In my last post I talked about the minor chord shapes I’d learnt.<\/p>\n
It’s the 11th fret one that’s really interested me. I come from a 6 string guitar backround and have spent most of my playing days going up and down pentatonic\/blues scales.<\/p>\n
These scales dont present themselves to readily to a novice steel player like myself.<\/p>\n
In the 11th fret with dropped Es, you get a minor chord on strings 6-5-4-3, being G, Bb, D, G. On the two top strings you get 1 – F, 2 – D. the b7 and 5th in the scales.<\/p>\n
Altogether you get:<\/p>\n
\n\nstring: 6 5 4 3 2 1\n\nscale note: 1 b3 5 1 5 b7\n\n<\/pre>\nAnd the pentatonic\/blues scale is 1 b3 4 b5 5 7, so that’s part of the way there with the bar in just one place.<\/p>\n
Bring the pedals and levers into play (Es stay dropped):<\/p>\n
A lever puts the b3 to a 4 on the 5th string. Bingo<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
B lever just puts the 1 to a b2. Not so useful<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
C lever is good! It lets you do a bend from the 5 to the b7 on the 4th string and the b3 to 4 on the 5th.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
RKR lever, that drops the 2 string a semitone, drops the 5 to a b5. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Now we’re in business! without moving the bar we can go all the way up a pentatonic minor\/blues scale and drop in a few bends, without moving the bar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In my last post I talked about the minor chord shapes I’d learnt. It’s the 11th fret one that’s really interested me. I come from a 6 string guitar backround and have spent most of my playing days going up …<\/p>\n