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I'm lookin' for blues licks for E9. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

What kind of blues?

-Travis

I'd love to see a steel ride played against "Stormy Monday"..in E9.

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Bob Grado, Williams D10 (lefty), Peavey 1000,
Profex ll.

Any kind. Expanding my horizons...

Have you done a search in "Tablature"? There have been many posts with tab posted.
Also, Doug Beaumier and others have a course on it as well.

I have searched and retrieved most posted stuff in 'Tablature' and have done Doug's course - it's a good one, too. I'm just lookin' for more!

Have you checked out Buddy Emmons' C6 stuff on the buddyemmons.com website? A lot of it you can translate into E9 by engaging your E>D# and playing it like it's a B6 tuning. With the 2nd string D#>C# engaged, you're only missing the two bottom strings of a full B6 tuning. There's some really good stuff there. Also, there are a few good single-note runs on Jim Loessberg's site, which can be translated into E9--just use bar movement instead of the indicated pedals.

If you're up for a challenge, you can try transcribing your favorite blues licks/solos. The Sacred Steel stuff is a great source for that, but don't limit yourself to steel players. If you hear something you like, try to play it. That's the cheapest way to learn, and it's how everybody learned before there was tab and structured lesson material.

Setting up a convenient system for transcribing--even just a CD player with a remote that sits near your steel, and a little desk to write on (if you choose to write stuff down, rather than just remember it)--is well worth it. And figuring out stuff on your own is very rewarding.

-Travis

I'll second Travis on the BE's website. Check out his "Blues To Use" tab. There's alot of good stuff there. Here's how I translated some of it to E9. L-lowers 1/2 tone.
<font face="monospace" size="2"><pre> D G
4)----------------------------------8L-----
5)-----10--10--10a-----------8a--8a-------
6)--10-------------10-----8b-----------8b---
7)----------------------------------------8--
--------------------10-------------------

D D7
4)----------------------------------------
5)----10--10--10a-----------11--11--11a----
6)-10------------10----11b-------------11b--
7)-----------------------------------------11
8-------------------10----------------------

G D
1)------13-----13-----13---------------
2)-------------------------------------
3)--13-------------------13------------
4)---------13------13-------13~~14-------
5)---------------------------------14A---
</pre></font>
Look at strings 1,3,4and 5 with the A pedal
as E6, 4 frets higher than C6. Don't forget about D6 too. Strings 5,6 with B pedal,7,9 and 10 and don't forget about the E9 tuning itself. I hope this will help some.

Tony


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