Hi,
Playing E9 pedal steel (beginner), but want to work my way up to C6.
In order to do this, I bought a 6atring lap steel. It is currently tuned to C E G A C E. Would you guys recommend another tuning to learn on? A few things online say to tune the bottom string to C#.
Also, any good chord books you recommend, with tunes in them, not just diagrams? To really start putting things together.
Thank you!
Hay
Beginner's tuning
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I started on C6 lap first. If you will learn it, C6 10 strings will be easy, and you'll find yourself ignoring the pedals.
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Re: Beginner's tuning
Work your way up to it? It's inherently better is it?Hay Joosten wrote:Hi,
Playing E9 pedal steel (beginner), but want to work my way up to C6.
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Re: Beginner's tuning
Not better. But another tuning, with 10 strings, levers and pedals to master. I figured if I can get a good handle on 6 of those strings first, with their harmonic content, it will make mastering the 10 easier.Jeff Mead wrote: Work your way up to it? It's inherently better is it?
Also, getting a 6 string lap was within financial reach at this time, a D10 wasn't
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I must say though that if you plan on playing C6 pedal steel.
Get one ASAP. A D10 will teach you the similarities between the two. Lap Steel Guitar is a whole other kind of beast. Dare I say its more difficult to master.
If I ever went Pedals and Levers I would get a 12 string E9/Bb6 Uni. No point carrying around two necks in these modern times.
Get one ASAP. A D10 will teach you the similarities between the two. Lap Steel Guitar is a whole other kind of beast. Dare I say its more difficult to master.
If I ever went Pedals and Levers I would get a 12 string E9/Bb6 Uni. No point carrying around two necks in these modern times.
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A simple six string C6 tuning will teach you the heart of what it's all about.
E
C
A
G
E
C
There is much music available to learn from and there are a lot of lessons and tabs available to get you inside the tuning. It was foreign to me for a long time until I actually sat down and started transcribing tunes I was interested in that used C6. Jerry Byrd, Buddy Emmons, joaquin Murphey, just to name a few. As time goes on, you can experiment with other variations of C6, like the C# on the bottom you mentioned.
E
C
A
G
E
C
There is much music available to learn from and there are a lot of lessons and tabs available to get you inside the tuning. It was foreign to me for a long time until I actually sat down and started transcribing tunes I was interested in that used C6. Jerry Byrd, Buddy Emmons, joaquin Murphey, just to name a few. As time goes on, you can experiment with other variations of C6, like the C# on the bottom you mentioned.