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Just started using the C6 tuning with pedals.
I do have all the video instructions from J.Newman, but I like to know which pedals to use for minor and diminished cord. Is there a booklet available showing all this?
I appreciate your help. Thanks.

Hello Jozef ,
I bought a book by Herby Wallace , his " Approach to the C6th tuning " , HWP-200 , and it includes an audio cassette . It is very easy to follow . It covers all the chords from open strings to any combination of pedals/levers . There's licks as well , progressions , and four tunes with tab . The chords are all at the start of the book , and it is also very easy to use as a refference . I would say it is worth buying just for the chord section alone .
Hope this helps ,
Ingo.

Jozef;
Buddy's Basic C6 goes thru the pedals and some of their uses.
Good luck!

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My best,
Ernie

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www.buddyemmons.com

Jozef, both the courses listed below are excellent, but you may want to decide whether you want to use a top G or a top D on your C6 tuning. Herby Wallace's course has the G as the top string and Budy Emons has the D.

Gentlemen, thank you very much for the input.
I have used the C6 tuning a lot with my lap steel and use the G for the top string.
It looks like there is more info available for the E9 than there is for the C6.
Thanks again. Regards,
Jozef.

I love Doug Beaumiers fine courses. He has a C6th Pedal-Steel Guitar Method #1 and #2 with all the minor and diminished cords. He's online at: www.dougbsteel.com

Hey Jozef,
You'll find an A minor seventh chord at the open position on your C6 neck. The root (A, of course) is 8th string open. You can voice it several different ways. I'll write the root on there, and you can use it if you want. I don't know if you use 3 or 4 picks.
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A minor A minor7th
1------------|----------------
2---0--------|--0--0--0-----0-
3---0---0----|--0-----0--0----
4---0---0--0-|--0--0--0-----0-
5------------|--0--0--0--0--0-
6-------0--0-|--0--------0----
7----------0-|--0-----------0-
8---0(root)--|--0--0-----0----
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For the Aminor 7th, there are so many possibilities, it would be hard to write them all out, but there are 5 of them anyway. The first one is strummed. The last two are my favourite, as they are voiced in what some call a "drop 1 voicing", taking the tone second from the top and dropping it an octave.
Just move it up the neck to suit. Another minor chord that's easy to get is by using pedal seven. In the open position, it's E minor.
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E minor E minor7th
1--------|--------
2--------|--------
3--------|--0(7)--
4---0(7)-|--0(7)--
5---0----|--0-----
6---0----|--0-----
7--------|--------
8--------|--------
9--------|-------
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The diminished chord, is usually played using the 5th and 6th pedals at the same time. They're everywhere!
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1--------
2--------
3--0-----
4--0-----
5--0(5)--
6--0(6)--
7--0-----
8--0-----
9--------
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You can also use the 2nd string sometimes, it provides one note from the diminished scale that isn't amongst the others (which are stacks of minor thirds)
Remember, every diminished voicing is four diminished chords. In this example, it's C, Eb, Gb, and/or A diminished. Also remember that every diminished voicing is also four 7b9
chords. In our example, they are D, F, Ab, and B 7b9.
Ok, I'm babbling
hope this helps.
-John

Thanks John. I will try it out and keep on trying. I guess I know what to do.
Again thanks for the info John.
Jozef.