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Topic: Steel guitar scales |
Michael Febbie
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New York, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2015 6:30 am |
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Hi,I been playing for about 6 mts now. I have learned a few songs but progress is slow. I am having trouble un derstanding where I am going up and down the neck or playing horizontally. I find help on the vertical scales but not on the horizontal. Is there any on the forum. Thanks a head of time.
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Herb Steiner
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Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 18 Dec 2015 6:49 am
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Page 28 in Winston/Keith.
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Jason Putnam
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2015 7:33 am
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Check out this site. Several scale exercises in tab.
http://www.benzianlist.com/tab.html
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Joachim Kettner
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Germany
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2015 10:48 am
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Hi, Michael, for a big help with horizontal scales…
Make sure you know all the positions for your I, IV, and V chords in any given key.
For example, no pedals, pedals down and A pedal / E-F lever positions for G, C, and D in the key of G.
Using strings 3 & 5, play each of the "pedal" and "pedals down" chords as they occur in order up the neck, you'll get: fret 3 NP fret 3 PD fret 5 PD fret 8 NP fret 10 NP fret 10 PD. Add in fret 13 NP to connect to fret 15 NP and start again. That's the harmonized G scale in sixths… same exact thing on strings 5 & 6 will give you the harmonized G scale in thirds. The fine thing about this method is you don't need to memorize a bunch of separate scales, just play through the I, IV, V chord positions which you should know cold anyway!
From there, add in the "intermediate" positions of the A pedal and E-F raise versions of the three chords… G at fret 6, C and D at fret 11 and 13 and you will have melody pockets for days.
Moving on to the 5th and 8th strings, do the same thing using no pedal, pedals down, and E-Eb lower lever (G at the 8th fret) and you'll find many of the scale pockets there. Add in the A & E-F lever positions and once again, melody gold.
From there maybe on to the B & C pedal combo! Best of luck...
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2015 6:35 pm
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Double post amended to yet another recommendation for The Winston/ Keith book. So much good, useful information there.
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Don Sulesky
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Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 19 Dec 2015 8:56 am scales
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Mike
Check your mail.
I sent you three scales you can use yesterday.
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Carl Mesrobian
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