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Topic: Tablature for 6 string Lap Steel |
Lexie Smith
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Texas, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 9:00 am |
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Hello everyone!
I am a newbie to steel guitar. I have been a banjo player for many years and decided to give the lap steel a try! I am having a hard time finding tablature for the the lap steel, especially for songs I am wanting to learn to play. I stumbled across "The Steel Guitar Forum" and figured this would be a great place for resources! Does anyone have tablature music for a 6 string Lap Steel for songs by the following artists?
Loretta Lynn
George Jones
Patsy Cline
Randy Travis
Conway Twitty
Thanks ya'll!  |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 9:12 am
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What's your tuning? 
Erv |
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Lexie Smith
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 9:16 am
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| I've been mostly exploring C6, but am open to any tuning! |
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Carl Gallagher
From:
New York, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 12:08 pm
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| You came to the right place, I've gotten a few from Erv and there are a couple other guys who do tabs here for a very fair price. |
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Lloyd Walsh
From:
San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 12:09 pm
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Check with Andy:
https://www.volkmediabooks.com/
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 12:53 pm
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| I've been mostly exploring C6, but am open to any tuning! |
Welcome to the forum.
Your tuning is really the first decision you need to make. C6, G, D, E, A tuning are a few of the more popular 6 string tunings, depending on what kind of music you are trying to play. While you can learn to play any kind of music on any tuning, certain tunings lend themselves to certain styles more readily than others. If you are interested in hawaiian and country, C6 is a common choice. If you are interested more in rock and blues ala someone like David Lindley or Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe, then you might want to consider Open D or E tunings.
Your next decision is the type of bar you want: a dobro style stevens bar? or a round bullet nose bar. Again, for country and hawaiian a bullet bar is popular, for blues, bluegrass, rock, a Stevens bar is commonly used.
Hope that helps.
I just saw your artist list. Most of the artists you mentioned used Pedal steel players and you can't really get the same sound that you hear on the records from a lap steel. I would highly suggest looking at Lessons with Troy who has a lot of beginner lap steel lessons and tunes he tabs out. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 25 Oct 2022 1:44 pm
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| Doug’s tablature is excellent and he is a great source for the tab you want, as well as Andy Volk, and Erv. |
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Lexie Smith
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Texas, USA
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Posted 26 Oct 2022 6:07 am
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| Thank ya'll so much for the tips! I'm excited to get started. I'm hoping to eventually move to the pedal steel. One step at a time tho Ha! |
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Robert Murphy
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West Virginia
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Posted 26 Oct 2022 6:33 am
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| If pedal steel is a goal then E9 lap steel and Roger Filiberto has been around for decades and available strings and book right here from the forum store. Go for it! |
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Alan Judson
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Lexie Smith
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2022 10:40 am
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| Awesome thank y’all so much for the suggestions! |
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Carl McLaughlin
From:
St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can
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Posted 10 Nov 2022 11:30 am I have one of Dougs books,It is great
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Daniel Zazynski
From:
Akron, NY USA
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Posted 15 Nov 2022 7:07 am
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| I agree that Doug’s tablature is excellent, and the backing tracks are great!!! |
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