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Landis Potter
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California, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2010 9:18 am |
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Howdy,howdy,howdy!
I've only been playing the pedal steel for about 4 months and it's coming along great. I have only studied with tabs, CD's, and DVD courses. The problem is that I learn the songs in one key and when I want to play with others, they sing and play it in an udder key. Is there anyone that transcribes tabs to other keys?
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Chuck Hall
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Warner Robins, Ga, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2010 6:58 pm
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Landis
Take a little time to learn the Nashville number system then it won't matter. It is as easy to play in Eb and it is C. Do a search and you will see what I mean...
Keep on learning.
Chuck 
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Ernest Cawby
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Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 6:35 pm hi
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Landis, if you are playing in C and need to go to D, just move everything up 2 frets. Like wise, to E up 4 frets, just follow this patern. You can use Word or wordperfect to make new tabs. I like Wordferfect cause you can get, 4 complete lins of tab, and only 3 in word.
1 ---------------------------------
2 ------------------------------
3 ---------3------3A---------------
4 ---------3------3B----------
5 ---------3------3-----------
6 ---------------------------
7 -------------------------
8 -----------------------
9 ----------------------
10 -------------------
this give you an idea how it is done.
I like to do tab on the lines it is eaiser to read than having to count spaces. In a word processor you can do virtle lines for bars.I transfer all my serious tabs to this format.
On all my Jeff Newman lessons I transfer them to single page format cause you cannot turn pages and play, also I made a wide board to hold 4 pages of tab on my music stand.
ernie
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Joseph Barcus
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Volga West Virginia
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Posted 30 Jan 2010 6:54 pm
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go print out some blank tap sheets, tab it out yourself it will go though a different part of your brain and you will be able to remember it better that way. and even though tab is a great learning tool. at some point try to sit by your guitar and play it by memory kind of like learning to ride bike at some point those training wheels has to come off.
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Ernest Cawby
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Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Jan 2010 12:16 am hi
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Also you can learn to play it in a box like we use to play then all you do is move the box up or down as need be. What I mean by box, is learn the play like this.
As in the key of C, use 8th fret no pedals,8th fret to get the F chord, and 10 fret to get G, you can also use the option of 3 fret up A & F, or 2 down With B & D lever to get G7th. This would make it easy to play in another Key. I play in this mode a lot, Lullian Thorpe.s Son and Daughter came to me at the first Alabama show and told me they liked my Playing it was playing the old way, I think that is the best compliment I ever Had as a player to come from them, That all their life they had one of the best.
What ever style you play there will be someone out there that will be your fan.
Also do your own thing is what Jeff Newman always told me, learn from my teaching then do it your way. When you do your best there will be some that like what you do.
Not everyone in the crowd will like playing to fast, or to good. A lot of people will like you better if you make some mistakes now and then. Also they will not conect with a player that plays so far over their head they have no clue as to what the player is playing. I am one of these, I like to be able to know what on earth they are playing.
Also the Nashville number system is about 25 or 30 pages long, but good to know the basics.
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