Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2005 10:34 am |
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Use it any time you need a melody note between the notes of the 4th and 5th strings. Use it any time you need a harmony with the 1st string.
There are 3 notes available for the 2nd string: D#, D and C#. In most positions the D# note is the most useful. In pedals down positions, often the D (half-stop) is the one to use. The C# is used more when the 4th string is lowered. That's the way I use them, anyway.
The 2nd string can be used in any song or any style of music.
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Alan Shank
From:
Woodland, CA, USA
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Posted 4 Jun 2005 12:07 pm
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Those "chromatic" strings fit into scale passages that you are playing on strings 5, 4 and 3. For example, with the bar at the third fret and no pedals, you have:
1 A (2nd degree)
2 F# (7th degree)
3 B (3rd degree) C (4th degree with B pedal)
4 G (1st degree)
5 D (5th degree of the G major scale)
So, if you play strings 4, 1, 3, 1, 7, 4
you get a little scale run, 1 2 3 2 7 1
With the A and B pedals down, you will want to lower the 2nd string one-half tone, so it is the 4th degree of the scale starting on string 6 with the B pedal.
1 6
2 2D 4
3 7 3B 1
4 5
5 2 5A 3
6B 1
So a C scale just goes:
6B, 5, 5A, 2D, 4, 1, 3, 3B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
With the A and F lever engaged, you have:
1 4
2 2
3 5
4F 3
5A 1
So, those strings fit into the major scale pattern with all three main major-chord positions. Without them, you'd have to move the bar back and forth a lot to play a scale on the high strings.
Cheers,
Alan Shank
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