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Topic: Dumb**s Semi-Newbie Bar Slant Question |
Buddy Blackmon
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Athens, Georgia, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 6:40 pm |
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OK...I grew up watching "Josh" Graves and his clones slant a lot on the 6-string Dobro. What are the obvious bar slants I need to really move around on E9? (...assuming I have a minimal change set-up on my steel like Lloyd and Weldon.)
I just got through watching the Lloyd/Tommy White video and saw so much I went blind!!!!  |
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Travis Bernhardt
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 6:59 pm
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The obvious ones are the basic slants in thirds or sixths. For example, strings five and six with a straight bar is a minor third--the third and fifth notes of an A chord at the fifth fret--while a forward slant (string five barred at the seventh fret and string six at the sixth, for example) gives you a major third interval, in this case the third and fifth notes of a B minor chord.
To get major and minor sixths (just the same notes but with the fifth on the bottom and the third on the top), use the same notes, but different octaves and a reverse slant. In the above example, that would mean that a straight bar at the fifth fret picking strings five and three is your A major chord, and a reverse slant picking the fifth string at the seventh fret (like above) and the third string at the sixth fret (like the earlier example, but one octave higher) will give you your B minor chord.
This is easier to demonstrate with tab examples. Perhaps someone else will jump in with that (note: good FAQ subject here).
-Travis
P.S. I can't help you with the specific slants used on that video, as I haven't seen it. Those are the most basic slants, though, so it's worth knowing them.[This message was edited by Travis Bernhardt on 18 December 2004 at 04:51 PM.] |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 7:05 pm
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I often slant to get the equivalent of the F lever in slow songs, because it sounds prettier to my ear. It's a forward slant with strings 4 and 6. It's a backwards slant with strings 6 and 8.
I learned to do it before I had an F lever, and always liked the sound of it. |
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Chris Lasher
From:
Blacksburg, VA
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Posted 17 Dec 2004 7:38 pm
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It looked like Tommy and Lloyd were doing it a lot to get chromatic movement, particularly of lower notes, over constant pedal tones of higher notes.
Buddy, you're here in Athens? We should meet up! Whereabouts are you? I didn't know anyone else in this town played Pedal Steel. Well, not that I play one, but I do own one...
Chris
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Don't complain about it, do something about it. =-D
Satisfied member of the Georgia Steel Guitar Association |
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Buddy Blackmon
From:
Athens, Georgia, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2004 3:38 pm
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| Thanks Bobby, Travis and Chris. That all makes a lot of sense. Yes Chris, I will be back playing steel shortly (took a 22 year break, LOL!), as soon as Ricky gets my new Sho-Bud, sets it up for me and on its way. After the holidays, let's get in touch! |
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