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Topic: A call for easy C6 songs |
Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 6:06 am |
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I need a bit of help here.
Could any of you suggest some easy C6 (CEGACE) songs for a beginning lap steel guitarist? These are rank beginners on the steel but with some guitar experience.
After I show my students the basics of bar handling, right hand picking etc., it would be nice to send them on their way with a few easy to play, pleasant sounding songs to work on.
Thanks.
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Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
CEO, CIO, CFO - UkeTone Records
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
Board of Directors Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association
[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 12 December 2006 at 07:30 AM.] |
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Matthew Prouty
From:
Warsaw, Poland
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 7:24 am
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Greg,
I recommend Harbor Lights. The tab is on Craig Prior's site and it is an excellent version. Here is a slow song with lots of chords to study and it is fairly easy. At least the A section. There are plenty of recordings of this song to get references from.
http://members.cox.net/legalimmigration/Pdf/Harbor%20Lights.pdf
A great job Craig did tabbing this out.
M. |
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Jude Reinhardt
From:
Weaverville, NC
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Denny Turner
From:
Oahu, Hawaii USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 9:03 am
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Basic version of Steel Guitar Rag. Key of C. Good demonstration and practice of most of the song done right on root 6th chord frets. Nice feeling of accomplishment for a student to be able to play an easy but well-known popular classic Steel Guitar Song.
Sleepwalk. Key of C. Good demonstration of how different root-to-chord relationships occur on same frets, ...voila good introduction into Chord Substitution concepts neccessary to understand Steel neck naviagion by the numbers. Good introduction to chimes. And again a rather easy song to learn. Can't think of a better known, better liked and more rewarding song for a student to feel a sense of accomplishment and motivation.
imho ...fwiw.
Aloha,
DT~
[This message was edited by Denny Turner on 13 December 2006 at 10:32 AM.] |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 9:19 am
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| Jerry Byrd's book has several. It's costly (for a book). Available from Scotty's, I think. Also, I believe Scotty's is selling Mr. Byrd's individual tabs. Aloha Oe is an easy one. Sweet Lei Lehua is another. From the book, Blue Hawaiian Moonlight comes to mind. Jerry was the best teacher ever. His writings are really a great source. |
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Jesse Pearson
From:
San Diego , CA
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 9:59 am
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Harbor Lights would be ideal for a student.
It's written in E flat, and easy to play. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 10:19 am
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| Jerry Byrd's arrangement of "Wabash Blues" and "Drowsy Waters", I feel, would be excellent to begin with. Mostly straight bar work with some slight, not too difficult, reverse slants. Two of my earliest attempts to learn the tuning. |
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Derrick Mau
From:
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 10:37 am
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How about something from Sri Chinmoy???  |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Lynn Oliver
From:
Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 1:55 pm
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Try basic songs that everyone knows. I doubt too many people out of a certain age range could hum "Harbor Lights", but most people know "You Are My Sunshine", "On Top of Old Smokey", etc.
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 2:37 pm
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Nothing is easy to play on the steel guitar  |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Lee Gustafson
From:
Mohawk Michigan, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 4:27 pm
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| I've found that I burn it into my brain the easiest by trying to figure songs out by myself. The song I've had the most fun with is the Kentucky Waltz. Most beginners are probably not familiar with it, but once you hear it, it is addicting. |
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Ed Altrichter
From:
Schroeder, Minnesota, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 8:06 pm
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| Silent night. I'm so lonesome I could cry. |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 8:27 pm
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| Red River Valley |
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Edward Meisse
From:
Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2006 11:43 pm
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| Scotty has a couple of books of songs in tablature. 40 songs in all, I think. I'll bet they're not too hard. |
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