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Hi lapsteelers, no tabbing in C6 this time! Last winter I bought myself an expensive Duesenberg multibender, and installed it on another cheap HB/Rogue lapsteel. :wink: C6 is fine, but these "moving" chords of pedal steels feel like another dimension, and I wanted to see what's possible wi...

Hi lapsteelers, here's a simple, sad song with a beautiful melody, that Neil Young wrote and sang on the album After the Goldrush in 1970. I have it on my list for a long time, and now finally I did it. It fits so well in the C6 tuning. My YouTube-clip is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwwqKN...

Hi lapsteelers, I recently saw a topic from 2009 about the original Hank Williams recording of this song. Jerry Byrd plays a real modest part, but you can hear he's in C6. I've tried to write out his sections in a tab. So there's 4 parts: - the intro - the solo (in which there's an edit at 1:12, I d...

Hi lapsteelers, here's another "something else" tune for lapsteel ... Leroy Anderson of course wrote The Typewriter (no way :wink: ), but also this relaxed and almost funny melody. I brought the tempo a bit down, to keep it playable. And again, C6 is surprising me with some nice 3-note sla...

Hi lapsteelers, member Neville Robinson asked me if I could tab the Deer Hunter theme, so that he could surprise his wife and celebrate they're married more than 50 years now! :D I guess, there are more people willing to play this one, so here it is. It's officially called "Cavatina" and c...

Hi Mark, I suppose in the meantime you've learned to play C6 too ? :) When you're used to open tunings the " 6th " can be an obstacle in the beginning. But the combinations and slants of C6 are great ! By the way, I did If I Fell a few years ago, so I'll add that song too in my mail. Good ...

Thanks John!

Hi lapsteelers, Beatles again, and this time it's Michelle by Paul McCartney, another favorite of mine (and we named our first daughter after this song). It took a lot of time and choices to get the arrangement ready, but again it shows: it's possible in C6 ! :D It's a delicat song to work on, the t...

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, and a happy New Year,
and if you missed this one from three years ago: enjoy playing!
Bert

Hi lapsteelers, At first a regular quiet song for me from my youth ... Here in Europe it was another hitsingle by Cliff Richard in 1962. But I just recently heard the original by Peggy Lee singing words by Don Raye. And then I found out the song appears to be much older. It was written as "Go '...

Hi lapsteelers, One for the quiet moments... (even the dog likes it :wink: ) In the seventies I bought the Aftertones album by Janis Ian. It starts with an amazing titlesong, but it ends with an almost a cappella sung Hymn. With the feel of a gospel, fitting nicely on the C6 lapsteel, so I made a ta...

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Hi lapsteelers, Another fine melody I learned from the radio long time ago, and I guess it must have been the Percy Faith orchestra! :wink: The french composer Georges Auric wrote it as "Le Long de la Seine" (along the river Seine, Paris). It's not hard to play, some tricky notes in the br...

Thanks Chuck!

Hi lapsteelers, Beatles again, from their album Revolver. It is said that the british Beatles had a feeling of being in competition with the american Beach Boys. The vocals in this song probably fit with this idea ! :wink: I realize many of my tabs are a sort of solo like written out guitar pieces, ...

Nice country song theme, Gary !

Thanks Chuck ! And what a surprise act is this !?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hWHLLpce5I

Hi Gary, my timeline is about the same as you both :wink: And I'm still discovering things in C6 as my basic tuning. If you think of expanding, I have bought an 8-string SX, mostly to give me a 5th on top of the C6. The upper strings then are C-E-G (a major triad) Since that means a high G on top, m...

Hi lapsteelers, It's been a while, but here's a new tab. Sometimes life is more than just music. :wink: I heard Johnny Cash doing this song in his American Recordings produced by Rick Rubin, and it stuck in my mind. The original composer and poet is Rod McKuen, who wrote it for a Frank Sinatra album...

Thank you, guys! And back to work!

I like challenges like this, Eddie ! It took a few concentrated hours, and there you are. :roll: This is a great 3-chord song for beginners, and I'm sure more people will be pleased with this one. I made a rather simple tab to "play along with the band", without any slants! :D It shows aga...

You're welcome, Carol!

Hi lapsteelers, Member Barbara Berg asked me if I could do a tab of John Lennons Imagine . In a world that went from covid to war this song is a real Hymn for Peace. I don't think Mister Putin ever hummed it . . . :\ Hopefully he will come to his senses soon. This agression is inhumane! :cry: I tabb...

Hi lapsteelers, Back to the very early Beatles with this straightforward Paul McCartney composition. Some nice slants, some octave playing, the " as I write this letter " part easy the first time, and somewhat advanced the 2nd and 3rd time. So ... something to work on ! :D My version on Yo...

Hi lapsteelers, I had to do something with my time, now that we're in a new lockdown here in Holland. Omikron this time. :\ I made a little medley with Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer and Winter Wonderland. Not too hard to play. And the clip shows the tablature while playing, fine to practice on. It's...