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Topic: Lani McIntire's orchestra 1937 - steeler? |
Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 26 Mar 2012 6:09 pm |
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That's the great Bobby Nichols on steel. He was one of my favorites. Nice bass playing, too. I swear, Rock and Roll came out of Hawaiian music. Listen to Elvis' vocal delivery--totally Hawaiian influenced. I've never heard anyone say it, though.
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Rick Aiello
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Berryville, VA USA
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Posted 26 Mar 2012 6:13 pm
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| I think Bobby Nichols and Andy Iona were the best ever ... |
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 27 Mar 2012 1:18 pm
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| Thank steel brain trust! |
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Wayne D. Clark
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Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2012 2:46 pm
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| THANKS ANDY, I THOUGHT I WAS LISTENING TO HAWAII CALLS FROM BEFORE W.W. II. |
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Wayne D. Clark
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Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2012 3:00 pm
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| Any Idea what they were useing back then for tuning on a six string lap steel. I was only 4 in 1937 and I have probably forgot if I ever knew and that is not likely? |
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Jack Aldrich
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Washington, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2012 8:20 pm
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| Wayne D. Clark wrote: |
| Any Idea what they were useing back then for tuning on a six string lap steel. I was only 4 in 1937 and I have probably forgot if I ever knew and that is not likely? |
As far as I know, from asking and nosing around is that the original tuning for the steel was Taro Patch: D G D G B D, like the slack key guys used. In LA in the 30's, the 6th tuning arose. Sol Ho'opi'i ued what he called a C#minor tuning - an E6, actually. The 6th tuning spread through Hawaiian and countrty pretty quickly: E6, G6, C6, D6, etc. |
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Wayne D. Clark
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Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2012 7:20 am
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| Thank you John. Presently I have my 8 string tuned top to bottom [E B G# E C# B G# E] I just call it a modified E7th. and since I do not read music and learned by reading TAB. or by Ear. I find my self rather restricted. In my younger years I used E7th. I liked that but changing the 5th string "D" TO "C#" I get a minor, but all I know is that the string is tuned to a "C#" Well I've blabbed long enough. Have a Good day. |
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 28 Mar 2012 8:11 am
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Bobby Nichols used C#min7 tuning on this.
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Jack Aldrich
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Washington, USA
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Posted 28 Mar 2012 9:26 am
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
| Bobby Nichols used C#min7 tuning on this. |
As I am fond of saying, C#min7 is E6, which Don Helms, among others, used. Sol Ho'opi'i called it C#min7, too. IMHO, 6thd tunings are very useful for non-pedal steels and for the lower neck of a D10 pedal steel, too. |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 28 Mar 2012 9:33 am
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Mike Neer
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Posted 28 Mar 2012 9:39 am
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| John Aldrich wrote: |
| Mike Neer wrote: |
| Bobby Nichols used C#min7 tuning on this. |
As I am fond of saying, C#min7 is E6, which Don Helms, among others, used. Sol Ho'opi'i called it C#min7, too. IMHO, 6thd tunings are very useful for non-pedal steels and for the lower neck of a D10 pedal steel, too. |
John, it's a different tuning. It is essentially an E tuning with the second string raised to C#.
Don Helms used an E6 that had the C# and B strings next to one another.
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Dennis Coelho
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Wyoming, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2012 10:19 am Lani McIntire's orchestra 1937 - steeler?
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| When I took a few Hawaiian lessons in Calif. in 1950 they taught us to use (L-H) E A E A C# E. |
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