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Rick W
Here is some of the ways I use the knee-lever that drops 9th D-C# and 2nd Eb-D-C#.
Most examples use the 9th string lower so I'll try to post another with more 2nd string examples.

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Using the D->C# on 9th string to form I,IV & V dominant7ths a half tone apart

D7 A7 E7 OR D7 A7 E7
1--------------------------------------------------------
2--------------------------------------------------------
3--------------------------------------------------------
4--------------------------------------------------------
5----7----8----9--------------------1----2----3----------
6--------------------------------------------------------
7--------------------------------------------------------
8----7R---8R---9R-------------------1R---2R---3R---------
9----7----8L---9--------------------1L---2----3----------
10--------------------------------------------------------
Position1 Position2



D7 A7 E7 OR D7 A7 E7
1--------------------------------------------------------
2--------------------------------------------------------
3--------------------------------------------------------
4----7R---8R---9R-------------------1R---2R---3R---------
5----7----8----9--------------------1----2----3----------
6--------------------------------------------------------
7--------------------------------------------------------
8--------------------------------------------------------
9----7----8L---9--------------------1L---2----3----------
10--------------------------------------------------------
Position1 Position2



A whole lot of E D and A chords w/occational D->C# on 9th string

E7 D E D7 A7 E7 A D7 A7 E7
1---------------------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------------------
3-------*---*---------------*-----------------------------------
4---0---1R--3R--4R--5---6R--8R--10---11R--12--------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------
6---0---1---3---4---5---6---8---10---11---12--------------------
7---------------------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------------------
9---0---1L--3L--4---5---6---8L--10---11---12--------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------

* = Press C-pedal to to raise another halftone for a sus4 sound



All-pull guitar, E-Eb lower tuned split w/C-pedal to give a F on 4th string
1--------------------------------------------------5---------------
2-------------------------------------------5LL~~~~~---------------
3---------*---------------*----------------------------------------
4---8C~~~8CL~~~8L---6C~~~6CL~~~6L---5~~~5L~~~~~~~~~~---5L~~~~5-----
5-----------------------------------------------5~~~---------------
6---8~~~~~~~~~~~~---6~~~~~~~~~~~~---5B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---5B~~~~5-----
7------------------------------------------------------------------
8------------------------------------------------------------------
9---8L~~~~~~~~~~~---6L~~~~~~~~~~~---5L~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------
10------------------------------------------------------5~~~~~5-----
* = C-pedal & Knee-lever together



1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2----------------------------------------------------------------6LL~~~~------------------
3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4----------------------------------------6C~~~~6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----1~~~~~~~-----
5----------6~~8-/8A--8~~~~~--------------------------------------------6--------1~~1A-----
6------------------------8B-/6B~~~~---6B~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-----1B~~~~~~-----
7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
8----------6L~8--8~--8~~~~~---------------------------------------------------------------
9----------------------------6~~~~~---6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~6L~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------
10-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Count 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3
* *
* *
Move left foot to cover B & C pedals here Move back to A & B here



Using same bass-note over different chords
1---------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------
3---------------------3B~~~~------------------------
4-------------4R~3~~~~~~~~~~------------------------
5-----------4A~~~3A~~~~~~~~~---7A~~~~~6A~~6~~6------
6---------4~~~~~~3B~~~~~~~~~---7~~~~~~6B~~6B~6------
7---------------------------------------------------
8------------------------------7R~~~~~6~~~6~~6------
9----4L~~~~~~~~~~3~~~~~~~~~~------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------


1---------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------
3---------------------4~~~~~------------------------
4-------------4R~4~~~~~~~~~~------------------------
5-----------4A~~~4~~~~~~~~~~---6A~~6~~~~~~~~---6----
6---------4~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~---6B~~6B~~~~~~~---6----
7---------------------------------------------------
8------------------------------6~~~6~~~~~~~~---6----
9----4L~~~~~~~~~~4L~~~~~~~~~------------6L~~--------
10---------------------------------------------------


1---------------------------------------------------
2--------------------4LL----------------------------
3----------------------4~~~~~-----------------------
4-------------4R~4~~~~~--4~~~--3~~~~~~--2~~~~~~-----
5-----------4A~~~4~~~~~~~~~~---3~~~~~~--2~~~~~~-----
6---------4~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~---3~~~~~~--2~~~~~~-----
7---------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------
9----4L~~~~~~~~~~4L~~~~~~~~~---3~~~~~~--2~~~~~~-----
10---------------------------------------------------
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Bengt

And here is a handful of things to do with the 2nd string Eb-D-C#

I just had to include that Lloyd Green lick.

