Recommended Tuning for New Lap Steeler??
Posted: 14 Feb 2008 4:38 pm
"here's my story, sad but true...."
I thought I had found someone who would teach me how to play the lap steel. He talked a great game and played beautifully. He told me that I should start using an open E tuning and tuned my el-cheapo artisan for me and showed me the first few bars of Hound Dog Blues and the first part of Wabash Cannonball. He told me to come for a weekly lesson and told me he could sell me a better lap steel for just over wholesale. I have a new Morgan Monroe MB1 Banjo I am either going to sell for enough to buy a better lap steel, or trade it for one. WELL - The key point that keeps coming up is the phrase "he told me". I left several unreturned messages for him. I finally contacted him today and now it seems that everything he told me is totally different. All Potatos and No Meat. Now I have no instructor and even doubt if the open E tuning is the best way for me to learn on.
The phrase "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is" comes to mind. I am bummed out, but, I know a few bars of a song he called "Hound Dog Blues" even though I cannot find the song on the internet - The part I learned sounds a lot like the beginning of "Second Hand Rose", and I also can do the first part of Wabash cannonball reasonably well. However, I cannot seem to locate any music books covering a lap steel open E tuning. There was an antique course book on eBay, but it was already sold when I looked for it.
I do have George Boards set of DVD's and CD's for the 8 string C6 tuning. If I use 2-7 and drop off the high and low strings it should work right? But..
Which is better for a new player? ( I haven't ever played an instrument before ) who likes CW & Gospel music the best? I'm disappointed and a bit confused right now. What is the consensus about the tuning?
I thought I had found someone who would teach me how to play the lap steel. He talked a great game and played beautifully. He told me that I should start using an open E tuning and tuned my el-cheapo artisan for me and showed me the first few bars of Hound Dog Blues and the first part of Wabash Cannonball. He told me to come for a weekly lesson and told me he could sell me a better lap steel for just over wholesale. I have a new Morgan Monroe MB1 Banjo I am either going to sell for enough to buy a better lap steel, or trade it for one. WELL - The key point that keeps coming up is the phrase "he told me". I left several unreturned messages for him. I finally contacted him today and now it seems that everything he told me is totally different. All Potatos and No Meat. Now I have no instructor and even doubt if the open E tuning is the best way for me to learn on.
The phrase "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is" comes to mind. I am bummed out, but, I know a few bars of a song he called "Hound Dog Blues" even though I cannot find the song on the internet - The part I learned sounds a lot like the beginning of "Second Hand Rose", and I also can do the first part of Wabash cannonball reasonably well. However, I cannot seem to locate any music books covering a lap steel open E tuning. There was an antique course book on eBay, but it was already sold when I looked for it.
I do have George Boards set of DVD's and CD's for the 8 string C6 tuning. If I use 2-7 and drop off the high and low strings it should work right? But..
Which is better for a new player? ( I haven't ever played an instrument before ) who likes CW & Gospel music the best? I'm disappointed and a bit confused right now. What is the consensus about the tuning?