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Topic: Is lap steel tuning similar to C6th? |
Billy Woo
From:
Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Posted 23 Mar 2001 10:27 am |
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Does anyone know what the standard tuning is for 6 & 8th lap steel. Is it an open tuning similar to C6th on the pedal steel where you slant the bar to get your minor chords etc?
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2001 6:29 am
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The 3 most common 8 string lap steel tunings are:
E
C
A
G
E
C
A
F
E
C#
A
F#
E
C#
A
F#
E
C#
B
G#
F#
E
D
B
6 string steels are:
E
C
A
G
E
C (some tune this to C# as Jerry Byrd often does)
E
C#
A
E
C#
A
If you study closely you will see WHY the pedal steel has what it has.
carl
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 24 Mar 2001 8:54 pm
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Good charts Carl! I guess most of us oldtimers have played them all on non-pedal steel.
I played the E13th and A6 a lot in those days......al |
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Russ Wever
From:
Kansas City
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Posted 24 Mar 2001 10:58 pm
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Billy, unless I misinterpreted your post, you seem to think that a bar slant is required to make a 'minor' chord. A 'minor' chord is played on the 'A', 'C', and 'E' strings of the C6th tuning.
~Russ |
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