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Topic: I Made it to C6 |
Billy Murdoch
From:
Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 12 Jul 2004 4:41 pm |
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Thanks to everyone who replied to my previous post.
I took delivery of a 70's ZB custom D10 some days ago and some of the Forumites have helped me with a few tips and advice to help me get started.
From first impessions it is a bit easier than the E9 neck to get something tuneful going but more difficult to find the 3 or 4 chord trick. Please continue with your advice I can take all you can throw at me.
Best regards
Billy |
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Al Marcus
From:
Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Jul 2004 7:18 pm
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Billy-you might already know this but one 4 chord is pedal 6 on the standard C6 tuning and one 5 chord is the same pedal 6 two frets higher...It is a start....al 
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Chris Forbes
From:
Beltsville, MD, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2004 1:25 am
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| Welcome to the dark side Bill!! |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 13 Jul 2004 4:39 am
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One way to look at it is
Without moving the bar
p5 is a II 7 chord dowqn 2 frets it's a bluesy 7 root chord
P6 is a IV 9 blues chord . play it over the 5th position and you have the root chord as a blues 9
P7 is a V maj7 Play is over the 4 chord open position and your a maj 7 root chord
P8 is a VI chord play it 3 frets up and it's another voicing of the I chord as a transition chord to the IV chord.
To play a minor of any chord go up 3 frets and down to the A string for the root.
And if you change the root note to Am you have an Am with no pedals also s A up three is Cminor
Search for a link in steel players of steel with the name
Trap Truly in the thread,
there is a chord creation PDF file link available wich will explain a ton of stuff to you. |
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Billy Murdoch
From:
Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
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Posted 13 Jul 2004 12:22 pm
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Thanks for your help David.
The chord charts from Trap Truly are fantastic I really am off and pedalling now.
I have managed to dig out quite a bit of information from previous posts on the Forum.
What a great pity the Forum was'nt up and running when I first tried pedal steel,all I had was a chrystal radio and A.F.N.
best regards
Billy |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 13 Jul 2004 3:05 pm
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Next get the Real Book or some jazz standards
Pick a slow tune you like with a lot of chords.
Just look at it 4-8 measures at a time or even just two, while consulting Trap's charts
Even if you DON'T LIKE JAZZ...
Simple reason, that is the best way to quickly understand how the tuning and chords lay out on the C6 neck.
Most standards became standards because musically they made sense in a logical way.
So then you more quickly see a good workable logic. |
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Terry Sneed
From:
Arkansas,
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 10:46 am
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Billy, here's a few chords.
12th fret no pedals is C or C6 -root or 1 chord
12th fret pedal 6 is F or IV chord
12th fret pedal 5 is a D or II chord
14th fret pedal 6 is a G or V chord
10th fret pedal 5 is C7
I'm just learnin C6 also, and this video that my friend Ted Hughes sent me has
helped tremendusly! thanks Ted!!
Terry
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[This message was edited by Terry Sneed on 15 July 2004 at 11:50 AM.] |
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Steve Knight
From:
NC
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Posted 15 Jul 2004 2:36 pm
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My favorite psg chord is on the C6:
At the 3rd fret, strike the 10th string & quickly step on pedal 8, now hit strings 3, 5 & 7 simultanously while the 10th string is still ringing & the 8P is engaged. That's a C7#9 chord. Very, very cool jazz chord.
Strings 10, 7, 5, 3 are C, E, Bb, D# or root, 3, b7th, #9th.
Six-string rock guitarists everywhere call that the "Jimi Hendrix" chord because it's the main one he used in "Purple Haze" & a lot of other tunes. On the steel I think of the Big E when I hear that chord. I'm not sure how often he actually uses it, though.
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