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Topic: New Lap Steel BOOK & CD, 25 Songs for C6..!! LOOK ----- |
Doug Beaumier
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 18 Feb 2010 6:28 pm |
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Congratulations, Doug, it looks great!
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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George Rozak
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Braidwood, Illinois USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2010 8:35 pm
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Been waitin' a long time for this one Doug... Just now sent in my PayPal order. Looking forward to giving it a whirl. Thanks... George
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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George Rozak
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Braidwood, Illinois USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2010 8:53 pm
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Thanks Doug... Time to start working on Volume 2 now.  |
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Josh Cho
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New York, NY (orig. Honolulu, HI)
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Posted 19 Feb 2010 4:05 am
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Hey Doug,
Glad to see you finally completed your book. Looks great and congrats, it must feel good to be done!!
Be well and best of luck with it!!
All the best,
Josh
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 19 Feb 2010 5:26 am
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| Congrats, Doug. Looks awesome. You have a great ear for arranging on the instrument. |
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Morgan Scoggins
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2010 6:44 am
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Hi Doug,
I am glad to see your book has come out. I placed an order this morning and am looking forward to getting it soon.
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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norm mcdaniel
From:
waco tx
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Posted 19 Feb 2010 8:46 am C-6th Workbook
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Doug--My order is in the mail and Money on the way
By Pay Pal
Boy am I looking forward to this
Norm In Waco |
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David Soreff
From:
North Las Vegas, NV
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Posted 19 Feb 2010 9:13 am
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Doug,
Glad to see it's all done. I just sent payment, and I hope it makes it to my ship by the next turnaround day...I have a steel set on the first night out and would love to put in some of the songs. Thanks for the hard work it must have taken to put his together.
Mahalo Nui,
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Mel Taylor
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 19 Feb 2010 10:09 am
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Hi Doug, I placed my order earlier this morning and I'm excited about this. I would like to add my thanks also for all the hard work you done in putting this together.
Mel Taylor |
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Eddie Jaudouin
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France
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Posted 19 Feb 2010 10:32 am
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Dear Doug,
I just sent order too !
Momey on the way by Pay Pal.
I am waiting for !
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Mark Harpainter
From:
Berkeley, California, USA
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Posted 21 Feb 2010 12:39 pm
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Thanks for your work Doug.
Have really enjoyed the sound clips in previous posts, just ordered my copy and looking forward to sitting down with it. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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George Kovolenko
From:
Estero, Florida, USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2010 4:12 pm
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| Doug, everything sounds great. Just ordered my copy this evening. Can't wait to get the Book/CDs. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Bob Stone
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Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2010 6:56 am
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Hi Doug,
I just ordered the book CD. It should be great for my students--me too.
Good job. Including std notation with Tab is the way to go, in my opinion.
Do I hear the old Stringmaster on some of those cuts?
Kudos for an excellent production!
All the best,
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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George Kovolenko
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Estero, Florida, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2010 9:35 am
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| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
A couple of members have
As far as temperament, I flat the 3rds and 6ths on all steel guitar tunings.
Here's what works for me (your mileage may vary):
root 0
3rd -13
5th -02
6th -15 |
Doug, could you elaborate a little on the temperament comment for us less experienced  players? Thanks... George |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 26 Feb 2010 5:00 pm
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| could you elaborate a little on the temperament comment... |
It complicated, but basically... there are two ways to tune your guitar.
Equal temperament - all strings tuned to a standard pitch of 440 Hz (0 cent). For this method simply tune the strings of your lap steel "straight up" on your tuner.
The other way of tuning is Just Intonation - certain strings are tuned slightly flat in order to make the chords sound more "in tune". It’s crazy, I know, but if I tune all strings ET (straight up) and strum across them… the chord sounds slightly out of tune to my ear. It’s very noticeable when recording over a rhythm track, not as noticeable when playing solo.
The 3rd interval and the 6th interval are the most critical, in my opinion. Those have to be tuned slightly flat for the chord to sound "in tune", in my opinion. In the key of C (C6 tuning) that would be the E (strings 1 & 5) and A (string 3).
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C6 tuning
interval offset
1 E 3rd -13
2 C root 0
3 A 6th -15
4 G 5th -02
5 E 3rd -13
6 C root 0
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This is what works for me. It’s important to note that as the bar moves up and down the fretboard playing two note harmonies and other positions, the intervals (root, 3rd, 5th, 6th) are on different strings than they are on the open strings. For this reason not all positions will sound perfectly in tune with the chord the band is playing at all times. An experienced steel player can often compensate for that with the bar. Maybe Equal temperament is a better compromise in this regard, but I can’t live with the sour 6th chord of ET... my opinion, of course.
So much for the "basic" explanation!  There’s really no easy way to explain this topic.
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Dave Britton
From:
California, USA
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Posted 26 Feb 2010 5:08 pm
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| Great job Doug. Just placed my order. |
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