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I once thought of Miles Davis album "Kinda Blue" as dinner music but lately I've sorta been digging it.
And I even feel the need cover it some.

https://youtu.be/LpFzCxTv2y8?si=BJc3cOvjwd ...

Just to point out that GBDGBD = a Bm#5 chord . . .

LOL! That stuff drives me nuts! "Who's on 1st?"

Here's a dobro tune. Tuned to G minor. Johnny Bellar.

https://www.youtube.com/ ...

I was figuring out this tune https://youtu.be/5HQw8rjFR44?si=ucKqJr00svVK17Zu last night. Supposedly from 1938. Today I saw a photo of him with a lap steel, again from 1938. The lap steel appeared to ...

This chart has worked for me
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/21013_753_string_gauge_chart_2_1_1.jpg

That's the chart I use. It gets me in the ballpark then I adjust heavier or lighter ...

It works!

Congratulations! 👏

Are there any other possibilities with C6 strings that won’t break the strings? I try to vary a little to no avail. I guess we have to get separate strings for each tuning? Confusing.

Thanks

J ...

I have lots of reasons for the G6.
I come from Jerry Douglas. So the 6 string DBGDBG was my tuning for many years.
With the G6 8 string lap, all it does is put an E in the middle of the 2 triads a ...

I have lots of reasons for the G6.
I come from Jerry Douglas. So the 6 string DBGDBG was my tuning for many years.
With the G6 8 string lap, all it does is put an E in the middle of the 2 triads a ...

Yes, G6 is great.
I use GDEGBD.
On 8 strings its GBDEGBDE.
Works for me.

I don't hear about that many people using 6th tunings with the 6th on top. I have this inversion on my pedal steel and ...

I rest my case.

https://youtu.be/m9fhznLqliQ?si=fnXxY8ujkbA2V76j

I'll go even farther with this and claim that the G6 is pretty much a miracle. I'm not very intelligent.I was told I had a learning disability in grade school.
Through blind luck I stumbled on the G6 ...

Perhaps because one can tune as low as D2 on string 6 and as high as G4 on string 1 there are a myriad of playable tuning possibilities. Moving beyond six strings opens up still more possibilities.
...

I suppose the wrestling match I'm having with this tuning it that it seems to want to play what it wants to play.
I know what you mean. That full 7th chord in the tuning is very stubborn! Smile

It see ...

Speaking of B11, here's some audio I made a while back. The "string section" in the background is the EH Oceans 11, shimmer setting

----> https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/38 ...

Here is how I play Scrapple.
They might want us to start another tread...

https://vimeo.com/1002319918

Thank you Rich that is very enlightening!

The B11 or whatever you want to call it is ...

I have 30 years of experience in fab work for what that's worth.

Probably no good way to cut that.

If I was forced (or hired) to work on that, I'd probably drill a hole or holes in it that would ...

That's an interesting approach to the steel!
It reminds me of an Eharp but played by someone who really has it figured out.

It might be best to restore the Remington to it's original condition and swap it out for another instrument. Probably not what you had in mind but that's what I would do.
Some guitars I've played jus ...

Noob question. If you go from a 6-string to an 8-string, do you use the same width slide, just not quite cover all the strings, and mute the strings not covered?

Reason I ask is I just started pla ...

Rich, I had a similar experience with Nuages. I just thought B11 was the way to go for that tune but never really got it to work. I put the guitar back in C6 and worked it up much easier. I assumed it ...

Anyway,

Back to the B11.

I screwed around with Nuages for quite a while and ended up playing it on PSG. It works out easily on there.

Something strange about the B11.

Sometimes everything ...

You're right.

I'm not aware of any steel guitar instructions on Bebop.

Did you ever see this software?

https://youtu.be/iR0hcT9_Q6k?si=PEN3rGyejui4eHxI

Maybe if someone could create a ver ...

You're right.

I'm not aware of any steel guitar instructions on Bebop.

Did you ever see this software?

https://youtu.be/iR0hcT9_Q6k?si=PEN3rGyejui4eHxI

Maybe if someone could create a ver ...

