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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 23 Apr 2017 5:52 am    
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Doug,
I did it the other way around, straight steel and then pedal. Very Happy
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Michael James


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Post  Posted 23 Apr 2017 6:54 am    
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Hey Doug, That is a really good song you wrote and played! If you ever tab it out please let me know. I would love to work it up.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 23 Apr 2017 9:44 am    
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Thanks all, I just did Tablature for the song and put it my blog --click it---> http://playsteelguitar.com/moontide-video-tablature/
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Jeff Garden


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Post  Posted 23 Apr 2017 10:28 am    
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Thanks for the tab, Doug! This is one of the best original steel instrumentals I've heard in quite a while...beautiful song and great playing Smile
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Michael James


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Post  Posted 23 Apr 2017 10:34 am    
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Thanks Doug! Very Happy
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Bo Parker

 

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Post  Posted 23 Apr 2017 1:13 pm    
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Thank you for the tab Smile

Great tune.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 23 Apr 2017 2:41 pm    
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The first thing I noticed after doing the tablature... the tab looks fairly simple, but the sound produced is very full. In other words, the tab shows no bar slants, no difficult parts to play. I think that says a lot for B11 tuning. Playing some of these chords on a 6th tuning would require split slants or maybe 3-string slants. You get a lot of rich chords from this tuning without much work.
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Michael James


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Post  Posted 23 Apr 2017 4:52 pm    
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Doug Beaumier wrote:
You get a lot of rich chords from this tuning without much work.


I completely agree. I play steel guitar with a female singer who does a lot of trad country.
I use the 11 tuning on these songs so far:

All My Ex's Live in Texas
Anytime (Your Feel Lonely)
Crazy
Lovesick Blues
Sweet Georgia Brown
Walking After Midnight

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Jim Smerk


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Post  Posted 23 Apr 2017 9:49 pm    
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Again, I take my hat off to ya Mr. Doug, just a sweet outstanding track! Cool
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Marino Galli

 

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Post  Posted 24 Apr 2017 1:08 am    
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Thanks Doug for your good advices and to inspire me to have a third neck with B11 !!!!
PS:- As Always = WONDERFUL SOUND & TOUCH !!! Very Happy
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 24 Apr 2017 1:27 am    
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the tab looks fairly simple, but the sound produced is very full.


You said a mouthful, Doug! Awesome tune and beautifully thought out. As Joe Pass said, "It's not about playing hard things or technical things, it's about playing music."

If B11th tuning can help you express your music and touch people with less technical effort that is certainly an advantage. For the right tune, B11th is untouchable in the richness and timbre it provides with just 6 strings.
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 24 Apr 2017 7:44 am    
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Doug,
Do you ever play B11th on an 8 string guitar?
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 24 Apr 2017 7:56 am    
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Yes, below is the 8-string B11 version I use occasionally. I've seen other versions with the low A and B reversed, but I haven't explored it enough to know what the advantages are.


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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 24 Apr 2017 8:57 am    
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Do you know the tuning Jerry Byrd used for 8 string B11th?
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 24 Apr 2017 10:22 am    
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I think Jerry played 7-string B11. I have some of his hand written B11 tab somewhere (I'll have to find it). I'm pretty sure the tab is for 7-string. More later.
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 24 Apr 2017 11:16 am    
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Doug,
It appears that on the YouTube video of Jerry playing "Sand", he's playing it on an 8 string neck.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 24 Apr 2017 6:27 pm    
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Erv, I think JB evolved on his B11 tuning over the years. In his prime he played a 7-string version, as listed on John Ely's site:

E
C#
A
F#
D#
C#
B

Jerry insisted that 7 strings are necessary to get the full potential of B11. That was probably true for him because of how he played, so masterfully! But we mere mortals can make do on the 6-string version IMO. I do have some 6-string B11 tab written by Jerry, and there is no B (no root) in the tuning. It's interesting that he chose to have two C# strings (octaves) instead of a low B in his 6-string version.

That video of "Sand" is from late in his career, in Hawaii, playing his D-8 that Shot Jackson made for him. I'll bet that the additional string is a low A, like what I listed in my post above. The only question is... did he put the A on string 8 or 7? I've seen it both ways. Jerry liked low, fat chord voicings, and that low A would have given him a low B9 chord and B7 chord.
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Erv Niehaus


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Post  Posted 25 Apr 2017 6:48 am    
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Thanks, Doug Very Happy
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Bosse Engzell


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Post  Posted 27 Apr 2017 7:12 am    
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Thanks Doug,

I just download the TAB and backing track.

Bosse in Sweden
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 27 Apr 2017 7:40 am    
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I'm glad that folks are downloading the tab and enjoying it. I look forward to hearing other recordings of the tune in the future.

Here's a link to all of the B11 material on my web site ---> http://playsteelguitar.com/tag/b11-tuning/
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 2 Jan 2018 9:00 am    
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A couple of weeks ago someone emailed me asking if I had the backing track for this song. I searched through my files and I couldn't find it. Then yesterday I realized that the backing track is on my blog! I forgot that I had uploaded it a few months ago. I no longer have the person's email and I can't remember who it was, but maybe he'll see this post. Anyway, here's the practice track (and tab). Click the link and go to the bottom of that page:

Moontide Practice Track (& tab) ---> http://playsteelguitar.com/moontide-video-tablature/
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Nic Neufeld


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Post  Posted 2 Jan 2018 10:05 am    
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Great song (I'm new-ish, wasn't around for the original post). Awesome to see new compositions, too...given the style of music and the tremendous catalog of songs available from years ago, it seems rare that people write new tunes, but its a good thing!

B11 is my "exotic" tuning. Some Hawaiian tunes just require it. "Sand" got me hooked and its funny that I can now sort of hear it on various recordings...I mean, its only a guess but when you hear strums with that obvious high 5th, and then lots of complex and diminished chords, B11 is a good guess. I go to B11 for the Iona standards Sand and How'd Ya Do, of course, Mapuana, and also for "In A Little Hula Heaven"...at least the intro that Jules Ah See does in the Tapa Room Tapes version...haven't worked through learning the rest, and the backing chord changes, yet!

I know there is some argument in 6 string tuning on whether the first string is best as a B or C#...I've gone the B route, and my 8 string has the two low strings B and F# so you get a huge, deep root-fifth-root sound, if you want it. Had to have a custom Stringmaster nut cut to accommodate those huge strings! Anyway, B11th has a permanent lease on one of my Stringmaster necks for sure...
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Stefan Robertson


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Post  Posted 2 Jan 2018 3:01 pm    
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Really nice Doug. Enjoyed it. Love some of the moves.
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 2 Jan 2018 3:10 pm    
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Thanks Nic and Stephan. I'm glad you like it. I have some other B11 info and demos on my blog ---> http://playsteelguitar.com/tag/b11-tuning/
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Doug Beaumier


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Post  Posted 13 Mar 2019 6:49 pm    
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Just wanted to boost this up^ again. I recently got a couple of emails complaining that this song is not in any of my books... no, it's not. The tab is on my Blog, for FREE
----> http://playsteelguitar.com/category/b11-lap-steel-guitar/ Winking
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