Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar

Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar
Author: Peter Funk
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2015-10-26
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619115514

This book is a collection of sixteen instrumentals arranged for acoustic lap steel guitar in D and G tuning. Lovely Hawaiian tunes such as Aloha Oe are included as well as more bluesy selections such as Whistlin' Blues and Careless Love.The book even includes an Irish ballad, Down by the Sally Gardens, arranged specifically to be played on a lap steel guitar. Special techniques such as barslants, natural harmonics, and behind-the-bar-bends are carefully explained.Includes access to online audio

Complete Steel Guitar Method

Complete Steel Guitar Method
Author: Roger Filiberto
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2014-06-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609748867

This time-honored method addresses the six-string lap steel guitar in E7 tuning. This approach incorporates both note reading and melody chord playing. The melody chord approach is the one utilized and made famous by New Orleans' great guitarist and teacher, Roger Filiberto. This book contitutes one of the most practical, well-written methods available for the lap steel guitar; it teaches techniques and chord harmony applicable to Hawaiian, bottleneck/slide and even resonator styles.

The Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method

The Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method
Author: Johnie Helms
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2009-07-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1495031810

(Instructional). The Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the six-string lap steel guitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide by country music veteran Johnie Helms includes many fun songs and hot licks to learn and play. The accompanying audio features 95 demonstration and play along tracks. Topics include tunings, chords, scales, key positions, right- and left-hand techniques, vibrato, string pulls, slants, music reading, and much more!

Slide Rules

Slide Rules
Author: Andy Volk
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2009-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780976070542

Designed to fit in a guitar case, this 40-page, 5"x8" book includes over 70 of the most popular and useful tunings for acoustic & electric lap steel guitar, bottleneck slide guitar, resophonic guitar, Weissenborn. and Hindustani slide guitar as used by the greatest players of the past and present. Features tunings & string gauges for Rock, Blues, Country, Hawaiian, Western Swing, Folk, Celtic, Bluegrass, Jazz, Pop, Cajun, Ambient, Classical, Raga and every genre in between. Presented in an easy-to-read, graphic manner, the strings, notes, & musical intervals for each tuning are shown along with comments about the tuning; its uses, advantages and the players who've used it. A string gauge chart helps the player set-up each tuning with the proper gauge strings. For 6, 8, 10-string Guitars.

Basic C6th Nonpedal Lap Steel Method

Basic C6th Nonpedal Lap Steel Method
Author: DeWitt Scott
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-04-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780786688197

Made famous by the legendary Jerry Byrd, the C6 tuning [CEGACE] for the non- pedal lap steel guitar has many advantages due to its versatility. The tuning isespecially useful in playing two and three-string chord combinations and for easy single-string passages. Patience, dedication and many hours of practice areneeded to perfect the "slant" bar positions, especially the reverse slants, but the end result is well worth the effort. This excellent text, written by Steel Guitarand Country Music Hall of Fame member DeWitt Scott, is written in standard notation and tablature. Audio download available online.

The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians

The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians
Author: Lorene Ruymar
Publisher: Centerstream Publications
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1996
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781574240214

(Fretted). The term "steel guitar" can refer to instruments with multiple tunings, 6 to 14 strings, and even multiple fretboards. To add even more confusion, the term "Hawaiian guitar" refers to an instrument played flat on the lap with a steel bar outside of Hawaii, but in Hawaii, it is the early term for the slack key guitar. Lorene Ruymar clears up the confusion in her new book that takes a look at Hawaiian music; the origin of the steel guitar and its spread throughout the world; Hawaiian playing styles, techniques and tunings; and more. Includes hundreds of photos, a foreword by Jerry Byrd, and a bibliography and suggested reading list.

Deluxe Pedal Steel Guitar Method

Deluxe Pedal Steel Guitar Method
Author: Dewitt Scott
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2016-02-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1610654420

This is the standard-bearer for pedal steel instruction books. It is extremely comprehensive in scope. Written by DeWitt Scott, founder of the International Pedal Steel Guitar Convention and member of the Pedal Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, this course teaches E9 tuning, Nashville set-up pedal steel with three floor and three knee levers. If you want to learn pedal steel, this book will show you how. the accompanying CD is in split-track format, allowing the student to play with the rhythm accompaniment, the pedal-steel solo parts, or both.

The Encyclopedia of Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar Solos

The Encyclopedia of Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar Solos
Author: Fernando Perez
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2016-06-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619116316

The Encyclopedia of Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar Solos is a collection ofcompositions for steel guitar from styles including Hawaiian, Jazz, Blues, Ragtime, Country, Latin and even Chinese music. Fernando Perez's selected repertoire is perfect for the steel guitar, allowing the reader to apply techniques and tricksunique to the instrument. The book includes key explanations of different tunings and special techniques that can be applied to each composition. All the pieces are arranged for solo steel guitar and work perfectly in an ensemble context. Readers will also enjoy Perez's companion publication, The Complete Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar Method. Includes access to accompanying audio online

The Art of Hawaiian Steel Guitar

The Art of Hawaiian Steel Guitar
Author: Stacy Phillips
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2016-01-19
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1610654757

This book is an excellent study of the history and unique musical stylings of the Hawaiian guitar. Stacy Phillips successfully pinpoints the characteristics of Hawaiian guitar solos. A special feature is the inclusion of a superb historical survey of Hawaiian music. Written in tablature only, G tuning. DeWitt Scott comments: There are two types of Hawaiian music, the 'authentic' style and the 'tourist' style. Stacy is presenting the 'authentic' style and this is much needed to keep the Hawaiian music alive.