Beginner Lap Steel Lesson - Behind Bar Bends, Chords, and Harmonics
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- Опубліковано 11 кві 2019
- Behind bar bends, harmonics, chords: A short introduction to lap steel in open E. This video is centered around ideas for playing over Elton John’s “Country Comfort”.
Signal chain: 1940s Valcor Supro lap steel - Arc Effects Klone - Goodrich Low Profile passive volume pedal - Boss Waza DM2 analog delay - Fender Princeton Reverb Reissue.
It's people like you that make the world a better place. Thanks! I've always loved lap steel guitar, Torn and Frayed is one of my favorite songs. I learned to play that solo without a slide. But you showed me how to do it with a slide... Never thought to bend the strings with my left hand... Genius!!!
Love that song too.
Your volume pedal technique is fantastic, too.
What a pretty little Supro!
best instruction I have found by far, thank you so much!
I love that bend behind the bar trick. i'll have to work on that.
Mind blown! Thanks for revealing your technique. I learned a ton:) You gave away so much knowledge and unveiled so much of the mystery I feel like I can confidently take another shot at the lap steel. Thanks for the love!
Thanks for making this video and sharing these techniques with us.
Oh my god. I never thought to bend the string before the slide like that. Thats so crazy. Thanks for sharing!
What a wonderful introduction to steel guitar, so helpful especially to an old acoustic guitarist thinking of switching to the steel lap guitar. Been playing classical and steel string acoustic for 45 years now, and I have NEVER been comfortable with the guitar position. I am a a 55 year piano player and don't have my piano moving around or feel like I have to support it. Thank you so much for this video, in just 18 minutes you answered all my basic questions about this instrument and finding minor chords on an open (bared played) tuning.
Thanks so much for the easy camera position, and of course for playing on open E!
Ryan, thanks for this video here, 35 years ago i found a 1957 Supro in a pawn shop, for $100, it has that old Horseshoe looking pickup, it looks a lot like yours here, I tune to a C6 , because i was after that Hank Williams Sound, for Country, I hear Mr. Duane Allman here in your playing, Duane is My Hero, Cousin Figel
That is so kind - I love Duane’s playing so much - he’s my hero too!
What a great lesson!
Thank you creating the video. I'm new to lap steel (C6). I picked up a lot of good tips from you.
Great have you tried A6 that's good similar to C6 have you looked at Troy Breningmeyer he does lessions
Great lesson! Thank you!
so good...so helpful...thank you!
Really nice tutorial, thanks!
Great video, Thank you! 🙏
Very good lesson!
Thanks ! This is the info I wanted
as a "regular" guitar player, I tend to want to be too busy. This guy has some really cool ideas about HOW TO slow down and sound more like a steel guitar player.
Terrific. Thanks.
I saved this video, lost it and just refound it! Great playing!
Thanks Ry
Great lesson Sir. All meat and potatoes no filler. Only makes it hard to decide between a b bender for a Tele, a lap or go all in on the real 10 string.
Great info, 👍
Thanks so much I really enjoyed that. PS I finally found someone I get and you only have 2 videos :(!!
Thank you - I will make more!! ❤️❤️
Just living that newborn baby life right now 🤪
Congrats!!!
Nice video Ryan! Love the harmonic and the pinky-bend behind the bar!! do some more in open E if you would. Long time guitar player but total newbie on lapsteel
Thanks Marc! I’ll be set up for more lessons this summer
Thank you for share your fantastic knowledge. I´m looking for this for years. Actualy I´m using a Nashville tuning on my lap steel to get these country and pedal steel feelings, but in this video you realy show me how Open E is powefull. Thank you! Best regards from Brazil.
Thinking the same.been playing guitar all my life,just bought a lap ,but the tunings are so many ,hard to learn and I just want to to play country stuff and this may be the best at open E
More lessons please
Great
Interesting tips, Ryan! I think I could even use variations of this on my Fender Esquire w/my steel slide. Couldn't I?
Great lesson ! thank you very much ! Tiny dancer tutorial pleaaaaaaaaase 🙏🙏😇🤩
Please make some more lap steel videos, this is really great! Btw.. what kind of brand lap steel is that?
Thanks - this is an old Supro/Valcor from the early 60s or late 50s
More grace
Дякую ! Дуже корисистно бро )
Great video! I just started lap steel and I learned quite a bit from watching this. Do you ever play in c6?
ShamefulBoner I considered buying a second lap steel and getting into it - this one is too old to restring and retune all the time.
Beato!
Hello, I am from Chile. What effects pedal do you recommend for a lapsteel..please.
Thanks for cool video.. I play on a mid 50’s Rickenbacker 6 string.
I also like tuning to E lots of places to slant. I wish I would have kept my old Morley volume pedal I need to get a different one now. What manufacture of volume pedal are you using?
Your Supro Sounds really nice
Thank you - that’s a Goodrich passive volume
Brilliant video Ryan, thank you. I couldn't find the domnant 7th chord. at what point do you talk about it? thanks.
Thanks!
It’s 3 frets up on the B and G# strings. That gives you a flat 7th and 5th.
