tunings
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Clayton Pashka
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tunings
I mostly play rock and blues with some country influence and have just been playing in open e since I am a newbie to the lap steel. Can c6 be used effectively for those styles of music? I like the idea of getting the range of chords but can you still pull off blues and rock licks on it? are there any other good tuning suggestions?
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Stephen Abruzzo
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Another good tuning for rock/blues would be Low Bass Open G (low-to-hi; D-G-D-G-B-D).
As to C6 for rock/blues.....yes it can be used for that. Forumite Josh Cho has a YouTube video up somewhere that demonstrates him doing some Allman Bros stuff. George Piburn has something too that rocked out pretty good.
I don't know if rock/blues lays out on the fretboard quite as well as Open E or Open G does.....I'll let the C6 guys weigh in on that.
As to C6 for rock/blues.....yes it can be used for that. Forumite Josh Cho has a YouTube video up somewhere that demonstrates him doing some Allman Bros stuff. George Piburn has something too that rocked out pretty good.
I don't know if rock/blues lays out on the fretboard quite as well as Open E or Open G does.....I'll let the C6 guys weigh in on that.
Re: tunings
Absolutely, it is awesome for Blues and Rock, if you take the time to find your way around on it. You will lose the Elmore James/Duane Allman licks, but it will give you an opportunity to play new stuff.Clayton Pashka wrote:I mostly play rock and blues with some country influence and have just been playing in open e since I am a newbie to the lap steel. Can c6 be used effectively for those styles of music? I like the idea of getting the range of chords but can you still pull off blues and rock licks on it? are there any other good tuning suggestions?
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Clayton Pashka
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Hi Mike. Thanks for the response. I guess I will just have to dive in. I don't play just blues/rock though, it's a bit of a mix with some country and folk thrown in so I imagine that c6 is the most versitile. I started with e since I am a guitar player and figured it would be easier to grasp picking and bar techniques and not worry about where I am on the fret board. I should also say that I have checked out all you youtube stuff and man you can play!
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Allen Wheeler
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I have been using E7 tuning on one of my 6 string lap steels (BDEG#BE low to high)which I like for blues because of the ease of grabbing dominant7 chords for flat 5 substitutions etc, whist still retaining that full E chord on the top four strings for basic elmore james type phrases.
I have also recently been dropping the D down to C# to get an E6 tuning and being able to grab minor chords as well, excellent for tunes like Ghostriders etc.( This gets you into exploring a 6 tuning (which is a revelation after open E, but still retaining a string group that you are familiar with.)
So if I only have space for one steel I can cover lots of options with only the need to detune 1 string.
Cheers - hope this is helpful
I have also recently been dropping the D down to C# to get an E6 tuning and being able to grab minor chords as well, excellent for tunes like Ghostriders etc.( This gets you into exploring a 6 tuning (which is a revelation after open E, but still retaining a string group that you are familiar with.)
So if I only have space for one steel I can cover lots of options with only the need to detune 1 string.
Cheers - hope this is helpful