Faux Country Pedal Steel - 6 string, open E
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- Steve Cunningham
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Faux Country Pedal Steel - 6 string, open E
I just started messing around with combining slants & string pulls simultaneously. Unforgiving, but satisfying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtsJ773XpAo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtsJ773XpAo
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Re: Faux Country Pedal Steel - 6 string, open E
I never would have believed you, Steve, if this video didn't document how you achieved that sound...Steve Cunningham wrote:I just started messing around with combining slants & string pulls simultaneously. Unforgiving, but satisfying.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtsJ773XpAo
....but then again, your feet were hidden..
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Thanks guys. To paraphrase Mike, "the things we spend time on!" It sure is fun though.
Open E...EBEG#BEAndy Sandoval wrote:Steve, you make it look so easy...I hate you BTW, what tuning are you usin?
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Thanks. Patti, the gauges run from a .14 high E to a .68 low E ( a custom set I got from bOb )on a 25" scale...after a couple of whole-step pulls on the 2nd string there's a big, dark-red line on the flesh of my pinky, and plenty of tears in my beer.
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Open E tuning
I also hate you I have been using Open E for 4 years and played country for most of those 4 yrs and damn it, I have yet to get a sound like that.Much less the string pulls.U da man!!!!I NEEEED A TEACHER ****
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I thought I was doing OK with my string pulls after the hints you gave on my last post.
Then I hear this Dam that's good.
We need more information on those combination slants and pulls,also sounds like you add a volume pedal as well,great great stuff.
That's a very heavy bottom E ,what is your complete set gagues,and I realize it's a 25 in scale.
Cheers Kelvin
Then I hear this Dam that's good.
We need more information on those combination slants and pulls,also sounds like you add a volume pedal as well,great great stuff.
That's a very heavy bottom E ,what is your complete set gagues,and I realize it's a 25 in scale.
Cheers Kelvin
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Here's a very crude diagram of the opening lick, reflecting the V7-I(G7-C)chord change.This lick is repeated up one octave at the 30 second mark of the video...
G Am G7 C
------3-------5------------------6 1/2 step pull---8
------3------4.5 1/4 step pull---6-----------------8
------3-------4------------------6-----------------8
It's a harmonization of the standard bar slant inverted 3rd(or 6th) lick(the outer strings in the diagram), using a slight pull on the 2nd string of the 2nd chord to correct the flatness of the bar slant, creating the Am triad( a passing chord, connecting the G & G7 chords). The 1/2 step pull on the 1st string of the G7 chord creates the M3rd, which, along with the 5th and b7 on the 2nd and 3rd strings, produces the G7 chord. Whew!
Upon previewing this post, I noticed the chords above the tab won't line up with the tab. Obviously(?) the G, Am, G7 and C reflect the harmony of each tab shape.
G Am G7 C
------3-------5------------------6 1/2 step pull---8
------3------4.5 1/4 step pull---6-----------------8
------3-------4------------------6-----------------8
It's a harmonization of the standard bar slant inverted 3rd(or 6th) lick(the outer strings in the diagram), using a slight pull on the 2nd string of the 2nd chord to correct the flatness of the bar slant, creating the Am triad( a passing chord, connecting the G & G7 chords). The 1/2 step pull on the 1st string of the G7 chord creates the M3rd, which, along with the 5th and b7 on the 2nd and 3rd strings, produces the G7 chord. Whew!
Upon previewing this post, I noticed the chords above the tab won't line up with the tab. Obviously(?) the G, Am, G7 and C reflect the harmony of each tab shape.
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[tab]
G Am G7 C
------3-------5------------------6 1/2 step pull---8
------3------4.5 1/4 step pull---6-----------------8
------3-------4------------------6-----------------8
[/tab]
To line up the Tab, just add the (TAB) code in front and (/TAB) code at the end
and put them between [square] brackets, not (round) brackets.
To see what I did, just click on my QUOTE button.
G Am G7 C
------3-------5------------------6 1/2 step pull---8
------3------4.5 1/4 step pull---6-----------------8
------3-------4------------------6-----------------8
[/tab]
To line up the Tab, just add the (TAB) code in front and (/TAB) code at the end
and put them between [square] brackets, not (round) brackets.
To see what I did, just click on my QUOTE button.
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Thanks Peter.
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Yeah Bill, my ulterior motive for all this is to get on a gig with Tommy Dodd, and play all of his licks...off by a 1/7th step of course!
Just kiddin' Tommy - it'd probably be more like a 1/4 step.
Just kiddin' Tommy - it'd probably be more like a 1/4 step.
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Kelvin, it was either a .68 or .64., I've used both depending on availability.
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