A traditional guitar player, I'm just starting the lap steel and had decided to use C6 tuning because of it's association with Western Swing. These eleven minutes felt like being in a car at night and having someone turn on the headlights. A real boost in being confident to move forward.

That was what I needed. I acquired a Jantz steel lap from late 40's early 50's and I know nothing about the instrument. This gets me started very quickly. Thanx again!

Oh man. When you were doing the three notes on each string it took me back 20 years to my Mel Bay teaches guitar audio set.

I bought the ebook dvd and it’s fabulous. I’m a guitarist and quickly was able to play the lap steel with these tools and play within a week!

sitting here with my '65 Commodore laptop and I'm making progress. Thankyou for this, you are very encouraging.

Excellent basic lesson for C6 tuning. The best I've seen anywhere.

Excellent Tutorial. Was what i was looking for. Ordered a Lapsteel and wanna dig into it. The C6 is the Sound that i have in Ear and want to play with. Very helpful Upload!

Thanks so much! I am buying my father a lap steel and he's always wanted to learn. I play guitar and have for years. But I have to learn it so I can teach it to him! You've helped our family a lot. Merci Beaucoup!

I like how you show the "e" for exemple like 3 times....very clever...In case I missed it the first time. I can just watch it again

Very nice. I used to play steel in C6 tuning many years ago (around 58 to be exact) and am picking it up again after a straight-guitar hiatus. I believe it important to see the minor/major configuration in the C6 tuning and I like your explanation of it.

Come right to this video each time I need to tune up to C6 because I never get the octave of the first C right and I love your french accent explaining it all. Elas les voleurs on volu mes C6 strings especial!

Great teacher! Good at explaining! I'm a rythm guitar player trying to learn lap steel!

Very helpful! Thank you, Pat!

Ich danke dir sehr. Du hast es sehr schön und verständlich erklärt 💖

Did you know.. the bar your using a (Stevens steel) style is fashioned from rifle bolt ..thank you for the the inspiration! Good lesson

Great instruction, very clear. Thank you

Wonderful video, thank you. You're a fantastic teacher, too. Subscribed!

Thank you Pat; this puts me on the right track

Excellent lesson easy to understand he is obviously a master of the instrument Thank you!

Wonderful

Thank you! What an eye opener!

The best C6 lesson for beginners! Thank you!

Tuning starts at 2:30

Thank you for your excellent video. Much appreciated.

Thank you! 😊

Thanks so much for this wonderful lessons

Wow great info , thanks

I am just starting on lap steel. I am a long time guitarist. OK what tuning would you use to play along with most guitarists that play in standard 440? Can you just tune it like a standard guitar, E A D G B E, in 440 and play it like that with all the notes in same places? Otherwise, how would you play along with a standard band or jam session when everyone is in standard A 440?

Hi from Canada, Pat, and merci mille for an indispensable, lucidly conceived, and very inviting intro to a subject that I've otherwise found difficult to connect to sausage fingers and aging brain.Once again your clarity and considerateness as a teacher are abundantly evident. Thank you for sharing your musical gifts. A la prochaine...

Excellent.

Great video and explaination of the tuning without slants bar techniques. The C6th came from the Late Great Mr. Jerry Byrd the master of touch and tone. I play C6th all the time at my gigs more then the E9th tuning. There are a lot of great players out there who cant play C6th I amagine there is no instruction on it in years past. The only instruction there was at the Time was Mel Bray He more centered his instruction on the Fender 400 cable model or the 2000 all 8 string necks. rendering the instruction useless with the modern day pedal steel guitar. Great videoFrankie Day

Thanks for the lesson, great info 👩🏼‍🌾

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I've been trying to find lap steel C6 tuning online for about an hour now and have found 3 variations so far: CGCGAE, CACGCE and CEGACE. Will the real C6 tuning step forward please?

first time i try to pick a Lapsteel, thx my friend you teach me to have fun with this crazy guitar!

Very Nice Video! Perfect for beginners like me. Why you got this piece of leather over the pickup? For a warm sound?

Ola gostaria de assistir todas as aulas

Bonjour Pat !

Hi! Thanks for your informative videos! I wonder what to do if the lap steel one can find to buy is sold with open D tuning. Must one buy other strings? Is it really common with open D when buying a lap steel? I thought C6 or other 6 tuning was the most common. I want to play 30's type of stuff with the sound of early western swing bands.

Awesome teacher straight to the point and informative!

If you play a song where the 6th is not appropriate, is there a quick adjustment to get to a regular major open tuning? Like maybe the band has 1 rock song or something, IDK. Would you try to mute the A string, or would you just play the 3 lower strings for major chords, and the 3 higher ones for minor?

I have 2 cheap electric guitars I’m considering converting to lap steels. One is 24.75” Gibson scale length and other is an Epiphone les Paul made for kids. It’s at my sons place right now and I’m unsure the scale length on it. Maybe 18”??? If I’m dead set on C6 which would be better to convert? I play guitar and have owned lap steel in past but didn’t know anything more than open e tuning and had no idea what a scale length was back then I was so young and naive. I really want to try again and C6. Could I just install lap steel C6 strings, or should I go heavier and use the very short scale Epiphone les Paul kids guitar. You know it’s one of those Christmas specials with battery powered amp and vinyl case for kids.

How on earth can your strings take it? Mine are pulled completely taught and I still have to go up another 4 whole steps before I’m in tune. What am I doing wrong? Please help

Can anyone recommend a tuner for the Lap Steel?

What are the drawbacks of adopting an E tuning, more similar to what a regular guitarist would know?

Hello. Excellent lesson. What is the scale length on your lapsteel? I am using a 23” scale length Thanks Bob

Thank you Pat. This lesson is invaluable and I look forward to seeking your notations.

How many, I Want to oder one more

thanks!!!!!

Which C string will match Middle C on the piano?

Tuning @ 2:28

Hi, Pat--why do you put a strip of leather (fabric?) under the strings at the pickup? I've seen others do it, I'd like to know why. Thank you for a wonderful lesson!

What brand guitar are you playing ? I like it ... thanks.

Merci pour vos vidéos qui sont très instructives. Pouvez vous me dire ou trouver des cours de lap steel en Ile-de-France car c'est tout simplement impossible à trouver. Merci.

Tienes unos videos muy buenos, apuesto a que hablas español, a juzgar por tu acento. Saludos!

SO SUCESSO.

I'm here for sponge sounds

Sir, can you suggest if the open e tuning is better or c6

We can buy a fingger bar and fingger pic

No disrespect. But for those who don't want to learn theory, it might be better to use the "Nashville number system"; rather than note system. Most musicians that play steel guitar use it (knowingly or not). IE: (Common laptop tunings) Do Re Me Fa Sol La Ti Do=1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (octave) C6: C E G A C E=1 3 5 6 1 3 (EVERY fret regardless of the note and below also) D: D A D F# A D=1 5 1 3 5 1 G: G D B G B D=1 3 5 1 3 5 A6: F# A C# E F# A C# E=6 1 3 5 6 1 3 5 E7: B D E G# B E=5 ♭7 1 3 5 1 E13: B D E F# G# B C# E=5 ♭7 1 9 3 5 13 1 B11: A C# E B D# F#=1 3 5 ♭7 9 11

Just need a video that plays the tones for me, not everyone needs the whole intro

Very plain to listen to you and what you have to say about C6 lap Steele thanks

Man, you totally lost me with all those letters and with something about flats and sharps. Definitely not a beginners lesson.