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Topic: Left Knee Lever Applications |
Blaine Eilts
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Oaklahoma, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2024 7:40 pm |
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Hello all. New member and first time poster here.
I'm writing my own copedant for a 3x3 6 string and I've hit a snag with what I should do with my left knee lever left. Almost every copedant I've seen raises two E's up a half step and this is how it's currently set up, but I'm having a hard time fitting that into any songs (I should add that I don't play much traditional country). Can anybody tell me where that originated and what application it's best used for?
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Bobby D. Jones
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2024 9:18 pm
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On an 10 string E9th Emmons A-B-C pedal set up. When you engage the LKL (Raise E's) and A pedal, Slide bar up 3 frets is same major chord.
Example: Bar 3rd fret G chord, Slide bar to 6th fret, Engage A pedal Gm, Combine A pedal with LKL another G chord.
Any bar chord can be moved 3 frets down the neck with LKL and A Pedal.
Good Luck on your steel journey, Happy Steelin. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 13 Jul 2024 11:30 pm
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Along with what Bobby said:
Lever alone gives a dominant 7th chord 3 frets up from no pedals position.
Lever alone gives a diminished chord. You have a G major chord with no pedals at the 3rd fret. Activate that Lever and you have a G# diminished.
With A&B pedals, add the lever and you have an augmented chord. 12th fret A chord to A augmented.
The most versatile Lever on the guitar in my opinion.
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K Maul
From:
Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 14 Jul 2024 5:50 am
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| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
The most versatile Lever on the guitar in my opinion. |
Yes! Leave it alone. Perfect for “non-Country” playing, really.
Hal Rugg or Lloyd Green get credit for first using it.
https://steelguitarforum.com/Forum5/HTML/007456.html
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 14 Jul 2024 6:18 am
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| Assuming we're talking about western (Euro/American) music, you have the 1 3 5 triad and you have inversions. If you have a triad with no pedals, you have an inversion 7 frets up with A&B pedals. With the invention of the E-raise lever you have a triad with A pedal + F lever 3 frets up from open. This gives you I > IV's (or V > I) ALL over the place, moving up, down or sideways. It is an essential tool for playing chord melodies and knowing these positions by rote is one of the primary tools that I try to impress on beginners. It essentially fills a hole in the tuning. |
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Blaine Eilts
From:
Oaklahoma, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2024 6:40 am
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| This has been very helpful and should be very useful now that I know what it does. Thanks y'all! |
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