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Topic: C6 VIDEO LESSON - Block chord lick w/ string pulls |
Steve Cunningham
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Atlanta, GA
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Don McGregor
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Memphis, Tennessee
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Posted 20 May 2015 3:32 am |
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Very worth while!
Now I know what I'll be working on today.
I have found most of these chords with bends, but have not used them in a blues/shuffle context.
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 20 May 2015 4:26 am
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Great explanation, Steve. You truly have a Kung-Fu pinky. The notion of following the pentatonic blues scale pattern is indeed the secret sauce! When I first played E13th years ago, I caught on to that; you can really fly with that concept over the right chord changes.
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Will Houston
From:
Tempe, Az
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Posted 20 May 2015 8:34 am
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| Yes, thanks for that. |
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Doug Beaumier
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Northampton, MA
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Steve Cunningham
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Atlanta, GA
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Frank James Pracher
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 20 May 2015 8:04 pm
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Great job Steve! I do some string pulls in E major tuning, but for some reason they just didn't seem that obvious in C6th tuning. I can't wait to give these a try. Thanks!
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Steve Roesler
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Posted 21 May 2015 6:23 am
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| Steve, you've got a gift for explaining & demonstrating in a straightforward, understandable way. This gives me some new "stuff" to add to the practice sessions. Thanks for taking time to produce the vid. |
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Mark Roeder
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 21 May 2015 8:54 am
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| ...having played mostly 8-string E6 the past few years, the 6-string C6 tuning is somewhat compelling. |
I agree. I enjoy the challenge of making music on just 6 strings. And 6-string lap steels are lighter, easier to carry around, cheaper, and more plentiful, especially vintage ones. If a player uses bar slants and learns two or three different tunings (C6, A6, B11, E7, etc) he can play a of of stuff on just 6 strings.
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Mike Bagwell
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Greenville, SC, USA
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Posted 24 May 2015 2:18 am
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Thanks for the tip Steve, nice stuff!. I knew about the A7th chord on the 12th fret but I had never used the string pull on the 14th fret.
I've played that position for years (palm to forehead) and never occurred to me to raise that string.
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Steve Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, GA
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 25 May 2015 5:14 am
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| Great stuff Steve. Very well explained and I like how you just cut to the chase. |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 25 May 2015 1:27 pm
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Sweet! 
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Jim Wilmoth
From:
California, USA
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Posted 25 May 2015 3:15 pm
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Great stuff. I'm off to work on my bionic pinky  |
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 26 May 2015 12:33 am
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Love the string pulls. Couldn't live without them.
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Steve Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, GA
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 26 May 2015 10:19 pm
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Pinky. The ring finger mutes and keeps stability if tone bar. Especially for the slanted string pulls.
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Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
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Brian McGaughey
From:
Orcas Island, WA USA
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Posted 27 May 2015 5:17 am
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I use my middle finger for the string pull on the high B string 2 (G tuned dobro) all the time. Both a half and a full tone raise depending on whether I've got it tuned to B or to A.
Not while executing a slant, though.
Be careful practicing the pull and work into the amount of time spent at it slowly over several days. I over did it when I started working on this technique and had pain that stopped me from playing for several days. |
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Stefan Robertson
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Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 27 May 2015 8:09 pm
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Yeah I couldn't get whole tone string pulls due to string tension on my 12 string. But never needed it. That's probably why never used as well 3rd finger. Plus a whole tone is bound to require a bigger one or two fingers.
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Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Steve Cunningham
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Atlanta, GA
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