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Beginners question?

I seem to be doing OK with melody's but am really confused about chords using C6 tuning. In Scotty’s Basic C6 non pedal book it shows for example the C chords as being like this:
[tab]
E--------------------12---0--------8-----12
C---0---4---7---12---12---0---7------------
A-------3---7-----------------7----7-------
G---0-----------12-----------------------12
E---0-----------12-------------------------
C------------------------------------------
[/tab]
These are noted as harmonized chords?


On this web site:
http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/g ... ex_rb.html
it shows the c chords as this:
[tab]
E---0---3---------------8-----------12
C---0-------4-------7---------------12
A-------3-----------7-----------10----
G---0-----------5-----------9-------12
E---0---3---------------8-----------12
C---0-------4-------7---------------12
[/tab]
The same holds true for other chords too. The web site doesn’t match what is in the book?

I hope the spacing is OK.

Thanks for any help

I’m really confused? What am I missing?

They "match up" ... look closer ...

Scotty's book realizes that a non-pedal steel guitar requires slanting ...

Hence this forward slant ...

-4-
-3-

That same combination is written on the "No Hands" site ... it's just not separated into a distinct unit.

Same with this forward slant ...

-8-
---
-7-

As for what they are ... they are "pieces" of the chord ... i.e double stops ...

EX:
[tab]
-4- E
-3- C

and...

-7- G
-7- E

and ...

-8- C
---
-7- E
[/tab]

The "No Hands" site "spits out" the position of every note in the major triad ... C E G ... very helpful.

Scotty's book is "gearing you up" for the most often "used" chord pieces ... also very helpful.

Hope that helps ...