"So Rare" C6 lap steel Tab

Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

I just did some quick tablature for the swing tune "So Rare"... the intro and one time through the form.

I posted a video of the tune on YouTube in 2013.
Here's the Video ---> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1pJUQAYYxc

If you have Band-in-a-Box or similar software, I suggest that you make a backing track... any swing style, about 115 bpm, using the chords shown in the chart below. Playing the tab alone sounds okay, but the backing chords will really bring the arrangement to life, as always!

Here's a pdf (better quality) ---> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ayMfN8y9g9ySJzUTXL3AnWULEEO12Sm2/view?usp=sharing

Bill Hatcher · From: Atlanta Ga. USA

cool! great that you posted the tab!

Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

Thanks Bill. I have vague memories of hearing this song on the radio when I was a youngster. A few years ago I got the sheet music and I was surprised at how well the tune translates to steel.
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Janusz Achtabowski · From: Poland

Thanks.

Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

That's a really nice melody. I just recently saw the Welk band do that in one of the show's re-broadcasts with vocals and the big band.

Very nice tune and good of you to tab it out for us. Thanks.

Joe Cook · From: Lake Osoyoos, WA

Thanks for the tab, Doug. That Gibson really sounds great!

Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

Thanks for checking it out, guys.
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Paul Miles · From: United Kingdom

Thanks for this Doug. Fabulous tune.I'm on it.

David DeLoach · From: Tennessee, USA

Once again, thank you Doug! I have learned so much from you!

David
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Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

Iâ€™m glad yâ€™all like it. Smile

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Nelson Checkoway · From: Massachusetts, USA

Great touch Doug. Love your tone and vibrato!

Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

Hey, thanks Nelson! Glad you like it. The video was recorded back in 2013. Every time I hear it, I wish I had put more effort into the backing track and the mix. I'm learning as I go!

I'm still playing the Emmons S-10 that I bought from you a couple of years ago... still enjoying it. I've played that steel on two YouTube videos so far:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YdHqxTcBfI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7POavqLF-fc

Thanks again Smile

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Jeff Garden · From: Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA

Thanks, Doug...great stuff!

Travis Brown · From: Florida, USA

Lovely tone. I've been lusting after a Gibson but I need to save up and get an 8 or 10 string.

Also, I very much appreciate the tab and will study it. I very much enjoy seeing how others interpret chords within the constraints of the lap steel tuning, so thanks for the study material!

Steve Cunningham · From: Atlanta, GA

Very cool Doug. Your playing is so tasteful and succinct.
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Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

Thanks for all the kind comments!
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