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Topic: Different tunings for lap steel |
Derrell Reagan
From: Texas, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2017 1:18 pm
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I have a 8 string lap steel and I am useing a E7h tuning at present. My steel is a double neck and one neck is tuned to E7th and the other I use the C6th. I have been told the E9th is basically for pedal steels. Would there be some others to try instead of the E7h. Or any other versions of the Eth? Derrell Reagan |
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James Hartman
From: Pennsylvania, USA
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Derrell Reagan
From: Texas, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2017 4:07 pm
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Thanks James i really appreciate your reply . This steel guitar thing is opening a whole new world for me. |
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b0b
From: Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Dec 2017 4:14 pm
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Low to high: B D E G# B C# E G#
It's an E13th voiced like the E9th pedal steel. The top 6 string are like Don Helms (Hank Williams' sound), and the full 8 are like Little Roy Wiggins, another country steel legend.
Everything you learn on this tuning translates very easily to E9th pedal steel, should you ever decide to go that route. _________________ -𝕓𝕆𝕓- (admin) - Robert P. Lee - Recordings - Breathe - D6th - Video |
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