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Topic: Christmas Time Is Here on C6 |
Niklas Winnitowy
From:
Calgary, AB, Canada
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Posted 20 Dec 2024 1:06 pm |
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Transcribed this Vince Guaraldi classic as best as I could, then added a little bass guitar and snare for flavour. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WjpGVY-q2Wg
I started learning C6 this summer. Picked up a nice Fessenden 8x8 with a Jernigan change on P4, which is what inspired the cover. Happened to like how it sounded with big strummed chords instead of picking. I can post my transcription if anyone is curious! |
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Eric Henry
From:
Corvallis, OR
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Niklas Winnitowy
From:
Calgary, AB, Canada
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Posted 24 Dec 2024 11:42 am
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Eric - sounds awesome! Love the duet.
Here's the copedant I'm using, based off Doug Jernigan's P4. It's an 8x8, so I get LKL/LKV/LKR on the E9 neck, as well as a middle LKL/LKV/LKR on the C6 neck.
The guy I bought this steel from told me to give it a try before making any changes. I learned it gives you an Eb#11/13 chord on the open strings if you strum strings 9 through 3. Couple that with the Fmaj9 chord you get from open strings 9 through 2, and you essentially have the first two chords of Christmas Time Is Here. I used a bit of creative liberty in chord naming when including melody notes (theory nerds please excuse my reckless use of both sharp and flat chords in a single key), but here's what I mapped out. It's some janky excel charting, but I think it gets the point across well enough:
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Joe A. Roberts
From:
Seoul, South Korea
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Posted 25 Dec 2024 2:31 pm
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Very pretty, I subscribed and hope to hear more. Merry Christmas 
There sure are a lot of good versions of that tune...
Here is a cool arrangement in the second half of this vid from Rich Sullivan without pedals if anyone hasn't heard it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0YNiiXB_I
I am sure I am missing something, but (having never actually used it) I never really understood the Jernigan pedal...
The Jernigan change just seems so close to sliding up 1 fret with P5 + C-B lever + A-Ab lever (that only lowers string 4 not 8 as well).
That's one reason for C-B and A-Ab on opposite knees. (Also for combinations with splitting P7.)
I guess coordinating those movements would be more awkward, but its such valuable floor space (e.g. reverse P6 on P4 opening up CKL for both Cs to C#.)
Are there certain combinations used along with the Jernigan change?
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Eric Henry
From:
Corvallis, OR
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Larry Lenhart
From:
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 30 Dec 2024 2:20 pm
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Great music by all....I enjoyed very much listening to every one of these interpretations...all the rich chords sound great on steel !
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Dale Rottacker
From:
Walla Walla Washington, USA
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