between shit meetings…i also had that little Zoom amp/effects box that i ran my Sony discman into to jam along with stuff. so I had the Steinberger, which had a really great gig bag that it came with (those are actually really rare and hard to find now) mine is falling apart, but it had a really big accessory pouch in the front so I put the Zoom in there with my cables and then I always had headphones that I flew with to listen to music so i was set for “monitors”
man that got me through a lot of missing my tele moments and it got me a lot of trouble going on vacation with two different wives lol
Your guitar is your second wife. I know the feeling. Enjoy the break from your second wife and enjoy your first wife.
Wow! Another incredible lesson. Alex has quickly become my favorite lesson channel on youtube. Amazing mastery of wildly different styles.
Very kind of you to say!.. thank you my friend 🙏🏻
That Nachocaster is So sweet sounding.
Thanks buddy, glad you like it!
Super cool lesson Alex! Righteous tone as always. You are a excellent teacher! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much buddy!
Sweet ... Awesome video... thanks... I missed the premiere but hope to catch the next one!
Thanks Chris, glad you enjoyed it. Hope you’re doing well buddy 🙏🏻
I'm not that much into country, but this is beautiful.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🏻🧡
My favorite you tube teacher strikes again.. Man you always deliver! Thank you brother!
Ah thanks buddy, I really appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed the lesson! 🙏🏻
been stretching my hands getting ready for this one.
Nice one Tony! Hope you enjoy it!
Beautiful playing as always 🎸👍 absolutely love these pedal steel sounds, best to you brother!
Thanks mate, always appreciate your comments 🙏🏻 Glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful guitar and gorgeous wee cat 🥰
😸 thanks mate!
Very beautiful solo composition Alex and awesome lesson, thanks a lot! Have good weekend!
Thank you Rafa, I appreciate that 🙏🏻
Awesome Thankyou ❤❤❤
You’re welcome! Thanks for the comment 🙏🏻
Just discovered your channel - beautiful sounds with the bending - love it - I shall be trying my best to play it, big thanks
You’re welcome buddy! Thanks for the comment 🙏🏻
your lessons are some of the best on youtube, thanks for sharing
Thanks buddy, I really appreciate that! 🙏🏻
beautiful stuff as usual alex. jim’s great. met him at a bar in midtown ny one day where was doing a brunch gig. i just went in to use the restroom while on a walkabout and immediately recognized him from my days in SF seeing him at this cool jazz/smericana/gypsy club he used to hold court at with his band “the ten gallon cats”
i chatted w him for a bit while he was waiting to go back to the bandstand-super nice guy. around that same time I met Adam Levy in similar circumstances sitting at an outdoor café I think on 10th Ave. he saw me reading a guitar player magazine. I think he was either the editor for one year at that time or he was definitely one of the contributors and he came up and started chatting with me about guitar-also really super nice guy. i’ve watched recent interviews with Adam and it occurred to me. I think he was literally on his way to that Norah Jones gig when I bumped into him because he was super hyped up super excited and that’s not really his personality and he mentioned he was going to a really cool gig and he just moved back to New York to do it so that’s the story I’m going with!
It’s cool how guitar brings people together.
That’s super cool mate, lovely memories! You’re so right, guitar and music really brings people together. My life has been shaped by it in every possible sense and I’m extremely grateful for that 🙏🏻🧡
I was Chris de Burgh’s guitarist for about 11 yrs … thought I knew it all lol .. 😂 I’ve always tried to mimic a pedal steel but never had anyone show me … just sorta invented my own style …. Thanks for showing me your interpretation… it’s beautiful mate ❤
Wow that’s awesome! Kudos to getting a solid gig like that! 👌🏻
Thanks for the kind words mate, I really appreciate it 🙏🏻
Amazing
Thanks mate, glad you liked it!
Bring it.
Do it! 💪🏼
Those volume swells 🔥🔥🔥
The shortcut to angelic tone 😇👌🏻
Incredible…hard work pays off!! 🤍
Thanks buddy, you're so right! 👌🏻
Great playing mate … thank you for taking the time to make it easier to learn..
Great lesson!
Cheers mate, glad you found it useful! thanks for commenting 🙏🏻
@@AlexFarranGuitar I've been liking your lesson video pace and delivery on other vids too, best to ya!
Great stuff and greetings from Nashville! 💪🎸
Cheers buddy! 🙏🏻🍻
Perfect timing
Hope you enjoy the lesson!
Great stuff! Best explanation I've seen for this elusive technique. Inspired to work at those swells...
Thanks mate, I’m glad you found it useful!
That's some incredibly tasty playing in the intro!
Thanks buddy! 🙏🏻
Speedy West! Vance Terry!!!
Preach! 🙏🏻😎
Good stuff as usual
Thanks mate! 🙏🏻
gorgeous tone, great work, project for the week, thanks.
Thanks buddy, glad you liked it! Nice profile pic btw.. I have that record 👌🏻😎
great...great
Thank you!
Fantastic- again thank you !
My pleasure! Thanks for the comment 🙏🏻
So as a starter you'd prefer an audio taper pot? I believe linear taper the volume change is bunched at the end of the sweep?
What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend Alex also happy Saturday also today is my friends birthday ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you buddy, really glad you enjoyed it! Happy Birthday to your friend! 🙏🏻🧡🍻
These are really beautiful, and you have a brilliant command of them. Great dissection, but my head is spinning…
I have to dig into my Triads, get beyond the major/minor, and learn my seventh chords. Adding those tones to lead playing, keeps coming up, and I struggle to know where they are? Let alone, bending into them 😊
That Telecaster is perfect.
You can do it buddy!.. just take it slow and be thorough as you map out your triads. Really put them to use right away or the knowledge will just vanish after a few days 👍🏻
It does not get any tastier than this folks…well not until next lesson that is.
Ah thank you Gert.. always great to see you here 🍻
Do you use 9 or 10g strings?
Love the atmosphere
Hey dude, I go through all the gear near the end of the video, but in short, I use 10-46 👍🏻
Poor cats .;; he’s hungry ! No food … just guitar’s and amps 😂😂! What is his name ? I Hope he like country music and telecaster sound 😅 fadind volume sound like cats cry …excellent to talking with the cat … enjoy Alex … thank’s for the vidéo 😉
Haha his name is Louis, and he already eats too much 😂 He’s a good boy though, 16 years old now and still going strong.. seems to favour telecasters and Django for sure 😂👌🏻
So Long Life for Louis …take care at this cats with good croquettes 😂 and good telecaster sound too of course 😉😅
@@antoinenioi6863 haha great advice my friend! 😆
Kitty made an appearance! 😸
Hey Alex, really enjoyed the lesson! Never thought I could make my tele sound quite like my good friend's pedal steel until I saw this. I did have a question for you, if you will indulge me... How do you feel about using a volume pedal instead of the volume knob on the guitar for the swells? I have been trying the knob method, but struggling mightily. Is there anything that makes you think using a pedal could go awry? Cheers, keep up the great work.
Thanks for the kind words mate, glad you enjoyed the lesson. Do make sure to watch til the end where I do in fact talk about the very thing you asked! 😉
@@AlexFarranGuitar Aw dang. Always watch to the end of the video!!! 😂
Well, after watching your comment: I'm going to have a go with the pedal.
okay Josh, that's fair enough.. like I say, the pedal is fine for longer, slower playing but massively lacks the speed, precision and imediacy you get from using your hands. Also, I hate having to "need" more gear just to do a particular technique.. I want to get as much out of my bare hands as possible!.. the tele was designed with that very ethos.
Understand completely, and I appreciate you taking the time to debate this minor quibble with me!