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There have been a few great threads in other parts of the forum regarding bar slants and proper technique, etc.

LET'S GET SOME GOING HERE!

Here's an "easy" and cool two string slant to get started with... The cool thing about it is that it has notes moving in two directions. I love that. Basically, it's a V->I move. In this case, in the key of C.

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1 __________________________________________
2 __________________________________________
3 ____8b~________8~~~~3 ~~~3b_______________
4 __________________________________________
5 ____8a~________8~~~~4a~~~3a_______________
6 __________________________________________
7 __________________________________________
8 __________________________________________
9 __________________________________________
10__________________________________________
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<font size=-1>(Squeeze the pedals into the first chord if you'd like)</font>

Remember the "rules"; No wrist bending allowed! See this post http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum5/HTML/002050.html for proper technique and lots of wisdom.

And for newer players (like me, more or less), don't worry about blocking/damping behind the strings for now when doing this "slant". Just try it!

<font size=-1>(My Thanks to Billy Cooper, who first showed me this slant in a lesson.)</font>

Best, -Dave

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<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Ricky Davis on 01 February 2001 at 03:49 AM.]</p></FONT>

Great Idea Dave.
Here is a nice one also from 5 to 1 in C.
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3.________________
4.________________
5._10a~~~~15~~15~a {squeeze a and b
6._10b~~~~15~~15~b {pedals as you
7.________________ {slide 8th string
8._10~~~~~16R~15~~ {back and let lever off
9.________________
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Kind of blues. I to IV

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1------------------------------4~~3-----4~~5-----------------------5~~4~~6--
2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4------------------------------------3--------3~~~~~~~~~~~~-----------------
5---------------------------------------5~~6--------------------------------
6------------------------------5~~4--3--------3~~~~~~~~~~~~--------6~~5~~6--
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .


1---6~~~~~1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4------------1~~~~~1L~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------------------
6---7B~~~~1B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------------
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .
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Bengt

Think " Danny Boy"

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6____5---5B-----8---9B__
7_______________________
8_______________________
9____5---4------8---7___
10_______________________
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Jerry

I wanna play too.


<font face="monospace" size="2"><pre>1_________________________________________________________________________________
2_________________________________________________________________________________
3_________________________________________________________________________________
4_________________________________________________________________________________
5_____3a_~_3a_~_3a_~_3a_~_1_______________________________________________________
6_____3b_~_3b_~_3b_~_3L_~_1_______________________________________________________
7_________________________________________________________________________________
8_____3__~_3R_~_4R_~_3__~_1_______________________________________________________
9_________________________________________________________________________________
10________________________________________________________________________________</pre></font>

Having fun with 5th and 1st string.

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G B7 Em G7 C D7 G
1----------5-----5-----5-----6-----6-----------
2----------------------------------------8-----
3----3-----------------------------------------
4----------------------------------------------
5----3-----4-----5-----6-----5-----7-----8-----
6----------------------------------------------
BAR = | / | \ / \ |

G B7 Em G7 C D G
1----------5-----------5-----6~~~~~~-----8~~~~~~---------
2---------------------------------------------------8----
3----3-----------3---------------------------------------
4--------------------------------------------------------
5----3-----4-----3A----4A----5~~5A~6-----7~~8~~8A---8----
6--------------------------------------------------------
BAR = | / | / / / | / | | |
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Bengt
OOPS, same idea as Jeff, but in different key.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by BENGT ERLANDSEN on 10 February 2001 at 08:42 AM.]</p></FONT>