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Greg Wine

 

From:
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2004 4:12 am    
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I'm lookin' for blues licks for E9. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Travis Bernhardt

 

From:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2004 8:08 pm    
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What kind of blues?

-Travis
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BobG

 

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Holmdel, NJ
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2004 4:25 am    
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I'd love to see a steel ride played against "Stormy Monday"..in E9.

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Greg Wine

 

From:
Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2004 5:17 am    
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Any kind. Expanding my horizons...
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Larry R

 

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Navasota, Tx.
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2004 9:20 am    
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Have you done a search in "Tablature"? There have been many posts with tab posted.
Also, Doug Beaumier and others have a course on it as well.
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Greg Wine

 

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Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2004 9:23 am    
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I have searched and retrieved most posted stuff in 'Tablature' and have done Doug's course - it's a good one, too. I'm just lookin' for more!
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Travis Bernhardt

 

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2004 2:51 pm    
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Have you checked out Buddy Emmons' C6 stuff on the buddyemmons.com website? A lot of it you can translate into E9 by engaging your E>D# and playing it like it's a B6 tuning. With the 2nd string D#>C# engaged, you're only missing the two bottom strings of a full B6 tuning. There's some really good stuff there. Also, there are a few good single-note runs on Jim Loessberg's site, which can be translated into E9--just use bar movement instead of the indicated pedals.

If you're up for a challenge, you can try transcribing your favorite blues licks/solos. The Sacred Steel stuff is a great source for that, but don't limit yourself to steel players. If you hear something you like, try to play it. That's the cheapest way to learn, and it's how everybody learned before there was tab and structured lesson material.

Setting up a convenient system for transcribing--even just a CD player with a remote that sits near your steel, and a little desk to write on (if you choose to write stuff down, rather than just remember it)--is well worth it. And figuring out stuff on your own is very rewarding.

-Travis
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Tony Dingus

 

From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 17 Oct 2004 6:43 pm    
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I'll second Travis on the BE's website. Check out his "Blues To Use" tab. There's alot of good stuff there. Here's how I translated some of it to E9. L-lowers 1/2 tone.
    D                  G

4)----------------------------------8L-----
5)-----10--10--10a-----------8a--8a-------
6)--10-------------10-----8b-----------8b---
7)----------------------------------------8--
Cool--------------------10-------------------

D D7
4)----------------------------------------
5)----10--10--10a-----------11--11--11a----
6)-10------------10----11b-------------11b--
7)-----------------------------------------11
8-------------------10----------------------

G D
1)------13-----13-----13---------------
2)-------------------------------------
3)--13-------------------13------------
4)---------13------13-------13~~14-------
5)---------------------------------14A---

Look at strings 1,3,4and 5 with the A pedal
as E6, 4 frets higher than C6. Don't forget about D6 too. Strings 5,6 with B pedal,7,9 and 10 and don't forget about the E9 tuning itself. I hope this will help some.

Tony


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