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Size: 5,290kb, uploaded 8/5/2010 1:46:19 AM
Genre: Country / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
This is where skiffle, country, bluegrass, honky tonk & blues meet. (I believe "skiffle" is called "Jug Band" in the USA.) I have multitracked myself with all instruments & vocals. The instruments are Soprano Ukulele, 5 string banjo, Resonator guitar (lap), electric bass, 6 string non-pedal lapsteel. I used the uke for the rhythm rather than a guitar to give it a skiffle sound. The Reso guitar is tuned G-B-D-G-B-D. The 6 string Guyatone non-pedal lapsteel is tuned A-C#-E-A-B-E. The pedal steel "effect" comes from bending the "B" string manually with my left ring finger. (This is where knowing music theory comes in handy. The "top" "E" & "B" string becomes the "5;th" chord, but when you "bend" the 2nd string, the notes become the "new" 3rd note along with the "existing" 5th note ; making it "1;st" root chord. Therefore, when you bend the string, you can play the root chord, or the relative minor in a penatonic scale. It's called "cheating a bit". It gives the impression of the pedal steel sound without having any pedals !. Love dat slidey sound !). By tuning the lapsteel up a step from reso tuning, you are not restricted to open tunings, and therefore, can get that Hony Tonk sound. Thanks for listening. "...tell Him what you want".
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