Great video, lots of inspiration! I'm just starting on the open e tuning and first time trying behind the bar bends. The full note bend on the 2nd string seems impossible though! What string gauges do you use?
I use 12s on this lap steel to keep tension high for the bar. Keep at it!
@@ryanradcliffguitar wow.. thats cool.. what kind of lap steel guitar do u recomend for a beginner?
@@alicasoto4497 whatever is affordable and stays in tune, with a tone that inspires you. The cheaper Gretsch ones look cool!
@@ryanradcliffguitar 12s on the B string or on the E string? :)
@@ryanradcliffguitar mmm
Great video,thank you! Do you have any reccommendations for a beginner on what type of Lap guitar you might reccommend? thank you.
Tone matters with lap, and especially the pickup - I believe in these old Supro Valcor models. I bet they float around on Reverb and eBay.
@@ryanradcliffguitar Ryan thanks so much! It looks amazing the sound is incredible, I look forward to learning how to play. Thanks again!!
How is this your only video! Where can I hear you play? I don’t see you on Spotify. Thank you Ryan.
Hey K, here are some tracks I play lap on:
Spotify:
Dirty Heads - Strike Gently
Brandon Pfaff - Trembling Throat
Annie McQueen - Pick Me Up
Bandcamp:
Billy Kernkamp - Gimme a Woman
Honeypie - No Difference
Hi Ryan! It's possible tune the lap in Open G (GBD GBD) or Open A (AC#E AC#E) Can you tell us a complete good strings gauge to use? Thanks :)
I’d go with either - depending on the tension you want. For a gauge I’d use the same as this gauge - Daddario 12s standard set. The intervals are close enough to standard tuning - so it won’t feel that unbalanced.
hi Ryan , What gauge strings are you using and are they round ,semi flat ,or flat wound,oh and do you use a wound G string?I just got a 51 Supro and am a Guitar player for years.Thank you so much.Great playing
Hey Donnie - I think this is a set of 12s or 13s, wound G for sure. Normal round wound.
12s is right
I'm sure kind Sir; you know that the first original Hawaiian (Steel) Guitar in the 1880's; that used the open Key E*; they had a D note on the 5th string. This gave a 7th chord on every fret. Yes you loose the bottom 5th note. But that 7th is used so much; the Hawaiians (who invented the SG) gave up that B string.
Then later they built a 7 stringer. And they got that B back. I kind of think they did this solely for that 7th. Not sure.
Later; when they made 8 string SG's; they added the low 3rd note. But the "Western Swing" SG players did this. (HI to LO) E C# B G# E D B E. For this gave them a 13th chord; that fit perfect in their style of playing. Also gives a minor chord (C# minor open strings).
For what it's worth. Thanks for your channel. Great.
* The 2nd tuning they invented; was A major (HI to LO) E C# A E A E (low Bass). But some did this (HI to LO) E C# A E C# A (Hi Bass). And the 3rd invention was a C# minor tuning. (Hi to Low). E C# G# E B E. Some called it E6.
Then over the years; it is said here are more than one hundred tunings; that SG players came up with. WOW! Of course, that spawned "Pedal" Steel Guitars. And the rest is History.
Thanks
What string are you raising to get the pedal steel sound affect is it the second and third for the 1st and 2nd string and you are tuned to open tuning E tuning
I’m using my pinky to pull the B string up a step. Tuned to open E.
Interesting..do all lap steels come with a whammy pedal like you are using to get that pedal steel sound..
No whammy - I’m using my hands and a volume pedal
Hello, what string gauge do you recommend for open E tuning? Thank you for your reply.
As thick as you can find - I believe this lap has 12s on it. Wound G. Gives better tension and ensures the weight of the bar doesn’t pull down too much.
@@ryanradcliffguitar Merci pour votre réponse.
You’ll want to put together a custom string gauge set for open E lap steel. I think I use .60, .44, .34, .23wound, .20, .16. Too heavy it gets bassy and you lose a lot of tone and nuance, too light and it’s hard to keep in tune.
Hi
Do you give online lessons ?
Olá tudo bem ? Eu adquiri uma Lap Steel de 8 cordas e gostaria de saber se posso utilizar a afinação open E ? E como afinar as 2 cordas extras ?
If I had an extra two strings I’d probably want an extension like the 2nd or the major 7th.
The popular Pedal steel tuning is E-G♯-B-D-F♯-G♯-B-E. Start there - it adds the second and a flat seventh.
@@ryanradcliffguitar thank you brother
Is the volume pedal spring loaded?
That’s just a standard Goodrich passive volume pedal.
So I just Inherited my grandfather's lapsteel And I was wondering what size strings would be suggested for an open E tuning
I like a heavy set - like 12s. Better tension for the bar and will keep you in tune.
Those are heavy by armpit guitar standards , but way light for a steel .
Can i tune my lap steel to open e if it has a string set specifically for C6 tuning?
I wouldn’t - the gauges are likely very different. But you can of course get a regular set of strings and tune that to open E.
Or just get a set for lap specific strings .
thank you
Que efectos de sonido usas aparte del pedal de volumen?
I’m using a Goodrich L-120