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Play over E-chord
1---------------------------------------------------------5~~~~-------------
2--------7LL~5LL------------5~~5LL------------5~~5LL------5LL~5-------------
3---7B----------------5B----------------5-----------------------------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------------------
5------------------5-----------------5-----------------5--------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------------
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . .


(Lloyd Green) over E-chord
1------------------------------5--------5-----------------------------------
2------------------------------------5--------5L~5LL------------------------
3------------------5B~6~~~~~5-----------------------------------------------
4------------------*--------------------------------------------------------
5------------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~~--------
6---------------------------------------------------------------------------
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 1 . . 2 . .
* = Release pedal before quick slide up to 6th fret and slide slowly back to 5th fret



Using 2nd Eb-D to form minor chords and 9th D-C# to go from B7chord to Echord

1---10---9----7----5~~~~~~~~------------------------------------------------
2---10---9L---7L---5~~~~~~---5----------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-----------------------5~~-------------------------------------------------
5---10---9----7----5~~~~~~~~-----7------------------------------------------
6------------------------------------------7~7B~~~~~~~~---------------------
7-------------------------------------7-------------------------------------
8--------------------------------7L-------(7)~~~~~~~~~~---------------------
9------------------------------------------7~~~~7L~~~~~---------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------



1----------(5RR)~5----------------------------------------------------------
2--------------------5~~~5LL--------5LL~5-----------------------------------
3------------5--------------------------------------------------------------
4--------------------------------5L-------------5L~~5-----------------------
5---5A~~5--------------------5--------------5-------------------------------
6-------------------------------------------------------5B~~5---------------
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8---5~~~5L------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Let all notes ring as long as possible


Playing arpeggiated chords w/chromatic movement on 6th string
D F#7 Bm D7 G Gm D
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------
2------1LL----------2L-------------3-----------3----------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
4---------1R-----------2---------------------------------3---------1C-------
5-------------------------------3-----------3----------3---------1C---------
6---1---------1~~2--------2~~3--------3~~3B-------3B~3------2B~1B-----1B~1--
7---------------------------------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------------------------------
10---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Bengt<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bengt Erlandsen on 02 May 2001 at 04:13 PM.]</p></FONT>

Thank you Bengt for these tabs. I got a four day weekin coming up and I will enjoy working on this stuff. Thanks again----Rick Worley

Something really nice about having the 2nd Eb-D-C# and 9th D-C#.
1 The Major-scale can be harmonized on the top strings.
2 On the low strings you can play all maj7,min7,min7b5,diminished and augmented as full chords.

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C Bmb5 Am G F Em Dm
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--11LL--9L----8LL---6LL---4LL---3LL---1LL----------------------------------
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --11R---9R----8-----6R----4R----3-----1------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G#--11----9-----8-----6-----4-----3-----1------------------------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .



Cmaj7 Bm7b5 Am7 G7 Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
F#----------*----------------------------------------------------------------
Eb---------------------------------------------------------------------------
G#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
B --11a---9a----8-----6-----4a----3-----1------(A-Pedal IS ONLY HALFPRESSED)-
G#--11----9-----8-----6-----4-----3-----1------------------------------------
F#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
E --11R---9R----8-----6R----4R----3-----1------------------------------------
D --11L---9-----8L----6L----4L----3L----1L-----------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

* Note1: If you play the Bm7b5 w/out pressing A-pedal at all you have a Bdiminished
* Note2: Play any of the Major-chords with both A+B pressed and you have a Augmented chord
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Bengt Erik