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Topic: What Can I do with this copedent? |
Jeff Metz Jr.
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York, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 17 Feb 2013 3:20 pm |
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Hi,
I recently picked up my Sierra s12 and I don't know what to use the extra pedals for?
Im familiar with maj, minor, 7th, maj 7, chords but I don't know what else I can do with my setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
Jeff
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 17 Feb 2013 8:17 pm
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I can't speak to the dropping of the G#s. I have them on my uni, but I've not yet learned uses for it.
I'd move P5 to LKV, as I use it often with A.
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Paul Sutherland
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Placerville, California
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Posted 17 Feb 2013 8:27 pm
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What are the pedals or levers that are giving you trouble?
There is only one pedal that is a bit unusual, and that's lowering the G#s to Gs, but it's not unheard of. I believe Jimmy Day used to lower the third string in this manner, although maybe not on a floor pedal. I've never had the change, but it appears to give you a minor chord; i.e., G minor chord at the third fret with just pedal 4 engaged. Not sure what else it might be good for.
Everything else is fairly typical E9, whether extended or standard.
PS: Is this steel capable of split tuning? Is the changer limited to double raise and lower, or something more? There are several things I would change if this were my steel, but first you/we need to know what this steel is capable of in terms of copedents. A vertical lever on the left knee is pretty standard now-a-days and moving the B lowers to such a lever would be a good idea, as suggested by Lane |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 18 Feb 2013 8:25 am
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P4 lowers all 3 G#s to G, turning the major chord at any fret into the minor of the same name. It's usually placed in the P0 position, so that it can be used with P1 to make a pedals down 7th chord.
P5 lowers both Bs to Bb. This change is usually placed on LKV where it is commonly called "the X lever". On a pedal, it gives you an often needed scale note at the IV position (8th fret key of G), and helps to get the right notes on the II7 chord in the I position (playing an A7 chord in the key of G at the 3rd fret).
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