Hey Tim.

I'd be happy to slow down and video some bebop heads. Maybe I'll attempt something this weekend if time allows.
I've never tried Anthropology.
But I suspect it's there, but in the key of ...

Thanks Tim,

Maybe i do have a knack or gift, but these day I try not to take myself to seriously. The steel has become just a lot of fun for me and a means by which I escape for a while.
I've alwa ...

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Topic: A Miles Davis tune
Rich Arnold Replies: 3 Views: 214	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 1 Oct 2024 8:03 am Subject: A Miles Davis tune
Rich Arnold Replies: 3 Views: 214	I once thought of Miles Davis album "Kinda Blue" as dinner music but lately I've sorta been digging it. And I even feel the need cover it some. https://youtu.be/LpFzCxTv2y8?si=BJc3cOvjwd ...
Topic: Open minor tunings for Lap Steel
Rich Arnold Replies: 26 Views: 3953	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Sep 2024 7:13 pm Subject: Open minor tunings for Lap Steel
Rich Arnold Replies: 26 Views: 3953	Just to point out that GBDGBD = a Bm#5 chord . . . LOL! That stuff drives me nuts! "Who's on 1st?" Here's a dobro tune. Tuned to G minor. Johnny Bellar. https://www.youtube.com/ ...
Topic: Leon McAullife E13
Rich Arnold Replies: 5 Views: 812	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 28 Sep 2024 6:38 am Subject: Re: Leon McAullife E13
Rich Arnold Replies: 5 Views: 812	I was figuring out this tune https://youtu.be/5HQw8rjFR44?si=ucKqJr00svVK17Zu last night. Supposedly from 1938. Today I saw a photo of him with a lap steel, again from 1938. The lap steel appeared to ...
Topic: Tuning Reso to "A"
Rich Arnold Replies: 14 Views: 937	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Sep 2024 6:14 am Subject: Tuning Reso to "A"
Rich Arnold Replies: 14 Views: 937	This chart has worked for me https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/21013_753_string_gauge_chart_2_1_1.jpg That's the chart I use. It gets me in the ballpark then I adjust heavier or lighter ...
Topic: Clair de Lune, finished arrangement
Rich Arnold Replies: 6 Views: 500	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 23 Sep 2024 6:08 am Subject: Clair de Lune, finished arrangement
Rich Arnold Replies: 6 Views: 500	It works! Congratulations! 👏
Topic: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Sep 2024 3:47 am Subject: Re: C6 tuning on lap
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	Are there any other possibilities with C6 strings that won’t break the strings? I try to vary a little to no avail. I guess we have to get separate strings for each tuning? Confusing. Thanks J ...
Topic: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Sep 2024 3:42 am Subject: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	I have lots of reasons for the G6. I come from Jerry Douglas. So the 6 string DBGDBG was my tuning for many years. With the G6 8 string lap, all it does is put an E in the middle of the 2 triads a ...
Topic: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 11 Sep 2024 3:21 am Subject: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	I have lots of reasons for the G6. I come from Jerry Douglas. So the 6 string DBGDBG was my tuning for many years. With the G6 8 string lap, all it does is put an E in the middle of the 2 triads a ...
Topic: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 9 Sep 2024 3:38 am Subject: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	Yes, G6 is great. I use GDEGBD. On 8 strings its GBDEGBDE. Works for me. I don't hear about that many people using 6th tunings with the 6th on top. I have this inversion on my pedal steel and ...
Topic: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Sep 2024 4:13 am Subject: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	I rest my case. https://youtu.be/m9fhznLqliQ?si=fnXxY8ujkbA2V76j
Topic: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 3 Sep 2024 3:49 am Subject: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	I'll go even farther with this and claim that the G6 is pretty much a miracle. I'm not very intelligent.I was told I had a learning disability in grade school. Through blind luck I stumbled on the G6 ...
Topic: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Aug 2024 5:21 am Subject: Re: G6 Tuning: So many tasty flavours!
Rich Arnold Replies: 32 Views: 4961	Perhaps because one can tune as low as D2 on string 6 and as high as G4 on string 1 there are a myriad of playable tuning possibilities. Moving beyond six strings opens up still more possibilities. ...
