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Topic: The X-Slant - tablature - video |
Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Posted 22 Nov 2015 3:21 pm |
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A couple of players have asked me about the X-slant that I play in my video of "Send Me the Pillow", on the intro of the song. I thought it would be useful to post the tab here as it might be of interest to forum members.
For an X-slant you spin the bar from either a forward slant to a reverse slant or from a reverse slant to a forward slant.
Here's the video. The X-slant happens in the intro ----> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO2Tf8KLJ14
By the way, I am not responsible for the commercial that plays before the video. YouTube sticks that in there and I have no control over that.
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C6 tuning
A E7 A E7
reverse
slide slant X-slant
E---2--4--|--5------------|-----4-------4--|--5-------------|------------
C---------|-----4------4--|----------------|----------------|--------4---
A---------|-------4-------|--5---------5---|--4-------------|------------
G---------|---------------|----------------|----------------|------4-----
E---------|---------------|----------------|----------------|----4-------
C---------|---------------|----------------|----------------|--4---------
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I came up with the slant by ear after a few minutes of playing along with the track, not by analyzing the theory, but if you're interested in the theory, here's what's happening:
The song is in the key of A and the Intro has the following chords: A E7 A E7
The reverse slant has the notes G# and D. Those two notes are in the E7 chord, the 3rd tone and the 7b.
The X-slant resolves to A and C#, the root and 3rd of the A chord.
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2015 4:04 pm
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A very cool move that's quite common in the classic early acoustic Hawaiian music played in A tuning.
The first string (E) and third string (A) are tuned the same as in C6. |
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Jeff Garden
From:
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 22 Nov 2015 4:13 pm
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| very slick, Doug...thanks! |
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G Strout
From:
Carabelle, Florida
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Posted 22 Nov 2015 6:18 pm
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Thanks Doug!! I was just listening to that on You Tube the other night. After I heard that lick I went and backed the video up to watch and listen again. Great move! You do it so smoothly and accurately that it sounds like a pedal. Thanks for posting. As always you are very generous and informative in your postings.
gary |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 23 Nov 2015 6:44 am
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Great job. Can't wait to try those intervals.
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