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Topic: Pedals and Slants |
Paul M. Matthews
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Posted 16 May 2010 2:26 pm |
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What kind of Slants do us Lap Steel guys play for the various Pedals and Knee Levers used in Tabs for an E9 or C6 pedsl Steel as an example. I play a C6 8 string Lap Steel. It is tough enough when only 1 pedal or knee lever is use, but 2 of them...forget it!
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W. Van Horn
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Posted 4 Jun 2010 9:59 pm
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Paul -
Your basic A+B pedal sound can be achieved with a simple forward slant, depending on your tuning and what strings you're on. On E9 PSG, the typical A+B pedal action takes place on the G# string and the B beneath it. G# goes up a half step to A and the B goes up a full step to C#. Find a straight bar position that has the interval of a sixth, then do a forward slant, raising the low note a whole step and the high note a half step. Hope this helps. |
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Paul M. Matthews
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Posted 5 Jun 2010 8:40 am
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| Will Van Horn wrote: |
Paul -
Your basic A+B pedal sound can be achieved with a simple forward slant, depending on your tuning and what strings you're on. On E9 PSG, the typical A+B pedal action takes place on the G# string and the B beneath it. G# goes up a half step to A and the B goes up a full step to C#. Find a straight bar position that has the interval of a sixth, then do a forward slant, raising the low note a whole step and the high note a half step. Hope this helps. |
Will,
Thanks for the info...Please don't laugh at my upcoming dumb question OK? On my Lap Steel you say to take a straight bar w/a 6th interval (I got that part), make a "Forward Slant" by taking the low note up a WHOLE step and the top note up a HALF step (I don't get that part)
FORGIVE ME!
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Andy Sandoval
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Posted 5 Jun 2010 9:24 am
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| I think he meant reverse slant there. The top note would slant up one fret and the bottom note would slant up two frets makin it a reverse slant. |
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W. Van Horn
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Posted 5 Jun 2010 9:46 am
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| Thanks for the correction Andy - reverse is right. |
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Paul M. Matthews
From:
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Posted 5 Jun 2010 10:05 am
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| Andy Sandoval wrote: |
| I think he meant reverse slant there. The top note would slant up one fret and the bottom note would slant up two frets makin it a reverse slant. |
Andy,
That is exactly what I came up with, but I have been misunderstood too many times on the Forum before, so I didn't challenge it...I knda figured it was an oversight...No problem. Good to hear from you Andy.
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