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Reply (RKR change ?/Pedal Steel section)

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Examples use only halftone lower on 2nd string.

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Getting access to the 4th in A+B position

F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--------------------------------3L----3L-----------------------------------(Eb-D)
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------3-----------3~~~~~~~-----
B --------------------3-----3~~3A----3A----3A~3--------3A~3-----3~~~~~3A-----
G#--------------3~~3B----3B----------------------3B----------3B--------------
F#-----------3---------------------------------------------------------------
E --------3------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .



Harmonizing the D Major-scale

D Em F#m G A Bm C#dim D
F#---3----5----7----8----10---12---13---15-----------------------------------
Eb---3----5L---7L---8----10---12L--13---15-----------------------------------(Eb-D)
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---3----5----7----8----10---12---13a--15-----------------------------------
G#----------------------------------*----------------------------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
* = Half A-pedal



Playing the IVchord with A+Bposition =Key of song
F G C
F#----------3~~~~-----------------------------
Eb-------3L~~~~~~-----------------------------
G#-------------3B-----------3~~3B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--
E -----------------------3~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--
B --------------------3~~~~~~~~3A~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--
G#----3B~~~~~~~~~--3~~~~~~~~~~~3B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--
F#----------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------
D ----------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------



Playing 6th and 7th chords
F6 G7 C F6
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--3L--------3L------3L----3L---3L----------------3L-----------3L~~~~~~~~~~-
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------3------3------3-------3------------------------------
B -------3---------3------3---------3---3~~3A---3A----3A~3----3---3~~~~~~~~~-
G#----3B---3B---3B-----------------------------------------3B-------3B~~~~~~-
F#--------------------------------------------------------------------3~~~~~-
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------------------------------------------------------------------3~~-
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------



F6 with a 9
F#-------3------------------ = A
Eb-------3L----------------- = F
G#-------3B----------------- = C
E -------3------------------ = G
B -------3------------------ = D
G#-------3B----------------- = C
F#-------3------------------ = A
E -------3------------------ = G
D -------3------------------ = F
B -------3------------------ = D

Or two octaves of Dminor pentatonic
Raising both E's a halftone gives access to the b5 note
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Watch out for those half-pedals!

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Lower on 2nd string is Eb - D
Note that numbers with "a" after is a halfpedal while "A"= full pedal


C Dm Em
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----3L----3L----------------5L----5L----------------7L----7L--------------
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------3-----3-----------------5-----5-----------------7-----7------------
B --3A----------------------5a----------------------7a-----------------------
G#--------3B----3B----------------5B----5B----------------7B----7B-----------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --3-----------------------5-----------------------7------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

F G Am
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----8-----8-----------------10L-----10L--------------12L-----12L----------
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --------8-----8------------------10------10---------------12------12-------
B --8A----------------------10A---------------------12a----------------------
G#--------8B----8B-----------------10B-----10B--------------12B-----12B------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --8-----------------------10----------------------12-----------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

Bmb5 C
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb------14L-----14L-------------15L-----15L----------------------------------
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------14------14--------------15------15-------------------------------
B --14a---------------------15A----------------------------------------------
G#----------14B-----14B-------------15B-----15B------------------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --14L---------------------15-----------------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .



Repeat the picking pattern above at these positions
Gmaj7 Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 D7 Em7 F#m7b5 Gmaj7
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb---3-----4-----6-----8-----10L---11----13-----15---------------------------
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---3-----4R----6R----8-----10----11R---13R----15---------------------------
B ---3-----4a----6a----8-----10----11a---13-----15---------------------------
G#---3-----4-----6-----8-----10----11----13-----15---------------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---3-----4R----6R----8-----10----11----13R----15---------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Post by Bobby Lee »

That "Harmonizing the major scale" looks two frets high to me. Image
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Post by Bengt Erlandsen »

Maybe that is why I play the wrong chords.
It was a typo-error, it should be corrected now.

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