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Click HERE to hear me play Moon of Manakoora (download) recorded on the D9th lap steel tuning, which is nothing more than dropping the 4th string on your C6th from a G note to an F#. So the tuning from high (string 1) to low is: E, C, A, F#, E, C). I used the same 1936 Bakelite Rickenbacher pictured to the right. Rick Aiello kindly rewound the pickup's for me with 38-guage wire and rejuiced the magnets. Nice!Here are my D9th tabs for the beautiful Hawaiian song, Moon of Manakoora. Here's a decent lap steel at an affordable price (I've had good experience with Guitar Center simply because they offer FREE shipping). My preference is to buy a used classic from The Golden Years of music and pre-WWII. Albeit, please don't get me wrong, the tone of a long-scale 24 1/2" Jerry Byrd Frypan is MUCH better, but you'll pay 8 times more! Compare the sounds for yourself and you'll hear why the Byrd Frypan costs so much more... VersusByrd Frypan You don't know what you're missing out on without a lap steel in your life! Many come with old-timey amps too. Hawaiian steel guitar is real music! Bali Hai
Billy Hew Len (Cool: plays with a missing left hand!)
Beautiful Kahana Helpful Advice For Steel Guitarists (album & backing tracks, by Tommy Roots)
One of my favorite artists...
Tom
Morrell & The Time Warp Top Hands What A Friend In Jesus | Track * * * * * * * The Song That Inspired Me To Learn Pedal Steel Guitar
Lessons Available by Alan Akaka
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I am a grateful
born-again Christian.
Below is one of the most sought after lapsteel guitars in the world. The 1 1/2"
horseshoe pickup
identifies
it as pre WWII. 7-strings were more rare than the 6-strings.
Through-the-body strings are much preferred as they produce a nicer
tone than strings attached to a flange at the bridge.
Brass Dunlop finger picks are my favorite!
As strange as it may sound, steel
guitar is associated with Hawaiian music everywhere except in
Hawaii. Anywhere in the world, when people think about Hawaiian
music, they think about the steel guitar. But in Hawaii, the ukulele
is the official State instrument.
There is still much anger and
resentment amongst Hawaiians against the United States for stealing
their land and turning all their beautiful beaches into hotel
developments. Now there's talk of building a train system in
Honolulu, which would be good to reduce traffic, but it is ruining
paradise. Many of the themes in Hawaii's music centers around the
destroying of their homeland. Albeit, if you ever visit Oahu, you will see many rainbows, as it rains often because of the high mountains. Oahu is overrated if you ask me. If you drive up and down Beretania and North King Streets, you'll see hundreds of homeless people living on the streets. So much for paradise. Jerry Byrd's Wealth Of Knowledge
Psalms 150:4, “Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.” |
Search this website The steel guitar is an awesome instrument that's a legendary part of American history. In the 1930s thru 1950s, everyone wanted to learn to play lap steel guitar. It is a different story today, but that makes it even more rewarding to play steel as a rare novelty that few people can do. Guitar and bass players are dime-a-dozen, but steel players are rare indeed. My name is David J. Stewart. I've been playing steel guitar since 1992. I want you to learn to play Hawaiian steel guitar. That is my desire. I don't want your money and have nothing to sell. I link to some websites that do sell things, but only because I want you to know all that's available to learn the steel guitar. My website is packed full of instruction and helps to get you started. God gave me the gift of music, and I want to share it with others freely. My most recent steel recordings. There's tons of tablature already available for the pedal steel E9th and C6th tunings; but hardly anything for us non-peddlers, so I decided to publish this website to help those who want to learn the beautiful lap steel. Although I use B11th, D9th, and the Bill Leavitt tuning , most of what I play is C6th, which offers the most chord possibilities. ("Summer Clouds" by Lloyd from 1974) Of course, if you play E9th pedal steel, you can just drop your 4th and 8th string (E notes) down to Eb and you have a C6th on the 1st fret. Strings 10, 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4 are respectively: C, E, G, A, C, E. Just avoid the 9th string. You can't beat playing C6th on an old Sho-Bud! That's in fact exactly what Jerry Byrd played... a Sho-Bud D-8 guitar with no pedals. And if you play C6th on the pedal steel , you have an extended C6th tuning to play everything on my website. So whether you play E9th pedal steel or C6th pedal steel or C6th non-pedal steel, this website will offer many helpful things.
Hear me play... “ Rainbows Over Paradise” *Download| Track | Tabs (Bobby Ingano, Jeff Au Hoy, Alan Akaka and inspiring musical student artists)
Beyond The Reef | Download (Recorded on my Pro II ShoBud E9th pedal steel in 2009. My strings are visually starting to rust at the bridge, but I went ahead and recorded the song anyway because I didn't feel like changing them. I'm taking 2 Valiums, 8 Percocet 10/325's, 2 Somas and 1 Ambien to deal with the pain in my neck daily. I can't carry my D-10 pedal steel guitar [85 lbs.] because of the pain. That's why I started playing mostly lap steel in 2006. Still, I thought this particular song came out ok. I hope you like it. I have no idea who's singing, I'm just playing the pedal steel guitar over the track. This song reminds me of Heaven where we will one day reunite with loved ones). |
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