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Topic: Need some guidance |
Ken Campbell
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Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 20 Apr 2014 11:55 am |
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Hey all, please to have some guidance. I play e9 pedal steel. The band I'm in is starting to do the occasional small venue show. To small for our regular setup. I intend to buy a six string lap steel to do these shows with. What tuning will allow me the best transition from my standard e9 to the six string non pedal.
Thanks everyone.....
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Jamie Mitchell
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 20 Apr 2014 12:14 pm
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I'd try E7, or some variant.
My go to is E B G# E C# A, high to low.
You can bump the A up to a B, and/or C# to D if needed.
Between slants and string pulls you can get some faux pedal stuff going.
That's just me, someone else might have a much better tuning for ya...
Some kind E should ease the transition though...
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Steve Lipsey
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Posted 23 Apr 2014 3:40 am
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The standard A6th tuning Low to High: C# E F# A C# E
It is identical to your middle Pedal Steel tuning with A&B pedals down.
Since I play Pedal steel with my pedals down a lot, it was completely natural to play A6th lap steel.
You can play everything that a C6th can play but you don't have to transpose in your head! Since the 5th fret is "D" and 7th fret is "E" and your "A" is open and at the 12th fret. It is already what you know!
Going back several decades... A6th was a very popular tuning for Western Swing and old Country stuff. Now C6th has become more popular and there is a lot more instructional material for C6th... so it's a good choice either way.
Dom
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Ken Campbell
From:
Ferndale, Montana
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Posted 23 Apr 2014 5:19 am
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| Thanks everyone.....not yet sure how I intend to proceed.... |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 23 Apr 2014 5:21 am
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This will be something you will need to experiment with, as you will need to learn a few techniques in order to sound like the same steel player your band knows and loves.
I would stick with the top end of E9 (G# E B G#)--with this setup, you can go from V7 to I easily and I to IV, just by using simple slants. It would be a technique you'd have to spend some time with, but it is not as difficult as you think. For instance:
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G#---10---12---------------
E----11---12----11----12---
B----12---12----12----12---
G#--------------13----12---
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Both of these give you B to E (and the 2nd one is B7 to E).
There is much you can do, but you will need to think of your needs and weigh against what you can pull off.
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Peter den Hartogh
From:
Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 25 Apr 2014 9:38 am
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You might be surprised how your E9th Pedal Steel guitar can fit in a very small space.
After all you need a space for a seat, a space for an amp, and a space for any 22/24" scale neck horizontal instrument. And maybe a mike. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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