Billy,
Since it has 8 and 4, I can only assume the following are its copedents:
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A B C LKL LKR RKL RKR
F# G
D# D/C#
G# A
E F# F Eb
B C# C#
G# A F#
F#
E F Eb
D C#
B C#
4 5 6 7 8 RKL RKR
G G#
E F
C D B
A B B Bb
G F#
E Eb
C C#
A B
F F# E
C D A
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The above D-10 Copedent IS the standard being shipped from factories; unless told otherwise by the buyer.
As I stated in and earlier post, begin slowly, and don't even use any pedals to start with. IE, simply learn your way around the basic tuning and what it is all about. Play along with some songs you already know well, just finding the I IV and V chords. Using strings 3, 5 and 6.
Then:
1. See if you can pick out the melody (at least a part of it) at those "key" frets.
2. See if you can add just one note of harmony doing the above.
3. Then see if you can find a third note of harmony doing the above.
This will atune your ears to this strange (but oh soooo beautiful tuning). Don't be afraid to experiment at places other than the "key" frets. There is harmony in many places. See if you can find them. Again NO pedals or knee levers yet.
When you feel you have gotten the basic tuning down to at least a "fair" degree, do the following:
1. If you are at the I fret and the music changes to the V7 chord, pick strings 3, 4 and 6, moving up two frets, and engaging the 6th pedal. Hear that beautiful dominant 7th chord kick in. "Nuttin' lack it!"
2. If the music resolves a I chord to a I7 chord, remain at the same fret and pick strings 2, 3 and 5 as you slide down two frets while engaging pedal 5. You can do a V to V7 chord at the V chord "key" fret also using this procedure.
Listen carefully to those sounds. Because they form the rudimentary basic changes on C6. See if you can fit this in to yet other songs you already know. Continue this for a while 'til it becomes automatic.
Then:
1. If you are at the I chord fret and the music goes to a IV chord, move down two frets picking string 2, 3, 4 and 5 (strumming) while engaging pedal 7.
2. Do this also if you are at the IV chord fret and the music changes to a I chord; only this time do not move down two frets, ie, stay right there.
Add this to your bag of "new" tricks. Fit it in to songs you already know. See if you can see and hear the melody (with harmony) as you "grow and wax strong" in this new tuning called C6.
Then:
If you are at the I chord fret (basic tuning) and the music calls for a V7 chord, instead of moving up two frets and engaging the 6th pedal picking strings 3, 4 and 6, move down 2 frets and strum strings 7, 6, 5, and 4 while engaging pedal 8.
Learning this important move will give you TWO ways to approach a V7 chord two frets in either direction from your I chord fret. This will embellish your playing.
Fit this into more songs. Practice just these manuevers, until you have them down pat. Then:
1. If you are at the I chord fret and the music changes to a V chord, instead of moving at all, simply pick strings 3, 5 and 6 and engage RKR, this takes you to the V chord's relative minor for a nice embellishment.
2. If you are at the V chord fret and the music is going to resolve to a V7-I chord, pick string 2, 3 and 4 while you engage the RKL, then engage the 6th pedal as you let off RKL while the strings sustain.
Practice these rudimentary but very basic moves on this tuning and you are "ON your way".
May Jesus bless you in you quests,
carl <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by C Dixon on 07 July 2004 at 01:06 PM.]</p></FONT>
