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Kirk Nelson

 

From:
San Diego, California
Post  Posted 21 Dec 2008 4:53 pm    
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I just wrote my first steel tab. It is Silent Night for C6 non-pedal. Please let me know if you have any of you more experienced players have any suggestions for improvement.

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Silent Night
By Joseph Mohr & Franz Gruber

C6 lap steel
3/4 Time

 (G)
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
C|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|----7-------|------------|----7-------|------------|
G|7---7---7---|------------|7---7---7---|------------|
E|7-------7---|7-----------|7-------7---|7-----------|
C|------------|7-----------|------------|7-----------|

 (D)                       (G)
E|5-------5---|------------|------------|------------|
C|------------|6-----------|7-------7---|------------|
A|------------|6-----------|------------|------------|
G|5-------5---|------------|------------|7-----------|
E|------------|------------|7-------7---|7-----------|
C|------------|------------|------------|7-----------|

 (D)                       (G)
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
C|------------|7---6-------|------------|------------|
A|7-------7---|7---6---7---|----7-------|------------|
G|7-------7---|--------7---|7---7---7---|------------|
E|------------|------------|7-------7---|7-----------|
C|------------|------------|------------|7-----------|

 (C)                       (G)
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
C|------------|7---6-------|------------|------------|
A|7-------7---|7---6---7---|----7-------|------------|
G|7-------7---|--------7---|7---7---7---|------------|
E|------------|------------|7-------7---|7-----------|
C|------------|------------|------------|7-----------|

 (D)                       (G)          (Em)
E|5-------5---|8-----------|------------|7-----------|
C|------------|----9-------|7-----------|7-----------|
A|------------|----9---9---|------------|------------|
G|5-------5---|7-----------|7-----------|7-----------|
E|------------|------------|7-----------|------------|
C|------------|--------9---|------------|------------|

 (G)          (D)          (G)
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
C|7-----------|------------|7------/----|19----------|
A|7-----------|5-----------|------------|------------|
G|----7-------|----5-------|7------/----|19----------|
E|----7---7---|--------5---|7------/----|19----------|
C|--------7---|------------|------------|------------|
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Steve Atwood

 

From:
Massachusetts, USA
Post  Posted 23 Dec 2008 11:58 am    
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Kirk, that's a good start.

It's an excellent presentation, but there are a couple of mistakes in your bass line. The second pair of notes in the first staff - does that really sound right when you play it? I think you need a C for the lower note instead of the D. You can play that on an open second string, or on the 8th fret on the 5th string (good chance to practice reverse slants).

Also, in the second measure on the second staff, you need a C again for the lower note. You can do that with a 6-5 slant on the second and third strings. Or - try sliding down from the 5th fret on the first string to the second fret and play the open second string.
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Kirk Nelson

 

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San Diego, California
Post  Posted 23 Dec 2008 5:57 pm     Thanks, Steve.
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Thanks for your reply, Steve!

I think both of your suggestions are solid improvements -- on both of those, I was trying to do the Don Helms thing without slants because I've only been playing a year and my slants can still be a little sloppy (He's one of my favorite steel players too). Anyway, thanks a lot for the improvements!

Have a great Christmas!
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Warren Pederson

 

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British Columbia, Canada
Post  Posted 29 Dec 2008 12:41 am    
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"in the second measure on the second staff, you need a C again for the lower note. You can do that with a 6-5 slant on the second and third strings"

-Do you mean 4th and 2nd strings??
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