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The image below is a chart showing the placement of all the notes on the lap steel up to the 12th positionfret. I do miss the high voicing of the minor chord but there is a tradeoff with every tuning.
The number above the chord is the FRET you place your bar on to play.
C6 tuning lap steel. In this lesson i give you an introduction to C6 tuning for lap steel harmonic overview intervals chordsGet the accompanying PDF files here. Introduction To C6 Tuning For Lap Steel. In this lesson i give you an introduction to C6 tuning for lap steel.
You dont need to learn a lot of things to get you started just start off with the basics. Tuning up your instrument understanding the harmonic layout of this tuning then the major and minor chords. Fast Medium Slow Super Slow.
Acoustic Guitar Distorted Electric 2 Piano Marimba Rhodes Synth 1 Synth 2 Distorted Electric. The lap steel does not commonly use this tuning. Albeit a lap steel can be tuned to any tuning imaginable.
Some popular tunings are C6th bass to treble. C E G A C E and Dobro G B D G B D. But there are many many other tunings with which lap steel players experiment.
Heres several Hawaiian songs you can learn. You dont have to. If you have a lap steel tuned to C6 you can find the triads within.
This would also work for any other tuning as well. You will have to make your own adjustments to the tab that Ive laid out. I highly recommend mastering exercises 1 and 2 in every key before moving on to the triad inversions.
Thelonious Monks Pannonica arranged for C6A7 lap steel. Today I watched a documentary on Barroness Pannonica Rothschild and I remembered that I had once worked out an arrangement for the brilliant tune Monk wrote in her honor simply entitled Pannonica. I had not played it since and I had to sit down and transcribe it again.
And its nice to have the low F in there and the D on the bottom. I do miss the high voicing of the minor chord but there is a tradeoff with every tuning. _____ My Site My YouTube Channel 25 Songs C6 Lap Steel 25 MORE Songs C6 Lap Steel 16 Songs C6 A6 B11.
The A B indicates Pedals A B standard E9 tuning. Pick any combination of strings 3456810 to play the chords. Click on the image to enlarge.
C6 Lap Steel Guitar chord positions. The chart below shows the same chords and the chord positions on C6 lap steel guitar. The number above the chord is the FRET you place your bar on to play.
There are different tunings for the lap steel guitar but three of the most popular are the High G High A and the C6 tuning. All three are relatively easy to achieve and can be applied quickly to your instrument. Using the guitar tuner tune the sixth string to the note G.
Im a long-time guitarist whos only been playing the lap steel for a month or so now and the tuning Ive been using is the Jerry Byrd C6A7 tuning mentioned on Brads Page of Steel. According to the description The advantage to this tuning is you have almost every type of chord interval under the bar without having to slant the bar. Lap steel tunings like C6 are useful because they have a minor chord shape and a major chord shape built into the tuning.
C Major To play a C major chord simply pluck the lowest three strings C E G in open position without using the bar to press on any frets. How to play Gb sus4 chord for Lap Steel Guitar in C6 tuning. Virtual Piano Web Tuner Piano Chords Guitar Chords.
Songtive Lap Steel Guitar Chord Chart and Tabs in C6 Tuning. Piano Chords Instruments Tunings. Search chord by name.
Search chord by notes. The image below is a chart showing the placement of all the notes on the lap steel up to the 12th positionfret. Note that the from the12th position up to the 24th the notes.
Some Dos and Donts of Lap Steel Guitar. Here are a few tips for those who are learning to play the steel guitar. Some of them may seem obvious.
Some of them not so much. Dont be discouraged by the difficulty of getting your chord grips together meaning your picking hand. Do practice your grips even in a non-musical fashion.
C Dm B F E D Db G A Bb Ab Gm Am Gb Bm Em Abm Chords for C6th Basics for the 6 string lapsteel with song key BPM capo transposer play along with guitar piano ukulele mandolin. Stay a Premium Member for one month and you can keep your tabs private even if you cancel. Become a Premium User.
C6 Lap Steel Lessons. This section is all about C6 tuning for lap steel. Before you try out songs i recommend to learn the basics with this free lesson Introduction To C6 Tuning For Lap Steel where you will learn how to tune up your instrument then get a grasp of the tunings harmonic layout major and minor chords etc.