The Steel Guitar Forum

Thanks Jack. I'm glad you found us. Bummer that some are having trouble. Three new members joined us today.

Sorry to hear that. I moderate about 20 of these yahoo groups and subscribe to about 20 others.

I DON'T HAVE A MOBILE NUMBER!

PM me your email and I'll try to send you an invite.

Hmmm... the links work for me. Try:

https://groups.yahoo.com/

At the top of the page search for LapSteelGuitar

Ray

Steve has it pegged: What kind of music do you want to play? That is the most important question. Mike, you said, "primarily recommended tuning is C6". But, again... it depends on what YOU want to play. If you want to sound like Duane Allman or Elmore James then Open E or Open D is the way...

This is what you need:

http://www.hawaiiansteel.com/learning/gauges.php

Thank you kindly, Andy! I hope to make many more lap steel arrangements in the near future.

Rather than accepting this as a full arrangement, think of it as an “Etude in Sixths Harmony Using Strings 2 and 5 with Straight Bar and Forward Slants”. This is purely an exercise I made for myself for learning to play forward slants smoothly. I hope it will be useful to others who are learning...

Hey Kev, I thought you would have many responses by now. If you're looking for FREE and GOOD, I recommend the software "MusEdit". You can download the latest version from my Yahoogroup, MusEdit. Here is a sample of a recent tab I transcribed: http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=...

Stefan, thanks for your comments. I know it is limiting but 6 strings is what I have. Using 3-string grips and harmonized scales is giving me most of what I need to play in a chord melody style. Mr. Montee, I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say.... If I were 60 years younger, I might try som...

Well, I finished arranging this one. I posted it in the tablature section here:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopi ... 30#2212830

Let me know if you have any tips on how to make it better.

I'm open for suggestions for any ways to improve this arrangement.

Here is my first offering to what I hope will be a long series of FREE quality tabs for the six-string lap steel guitar tuned to either C6 and/or Open D/E. Whether you hate them or love them, “SLANTS” are an essential tool to playing harmonized melodies on a lap steel. “The First Noel” is ar...

Inspired by your suggestions and advice, I now feel confident to jump in the deep end and have a go at arranging one of my top 10 favorite songs. One of the members of my Yahoo Lap Steel group sent me a transcription of “Dream a Little Dream of Me”. After a little research, I found the original ...

Thanks John! I'll be waiting to hear from you. It's interesting that I found a 2 year post from you asking the same questions. And now, you are in a position to help someone else asking the same questions. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=223448&highlight= I have a feeling that wit...

Thanks for all the support in such a short time! Jim, I'm "almost" deaf and "almost" blind. I don't have an ear for music. I play several instruments in as many as six different tunings. I use an electronic tuner for each and every one. I learn from either piano sheet music or fa...

I am humbly seeking assistance in learning how to create solo arrangements for Lap Steel. Yeah, I’ve been told it’s NOT a “solo instrument”. And, I know there ain’t no four-string dominant 7th chords in C6th tuning, low to high: C-E-G-A-C-E. But, there are a few members here who are explod...

Mary Flower also has a new DVD, "Lap Slide Blues for the Solo Player, Hone Your Skills in Open D". It is along the same lines of Orville Johnson and Brozman.

Most of the instructional materials are catered to a certain "sound" or style of music. Who do YOU want to sound like? I suggested the inexpensive Elmore James DVD because that is exactly what I want to sound like in Open D/E tuning. But, maybe some other player rings your bell. For instan...

Here is a link to David Hamburger's Slide Shop on Truefire:

http://truefire.com/blues-guitar-lesson ... lide-shop/

Please be advised that Mark Vanallen's course is AUDIO only. There is no video or tab.

"Play Elmore James" by Max Milligan!

Hat’s off to Michael James! In late 2008 I began to study lap steel, mostly in Open D/E tuning. In early 2009 I was so enthused that I started up a yahoo group for Lap Steel Guitar. Like many others before me I got lost in the abyss of trying to create the perfect tuning for the things I wanted to...

Group member Roy Thomson has graciously granted me permission to share two of his commercial tabs and mp3s for “Crazy” and “Last Date” to the members of LapSteelGuitar. Both of these are in my top-ten favorite songs. How about you? “Crazy” was made famous by Patsy Cline. “Last Date” ...

Thanks gents. I did all that. My set of John Pearse strings came with an unwound 4th string (.024). I sure don't like the sound of that!

My 22-3/4" scale length was set at the factory at 23". But, thanks to you two, I know exactly how to adjust it now.

Thank you Brian! Those are good ideas. I will use that.
I have created a two foot long fretboard diagram for C6 tuning to hang on my wall. I did this as an aid to help me in arranging tunes for my lap steel.

I can visualize your idea immediately on paper.

Thank you. You saved the day for me!