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So, a while ago, I started tuning my lap steel to E9 (instead of the E7 tuning I had been messing around with for a long time). Well, changing that one string totally opened up the instrument for me. There are TONS of chords and voicing possibilities in E9 and this tuning is especially well-suited to guitar players. It seems easier to wrap your brain around than C6 and because it's an E tuning, it has a lot of familiar landmarks.

I ended up liking the tuning so much, I wrote a short book about it that I'm posting free here for anyone who wants it. This is just an introduction, but it gets into chords, scales, and basic changes. My hope is that anyone else who already plays lap steel in E major or E7 might want to give E9 a try and they shouldn't have to reinvent the wheel like I did.

Anyway, I hope some people find my little book useful. I showed it to an experienced steel player and he pronounced it a solid introduction to the E9 tuning.

If anyone has any comments, I'd be happy to hear them.

Enjoy!

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14381741/E9%20 ... ginner.pdf

Hey Rex, sounds interesting. I just tried to open the link and got an "Error 404" message and it said it couldn't find it. Maybe it's just my computer but hopefully someone else will chime in if they're having problems as well.

Yup. Now it doesn't work for me either. Let me fix that.

okay, let's try that again:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14381741/E9%20 ... ginner.pdf

Okay, now it works for me. Would someone else give it a shot and tell me if it works for them?

Thanks!

(I also fixed the link in the initial post, so they should both work).

Now I got it...thanks, Rex

Rex, it downloaded fine, and my compliments on a great looking work, I know how much work it is to annotate and color code a piece like this (I'm a graphic designer in a former life). Well done! I look forward to reading and learning, I'm a strong pedal guy, anemic on lap steel.

And thanks for making this a free resource, very generous of you as well.

John:

I'm so glad you like it! The graphic design element was easier than you might think. I did most of it in MS Word. I was surprised at how many good graphics tools are in there now.

Anyway, I hope the book is useful to you. I totally envy pedal steel players. I really hope to get a pedal steel some day. If you look at the back of my book, I have a section on getting some pedal steel sounds from the lap steel. I think they sound good, but I'm always open to opinions.

--Rex

Thanks Rex, looks good. Very thoughtful of you . Every best wish over CHRISTMAS and the NEW YEAR JAMES TAYLOR

Fantastic! I just printed the whole thing out. Thanks very much.

Rex, my compliments on an excellent job!!!! I have a Richenbacher Silver Hawaiian that I have not figured out what to do with it. This may be just the thing to allow me to play that thing. Thanks for creating the document, as well as making it public!!!

-Chuck

Thanks! I'll give e9th a shot!

As a neophyte on lap steel, this all looks very interesting. I will give it a go. Thanks a lot for all the hard work putting this together.

Old topic I know but the link doesn't work and I am interested in this, Can someone either send me the pdf file or a link that works? I will provide email address to send the pdf to if you have it and can help me out. Thanks.

Same here!!

Me too!

ME THREE!

Me four (4)

"File not found"?

"File not found"?

I notice that the original poster has not posted anything on this forum in about three years, so I think this thread is history.

Does anyone out there have a copy they could share?

Thank you.

Me too for a copy, please & thanks.

me to

if anyone can send me a copy, Much appreciated.
Mike

I will take a copy also, joshsignorini@gmail.com

Thank you
Josh