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Topic: Lap steel solo lead playing question |
Jerry Recktenwald
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Louisville KY
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Posted 20 Jul 2018 4:40 pm |
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First of all I been playing the guitar for over 50 years. I like to play leed and also play backup to the singer [ fill in ] I have been playing around with a lap steel around years Please bear with me! Let's say we want to play some where over the rainbow in C What is the rule of thumb / method / or pattern is used when picking out the melody. As do you play the high c [ C 6 tuning] on the 2nd string or play it on another string farther up the fretboard I understand on a guitar playing in 5th position . If I could get this in my head I could then play many more songs with freedom and relaxing playing the lap steel like I can on my 6 string guitar. Thank you for any and input. Jerry R louisville Ky
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Mick Hearn
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Posted 21 Jul 2018 11:06 am
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Hi. As a general rule of thumb I tend to start around the 1 chord. Like you I am a guitarist who came to the lap steel world and consequently I find it easier than pedal steel. Like guitar knowing where your 1,4 and five are and the relative minors.
You mentioned Somewhere over the rainbow. This is a version I did in the key of D. Using a C6 tuning you can see I started on the second fret which is the D then up an octave to D again then to A which is the 5 chord. Once you get into slants and running up the neck in 6th and 3rd harmonies you will find it easier than you thought.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp52g4piXkA
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Jerry Recktenwald
From:
Louisville KY
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Posted 23 Jul 2018 1:05 pm
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MICK THAT WAS AWESOME AND BEAUTIFUL!! I can only hope to someday play like you did. You are very blessed with your talent to enjoy playing music and lifting others up with it! After reading your reply I have made a fretboard chart to make copies of and fill in the notes for the different frets to memorize the fretboard , like I know on the guitar.
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Stefan Robertson
From:
Hertfordshire, UK
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Posted 24 Jul 2018 5:55 am
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| Jerry Recktenwald wrote: |
| MICK THAT WAS AWESOME AND BEAUTIFUL!! I can only hope to someday play like you did. You are very blessed with your talent to enjoy playing music and lifting others up with it! After reading your reply I have made a fretboard chart to make copies of and fill in the notes for the different frets to memorize the fretboard , like I know on the guitar. |
Same as guitar E13 might help. A is at the 5th fret F is at 1st fret etc.
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Scales, Modes, Arpeggios notes don't change the learning curve is even heavier than guitar as you are essentially playing with one finger. Imagine Django on steroids. 
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Bill Hatcher custom 12 string Lap Steel Guitar
E13#9/F secrets: https://thelapsteelguitarist.wordpress.com
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