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Topic: Tuition Material For My Tuning Choice |
Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 19 Dec 2020 4:50 pm |
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When I'm not playing my b***o, my guilty pleasure is to sit and pick away at my 8-string lap-steel. I'm gradually getting better, patiently working out the best ways to do the most with the least, so to speak.
I'd really appreciate some tuition material that would show me if I'm getting things right or wrong as I slowly progress.
My chosen tuning is E6th (?)....lo-hi B C# E G# B C# E G#, it works well for me. Having said that, I'm open to correction and advice (many years married,fully trained).
I'm hoping there's a DVD or online help out there?
Season's Greetings from County Cork, Ireland, stay safe! |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2020 5:03 pm
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There's the Don Helms book from Mel Bay that uses a similar tuning:
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Travis Brown
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 19 Dec 2020 7:16 pm
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Your highest 6 strings are tuned in similar intervals to a C6, so any C6 book/lesson should help. I can relate to your situation - I've played slide for decades but the C6 tuning is throwing me for a loop.
I'm playing with the Mel Bay "Basic C6th Nonpedal Lap Steel Method" right now and I definitely think it will help you understand the tuning better. Just ignore the notation and read the tablature. |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 20 Dec 2020 1:26 am
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| Many thanks for both replies, much appreciated. |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Andrea Tazzini
From:
Massa, Italy
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Posted 20 Dec 2020 7:36 am
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Exploring C6th by Andy is a great book! I own one copy and it is very inspiring 👍
Andrea |
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Travis Brown
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2020 5:09 pm
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| I'll add that just today I started on Henry Allen's "How to Play the Hawaiian Steel Guitar" and, while it is a weird book where half the pages are fundamentals like how to read music and the accompanying CD is insanely worthless, it has some very helpful exercises based on a modified C6 tuning. He lays out scales and chord inversions that really help me visualize the tuning, and then his exercises seem to expound on the scales and chords he lays out in the beginning. |
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