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Anyone have any C6th scales tabbed out?

DOUG JERNIGAN HAS A BOOK CALLED THE C6TH HOMESTUDY COURSE, MY BOOK HAS A RED COVER. THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK IS NOTHING BUT MAJOR SCALES THEN SOME MINOR SCALES WHOLE TONE SCALES THEN GETS INTO CHORDS AND HOW TO BUILD THEM. VERY GOOD BOOK THAT I HAVE HAD FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NOW HAVE JUST STARTED GOING THROUGH IT AND LAST WEEK USED THE A SCALE IN ROCK AND ROLL SONG. THE BOOK IS ABOUT $25-30.

My suggestion:
1. Learn the music -- learn how scales are constructed and how to build any scale from the chromatic scale
The most important is the Major scale (do re mi fa sol la ti do) -- everyone knows what this one sounds like but many don't realize that it is actually SEVEN different scales. Play C D E F G A B C -- that's the CMaj scale. Now start it on D -- it's a D MINOR or Dmi7 scale (called the Dorian mode by the music snobs). Another useful one is the G7 scale -- same as the CMaj scale -- just G A B C D E F G (those snobs call that one the Mixolydian) With the major, minor, and 7th chord scales you can play almost anything. LEARN THOSE FIRST. LEARN TO SPELL THE CHORDS IN ALL KEYS. DO THE WORK. IT WILL PAY OFF. If you don't you really won't know what you're playing. It's not necessary to use any standard music notation but it certainly won't hurt to learn it.

2. Get some graph paper with 1/4" or so grid and write out all 10 strings across 15 or 17 frets

3. Find the notes -- there will be a bunch of ways to play them.

Realize that C6 is often played with no pedals -- especially for single note passages.

That's my take on it. It's easy to buy a book and hope that the contents will just kinda soak into your brain with a process of osmosis. IT WON'T. Studying the principles and concepts of how music works will yield substantial rewards -- E9 or C6 -- the notes are the same on either neck.

I am new to this, (this is my first post) Did you ever get tabs for the C6th neck? I am just learning and have not found the major scale tabbed anywhere in a book - not Scotty's Dewitt's or anywhere else- (The Doug Jernigan book?)

You had two posts - but the address to get the book is not there? (or is it?) The book is not on the instruction page, is it?

Anyway please let me know if you found the tab or the book

Lance Bakemeyer

What Larry said,,use these to help

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=46103

Learning the scales yourself will open up the neck like never before