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b0b


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2011 9:53 pm    
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Last year I wrote an article on my blog about a system of 7th chords on the C6th. Just today I discovered another system of 7th cords that dovetails into the gaps of the first system. So I wrote about it, too.

Here's the original article:
b0bletter.blogspot.com/2010/09/plain-7th-chords-on-c6th-pedal-steel

And here's the new one:
b0bletter.blogspot.com/2011/08/more-7th-chords-on-c6th

This is pretty useful stuff if you're playing a lot of blues. Mr. Green
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b0b


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Post  Posted 1 Aug 2011 10:20 pm    
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Tab:
chord A7 E7 B7 A7 E7 B7 A7 E7 B7 A7 E7 B7 A7
fret  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 12
P5             +     +              +
P6       +              +     +
A>Bb     +     +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +
C>C#  +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +     +     +

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James Morehead


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Post  Posted 2 Aug 2011 5:45 am    
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b0b, Thanx for that info. That will be very usefull to many of us. Smile
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b0b


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Post  Posted 2 Aug 2011 9:57 am    
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When you're just comping chords with a blues band, having the I<sup>7</sup>, IV<sup>7</sup> and V<sup>7</sup> all within a fret of each other is really sublime. Also, the lead licks that you can pull out of these adjacent positions at random sound really advanced and jazzy.

I'm having a lot of fun with this discovery. Very Happy
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Edward Meisse

 

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Post  Posted 2 Aug 2011 10:05 am    
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Good articles. Putting a couple of dozen such things together could make a pretty good C6 instruction book for intermediate players.
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Steve English


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Post  Posted 2 Aug 2011 10:53 am    
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What about those of us who play C7? Got any tricks to show us where the 6th chords are? Shocked
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b0b


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Post  Posted 2 Aug 2011 11:55 am    
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I don't know that copedent. Sorry.
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Pete Burak

 

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Portland, OR USA
Post  Posted 2 Aug 2011 1:38 pm    
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I updated this for E9/B6 S12U (but I have not test-fired these pedal/lever combos yet).
G#>A is your B pedal.
B>C is a fairly common S12U change (I have it on strings 5,10,12).

Tab:

chord A7 E7 B7 A7 E7 B7 A7 E7 B7 A7 E7 B7 A7
fret  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 12 13
P5             +     +              +
P6       +              +     +
G#>A     +     +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +
B>C   +  +  +  +     +  +  +  +     +     +
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John Billings


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Post  Posted 2 Aug 2011 2:46 pm    
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b0b,
What about 13th chords? I use those on 6 string all the time, but have no clue about getting them on the C6th neck, which I seldom use, but would like to utilize more.
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David Mason


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Post  Posted 2 Aug 2011 4:27 pm    
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Being on the "C" neck but with the zero fret in "A" hurts my head, so I'll just add - if you have the lever that drops your 5th string a whole step (G->F for us normal folks) try playing P5 and P6, drop your fifth string. It's a 7th chord, if you're in C at the 12th fret this gives you a G7 chord at the 11th fret and a F7 at the 9th fret. And, the cool thing is, your 4th and 8th string half-step lower (A->G#) toggles it down to a 6th chord. Combined with the big fat 7th chord from just P6 and the G->F lower, you really don't need to move much. And a forward slant on just the un-altered tuning gives you a 7th chord, and when you drop t... well, try a slant, that's all. Alien
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Edward Meisse

 

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Santa Rosa, California, USA
Post  Posted 3 Aug 2011 10:23 am    
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John Billings wrote:
b0b,
What about 13th chords? I use those on 6 string all the time, but have no clue about getting them on the C6th neck, which I seldom use, but would like to utilize more.


I have an S10 C6 guitar. So you need to adjust this accordingly. At fret 4, you get a C13 chord by pushing pedals 2 and 3 on the C6 side. I think that is pedals 5 and 6 on most double neck guitars. I know of a second 13 chord. You get it by pushing pedals 2 and four on the C6 side. I think that would be 5 and 7 on most double neck guitars. I find that one alot less useful.
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b0b


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Post  Posted 3 Aug 2011 5:54 pm    
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D13 is P5 with the C>B lever.

If you tune your 1st string to D, it's the 13th note on top of the F9 that you get with P6.
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Post  Posted 3 Aug 2011 6:05 pm    
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David Mason wrote:
Being on the "C" neck but with the zero fret in "A" hurts my head...

okay, try this:
Tab:
chord C7 G7 F7 C7 G7 F7 C7 G7 F7 C7 G7 F7 C7 G7
fret  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 12 13
P5       +              +              +     + 
P6          +     +              +             
A>Bb  +  +  +     +  +  +  +     +     +  +  + 
C>C#     +  +  +  +     +     +  +  +  +     +

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David Mason


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Post  Posted 4 Aug 2011 2:49 pm    
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I'm trying to post my "Fun with G>F lever" stuff - is there a tab translator that gets the spacing right? When I copy your tab into open office or notepad the spacing gets crazed. And vice-versa.
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Brint Hannay

 

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Post  Posted 4 Aug 2011 3:50 pm    
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Go to this page:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/faq.php?mode=bbcode

and select "Guitar tab or tuning charts" under "Outputting text with spaces."
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