Sweet Leilani
(in C6th tuning)Tablature for Lap Steel Guitar by David J. Stewart. Key of Eb.
You can hear me playing 'Sweet Leilani' on a Rogue Jersey Lightning with palm muting here. I've tabbed out some additional parts that I didn't play, so you can try more ideas. Here's another version played using a Jerry Byrd S-6 long-scale Frypan). You can hear the comparison between guitars. You'll hear me performing some 'palm muting' on the first recording (which is done simply by placing your palm just at the bridge, but not on the bridge). You can download the exact rhythm track below to play along with. Note the C note instead of the usual C# on the bottom string.
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Here's the same Country swing band rhythm track for 'Sweet Leilani,' but it modulates from Eb to D (this is the track which I played along with earlier)
Original Band-In-A-Box '.SGU' File - Key Eb to D (requires BB version 2010.5 or later)
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