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Anyone else experimenting with diatonic tunings?
I've been playing around with this 10-string tuning:

low to high: C# E F G A B C D E F

A sort of modified Byrd tuning. I'm finding it can handle ...

Does anyone use plastic fingerpicks? Are there advantages/disadvantages compared with metal ones? How do you mold them into a usable shape? What brands do you like? I'm curious.

Thanks,
Carl

Thanks, everyone, for your helpful replies. I put a D above the E on my C6 to see what it would be like, and it was too weird - I had no idea what to do with it. Any specific examples of licks or ch ...

I notice on Bobby's tunings page that in his E13 tuning, he uses an F# string on top, above the G#, which means it is out of sequence, pitch-wise. I also recall seeing someone with a D string above t ...

I'd like to get better at blocking. I'm curious what techniques others like to use. Do lap steelers pick block at all? How many picks do you wear? How about blocking with the left hand? Is there ...

Mike,

I've really enjoyed playing with the Leavitt tuning. What I'm wondering is if there are materials available specifically for gaining familiarity with scales, patterns, chord voicings, etc., in ...

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Topic: diatonic tuning?
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 1 Views: 1655	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Oct 2014 2:04 am Subject: diatonic tuning?
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 1 Views: 1655	Anyone else experimenting with diatonic tunings? I've been playing around with this 10-string tuning: low to high: C# E F G A B C D E F A sort of modified Byrd tuning. I'm finding it can handle ...
Topic: plastic fingerpicks??
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 4 Views: 1761	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 18 Nov 2001 6:16 am Subject: plastic fingerpicks??
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 4 Views: 1761	Does anyone use plastic fingerpicks? Are there advantages/disadvantages compared with metal ones? How do you mold them into a usable shape? What brands do you like? I'm curious. Thanks, Carl
Topic: That out-of-sequence string
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 6 Views: 1833	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 6 Mar 2001 11:48 am Subject: That out-of-sequence string
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 6 Views: 1833	Thanks, everyone, for your helpful replies. I put a D above the E on my C6 to see what it would be like, and it was too weird - I had no idea what to do with it. Any specific examples of licks or ch ...
Topic: That out-of-sequence string
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 6 Views: 1833	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 2 Mar 2001 11:49 am Subject: That out-of-sequence string
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 6 Views: 1833	I notice on Bobby's tunings page that in his E13 tuning, he uses an F# string on top, above the G#, which means it is out of sequence, pitch-wise. I also recall seeing someone with a D string above t ...
Topic: blocking
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 6 Views: 1891	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Jul 2000 11:28 am Subject: blocking
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 6 Views: 1891	I'd like to get better at blocking. I'm curious what techniques others like to use. Do lap steelers pick block at all? How many picks do you wear? How about blocking with the left hand? Is there ...
Topic: Free Tab of "moonlight in Vermont"
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 52 Views: 10468	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Mar 2000 7:23 am Subject: Free Tab of "moonlight in Vermont"
Carl Yamamoto Replies: 52 Views: 10468	Mike, I've really enjoyed playing with the Leavitt tuning. What I'm wondering is if there are materials available specifically for gaining familiarity with scales, patterns, chord voicings, etc., in ...