C6 Lap to E9 Pedal transposition.

Dayton Osland · Post by **Dayton Osland** » 21 Mar 2000 6:34 am

Hello,

I don't seem to catch on until the proverbial 2x4 hits me in the head. In both Mel Bay Steel courses by Scotty, he talks about playing Western Swing by just holding the E (4&8 - 1/2). However I never put 2 and 2 together until I started transposing the Surf Medley posted earlier.

Correct me if I'm mistaken but the key is this:

Add one to the Fret. Fret 0 becomes 1, so the open tuning is as follows
<pre>
Note C6 E9 (Fret 1)
E 1 4E
C 2 5
A 3 6
G 4 7
E 5 8E
C 6 10
</pre>
I'll post up the Surf Medley as soon as I can get it finished.

Looking at the E9 note chart futher. Strings 1,2, and 3 are also part of the C6th chord and could be used in songs derived from Lap Steel.

Dayton Osland [This message was edited by Dayton Osland on 21 March 2000 at 10:42 PM.][This message was edited by Dayton Osland on 21 March 2000 at 10:43 PM.][This message was edited by Dayton Osland on 21 March 2000 at 10:45 PM.]

Tele · Post by **Tele** » 23 Mar 2000 1:12 am

Hey that's interesting....I'm quite new to the PSG and are pretty much on my own since I live here in Germany. I'm quite familar with the C6th tuning so now I can transfer it to the E9th neck and have fun. Never realized that it would be so easy.........thanks

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