Love all of your lessons. Got a lot out of it. I love the D tuning, but I find it difficult to accompany a band in this tuning when we’re playing something other than in a D tuning. I also do C6 tuning, which is a bit more versatile, but is a bit harder to play. I would love a lesson on how to play lap steel accompaniment in different tunings than what the lap steel is tuned in.
If you make a map of the notes you know, you can fill in the rest. The instrument will allow you full chromatic access just as any other guitar will. Remember, in any major scale the notes 3&4 and 7&8 are both half steps or one fret spacing. The others are two-fret spacing. Sharps and flats allow using any start tone as 1 and the rest maintain that spacing. Put your hand out. Ignore the thumb, 1st finger and nasty finger have a space, nasty finger and ring finger have a space, ring finger and little finger are touching, thusly: | | ||. 1-2-34. Let’s start with Key of C tap each finger and give it a name : C-D-EF, again G-A-BC. There is a C-Major scale. Now find those notes on the lap steel neck. Play them in sequence. Any other note can be your starting point but respect the note spacing as on your hand. For an F-scale you will find the 4th note (F-G-A) must come back 1/2 step (1 fret) to Bb(flat). There are the notes for the F scale. Find those on the neck. You are able to play in three keys!
Troy, I really wish you would go back to your regular Dobro Lessons. They are so great. I love your lessons 😊😊😊
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Love all of your lessons. Got a lot out of it. I love the D tuning, but I find it difficult to accompany a band in this tuning when we’re playing something other than in a D tuning. I also do C6 tuning, which is a bit more versatile, but is a bit harder to play. I would love a lesson on how to play lap steel accompaniment in different tunings than what the lap steel is tuned in.
This is so helpful. Thank you ❤
Open "G" is my favorite
If you make a map of the notes you know, you can fill in the rest. The instrument will allow you full chromatic access just as any other guitar will. Remember, in any major scale the notes 3&4 and 7&8 are both half steps or one fret spacing. The others are two-fret spacing. Sharps and flats allow using any start tone as 1 and the rest maintain that spacing. Put your hand out. Ignore the thumb, 1st finger and nasty finger have a space, nasty finger and ring finger have a space, ring finger and little finger are touching, thusly: | | ||. 1-2-34. Let’s start with Key of C tap each finger and give it a name : C-D-EF, again G-A-BC. There is a C-Major scale. Now find those notes on the lap steel neck. Play them in sequence. Any other note can be your starting point but respect the note spacing as on your hand. For an F-scale you will find the 4th note (F-G-A) must come back 1/2 step (1 fret) to Bb(flat). There are the notes for the F scale. Find those on the neck. You are able to play in three keys!