The Steel Guitar Forum

Thanks, I guess I'll stick to the modified "G" I have now (EGBGBD) or retune back to standard. I can still use a steel, I just didn't want to have to learn 2 different versions of the fretboard.

Ive just changed the strings on my Sx 3 to CEGACE(C6) and I am loving the sound! So much so that I am giving up on learning the 1 finger barre method for my small acoustic. It's a classical so The action is high enough to play with a tone bar but since it's a classical I guess a lap steel strings ar...

Thanks Fred. I didn't mean to imply that it is easy. Yeah I could stumble along and play each note and with practice someone might recognize the song but I don't kid myself. At 78 I don't have enough time left to be anywhere near that good. Answering my many questions, some people have mentioned the...

Thanks, Bill Troy might be an option but I was thinking of online college courses with text books. Those spreadsheet charts look good. I take it you have a 10 string LS? I just had another major epiphany! I was just wathing this guy, Doug something or other playing "Send Me the Pillow That You ...

Thanks, Bill. I played around a little with John Ely's Chord Locator a bit. Looks like it will be some work to do before I get it as readable as the chart above, if I ever do. I couldn't find any other tunings like the one laid out like the one above so the method must not be consistent with other t...

Thanks Fred. I understand now why it's called a C6 tuning! Tell me though, Can I make my own charts like this for other open tunings and calculate the minors, 7ths and other chords, or do I need a masters in music to attempt it? I'm pretty comfortable with math and some music theory. Where would I l...

Thanks, Allen for the quick reply. I'm glad to know that I was correct. I do remember some music theory. I took violin lessons when I was young and some organ lessons when I was a young man so Major, minor 7th, augmented and diminished, are not strangers, although I still need to learn a lot. It see...

I found this chart on YT for C6 Tuning and was wondering how to read it. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2020-03/20385_C6_Tuning_Chords_1.jpg The main image is the guitar tuned to c6. [1] there are three sets of chords: Major, Minor and 7th. [2] Up above the strings are two areas. Major with ...

OK Gotcha! Thanks. I was intending to order a C6 set from Amazon anyway, just wanted to try it out first. Don't want to ruin my LS though. I've never changed strings in a guitar before, I'm just a little nervous. Do you think my local store would be able to change the strings on a lap steel? I know ...

Nic are you saying that I CAN retune the Open G strings that came with my SX 3 to C6?

Hi!
The strings that came with my SX 3 LS were for Open G. Can I retune to Open C6 without fear of breakage?
Thanks,
Paul

Thanks Dom! I am indeed looking forward to learning or re-learning a good bit of music theory. I am already remembering some of it. It's great fun!

Thank you and the rest for helping!
Paul

Hi! Thanks Nic for replying. I don't have a band, I'm just a 78 year old looking to playing an instrument. I chose steel and lap steel guitar because of arthritis in my left hand. I could slant the bar; I had heard about that too somewhere, I forgot where. Do you know about a chart or diagram somewh...

Hello!
Can you play minor chords on steel guitar? If so where can I find chord charts for them or maybe what phrase do I search on?
Thanks,
Paul

Thanks Richard. I'm a noobie and not real clear on what 3rd and 5th are. I think it means the 3rd or the 5th note up or down from the root? So what do you think? Am I right about the chords relationship to open tuning?

Thanks Brooks, but the image is too small for me to see clearly, but I had an epiphany since I created the post. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't an open tuning just tuning to a chord where when played open gives you that chord and then subsequent chords are made by the steel on the frets from 1 t...

I've retuned an old classic guitar to open D and I need a Chart or diagram showing all the chords but I can't seem to find one on the internet can someone give me a link and/or advice?
Thanks,
Paul

I played around with my classic guitar with a steel until my LS arrived. It worked, even on the three nylon strings! Being acoustic you won't get no auditorium volume though. Since the nylon strings worked, I bet a steel on nylon strung ukulele would also. I wish I had a Uke to try it on though. Tha...

Here is a little video I did to solve your problem, https://www.facebook.com/bill.mccloskey.54/videos/117341556905921 Thanks Bill I'll Try that link. Sometimes a stainless steel bar when used with stainless steel strings will do this. Thanks Greg, I don't know what the strings are made of but the b...

I am having problems with my my Lap steel SX3. I don't have an amp yet but when I use my steel, an Alnicov, I can hear the tone bar scraping across the strings. I have Open G strings tuned to Open E. These are the strings that came with it. Is it the quality of the strings, is it that the strings ar...

Thanks, Allen. Sorry I didn't see your comment till I posted my last one. That is exactly what I was looking for! Now I don't have to finish figuring out the Open E tuning! Am I correct in thinking that anytime there is a repeated pitch like "E" in a tuning it will be an octave above the l...

Thanks for all the info! While I didn't get a direct answer for my question about what octave the notes for the different tunings were in, I was able to figure it out by listening to the pitch for the different strings and comparing those to my keyboard. That gave me the number of the octave they we...

Hi! I'm new to the forum and to lap steel. I recently bought an SX LAP 3 in order to learn how to play. I have no experience with Lap steel but I have a little music theory and a little piano. I don't understand how to tune my Lap 3. My LAP tree arrived with a ll the strings loose and if I over tigh...