Topic: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 30 Aug 2024 4:34 am Subject: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	I suppose the wrestling match I'm having with this tuning it that it seems to want to play what it wants to play. I know what you mean. That full 7th chord in the tuning is very stubborn! It see ...
Topic: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 29 Aug 2024 8:53 am Subject: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Speaking of B11, here's some audio I made a while back. The "string section" in the background is the EH Oceans 11, shimmer setting ----> https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix2203/38 ...
Topic: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Aug 2024 8:54 am Subject: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Here is how I play Scrapple. They might want us to start another tread... https://vimeo.com/1002319918 Thank you Rich that is very enlightening! The B11 or whatever you want to call it is ...
Topic: Cutting off cover plate palm rest -- spider Bridge
Rich Arnold Replies: 12 Views: 1661	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Aug 2024 3:54 am Subject: Cutting off cover plate palm rest -- spider Bridge
Rich Arnold Replies: 12 Views: 1661	I have 30 years of experience in fab work for what that's worth. Probably no good way to cut that. If I was forced (or hired) to work on that, I'd probably drill a hole or holes in it that would ...
Topic: My Take On Poinciana......
Rich Arnold Replies: 10 Views: 1394	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 27 Aug 2024 3:36 am Subject: My Take On Poinciana......
Rich Arnold Replies: 10 Views: 1394	That's an interesting approach to the steel! It reminds me of an Eharp but played by someone who really has it figured out.
Topic: Remington Steelmaster Pickup Placement
Rich Arnold Replies: 6 Views: 1319	Forum Section: Electronics Posted: 26 Aug 2024 4:27 pm Subject: Remington Steelmaster Pickup Placement
Rich Arnold Replies: 6 Views: 1319	It might be best to restore the Remington to it's original condition and swap it out for another instrument. Probably not what you had in mind but that's what I would do. Some guitars I've played jus ...
Topic: Slide 8-String vs. 6-String, and 8-string in open G.
Rich Arnold Replies: 9 Views: 2017	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Aug 2024 3:59 pm Subject: Re: Slide 8-String vs. 6-String, and 8-string in open G.
Rich Arnold Replies: 9 Views: 2017	Noob question. If you go from a 6-string to an 8-string, do you use the same width slide, just not quite cover all the strings, and mute the strings not covered? Reason I ask is I just started pla ...
Topic: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Aug 2024 5:33 am Subject: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Rich, I had a similar experience with Nuages. I just thought B11 was the way to go for that tune but never really got it to work. I put the guitar back in C6 and worked it up much easier. I assumed it ...
Topic: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 26 Aug 2024 3:35 am Subject: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Anyway, Back to the B11. I screwed around with Nuages for quite a while and ended up playing it on PSG. It works out easily on there. Something strange about the B11. Sometimes everything ...
Topic: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 24 Aug 2024 2:44 pm Subject: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	You're right. I'm not aware of any steel guitar instructions on Bebop. Did you ever see this software? https://youtu.be/iR0hcT9_Q6k?si=PEN3rGyejui4eHxI Maybe if someone could create a ver ...
Topic: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Aug 2024 6:06 am Subject: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	You're right. I'm not aware of any steel guitar instructions on Bebop. Did you ever see this software? https://youtu.be/iR0hcT9_Q6k?si=PEN3rGyejui4eHxI Maybe if someone could create a ver ...
Topic: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 22 Aug 2024 5:33 am Subject: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Hey Tim. I'd be happy to slow down and video some bebop heads. Maybe I'll attempt something this weekend if time allows. I've never tried Anthropology. But I suspect it's there, but in the key of ...
Topic: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Forum Section: Steel Without Pedals Posted: 21 Aug 2024 3:46 pm Subject: B11 lapsteel tunes.
Rich Arnold Replies: 42 Views: 4597	Thanks Tim, Maybe i do have a knack or gift, but these day I try not to take myself to seriously. The steel has become just a lot of fun for me and a means by which I escape for a while. I've alwa ...