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Topic: Look At Us MP3 Extended Leavitt Tuning |
Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 3 Oct 2008 6:15 am |
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Here is one of the best songs that Vince Gill ever recorded and has become a standard for the pedal steel guitar thanks to the spectacular playing of the late John Hughey. His solo alone is worth the price of admission!
In trying to challenge myself I am always trying to push what I can accomplish with the non pedal guitar to show what posibilites are there and how much fun it is to try to reach for something. I decided to try to play this song and here is the result.
I learned a lot working on this. John Hughey.....what can you say. One of the greatest steel guitar players ever. I discovered that the back half of his solo where he goes for all that stuff up in the ozone layer is really a tremendous Hawaiian style when it approaches the modulation. Just beautiful. I wish I could play like that.
This one wore me out.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mm4jkjigynh |
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Steve Benzian
From:
Burlingame, CA USA
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Posted 3 Oct 2008 8:36 pm
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| That's a WOW, Bill. |
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Brian Henry
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Posted 4 Oct 2008 4:42 am
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This is awesome Bill! how many strings and what are your strings tuned to.!!!!
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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN GEORGIA |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2008 5:36 am
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| tbhenry wrote: |
| This is awesome Bill! how many strings and what are your strings tuned to.!!!![/size] |
I appreciate so much both of you guys comments. I have been working with the Leavitt tuning now for a while and have expanded it out from 6 strings to 8, 10 and now 12. On the 12 string I dropped the tuning down 1 1// steps to fatten up the tone a little.
This arrangement could be played on a 10 string and probably an 8.
Tuning from low to high on this song was
E A C# E G A B C D E F F#
The low E and A are sometime F and Bb. I tend to change the lower two strings to work with a specific key. I have not settled into a fixed tuning for the low strings yet. |
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Roy Thomson
From:
Wolfville, Nova Scotia,Canada
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Posted 4 Oct 2008 6:23 am
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Hey Bill,
I think your set up has moved so far from
the Leavitt that you can call it the
"Hatcher Tuning" You earned it 
Great Playing!
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Custom Tabs Various Tunings
Courses Lap Steel, Pedal Steel |
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Tom Pettingill
From:
California, USA (deceased)
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 4 Oct 2008 12:46 pm
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Bill, how do I get one of those pink thumbpicks  ?
Great job! |
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Drew Howard
From:
48854
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Posted 4 Oct 2008 4:19 pm
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| Evolution in action. |
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Richard Damron
From:
Gallatin, Tennessee, USA (deceased)
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Posted 4 Oct 2008 8:17 pm
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Bill -
I kid you not. I got a chill up and down this old spine when you soared into "Hugheyland". That is truly beautiful. Congrats once again. Loved it.
Richard |
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Mike Ihde
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 4 Oct 2008 10:09 pm
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Bill,
Great job as always. You're really taking the tuning to new heights.
You might want to correct your tuning though, you listed it as...
E A C# E G A B C D E F F#
but the B in the middle should be Bb. |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2008 9:00 am
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| Mike Ihde wrote: |
Bill,
Great job as always. You're really taking the tuning to new heights.
You might want to correct your tuning though, you listed it as...
E A C# E G A B C D E F F#
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Mike. Thanks so much.
Leavitt is (low to high) C# E G Bb C D as you well know. Down 1 and 1/2 steps is- Bb C# E G A B. The B looks fine to me...D moved down 1 1/2 steps would B.
That should correspond to my strings (Low to high) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. My second string which would be Bb in original Leavitt changes along with the first string to whatever I need in certain keys and certain arrangements. |
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Mike Ihde
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 7 Oct 2008 1:08 pm
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| Opps! Sorry. I read it too fast. I saw the C#, E, G, B, C and D and thought that was the Leavitt in the middle. I forgot you tune it down. |
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