Every tuning is like learning a new instrument. It’s insane how many are out there.

Hi Troy, I am just starting out on learning to play c6 lap top. It all seems a bit daunting at the moment but I will persevere and would like to thank you for your very informative lessons. I am 70 years of age and I don't think you are ever too old to learn. Regards from Peter in the UK.

Enjoying your teaching. John Ely is “the Man”...super nice guy, and Ive learned something new each time I gigged with him!

Thank you for this. As someone going from guitar/bass/keyboard to lap steel and dobro this has been very helpful.

I’ve played a fair amount of slide on my Regal resonator (mostly open G tuning) and I’ve always wanted a steel guitar. I have some electronics I pulled from an entry level Gretsch, and I’ve been gearing up to build a lap steel. While looking for information on tunings I found this video… What a wealth of useful information! Great video!

When teaching scales, especially the major scale I always found a piano or keyboard comes in really handy. Most beginners have an easier time seeing whole and half step patterns on a keyboard than a fretted instrument. As soon as a "C" major scale is played on all the white keys they see those half steps pretty clear.

WOW ! Knowing where the half steps are! I feel a huge weight is lifted off if me. 3 to 4 & 7 to 8. Einstein always wanted things brought down to the simplest form. THANK YOU GENIUS!

I'm going to be building a lap steel and this is giving me a lot of food for thought. Right now I'm considering the scale length and string gauge requirements. Adding in the various options for tuning somewhat simplifies my decisions. Thank you very much.

Thank you Troy, you've helped me better understand how the fret-board and different chord inversions work. I have recently been trying my Dobro in G6 tuning raising the 4th string to E and it's neat how one can change from say A Maj to A minor just by sliding up the neck 3 fret positions. Cool Man. Now I can start to get my head around your scale patterns in the next lesson. Cheers

Gracias!!! *Estupeda la manera de explicar * Felicitaciones!!!👏🏼🙏🏼❤

Very helpful and useful, Thanks! You're a great player and teacher.

Full of great information. Thanks!

Thank you very much indeed Troy,, brilliant insight and information.

Troy, what an awesome lesson, thank you so much! Especially for the 2nd string intonation tips ;-) Vlad

Excellent presentation Rodge David Kidderminster UK

Great video ! Thanks for showing and sharing ! cool stuff ! Martin

Super helpful, thanks!

Outstanding!

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

Great job thanks

Thanks Troy -Great video -Frank

Hello Troy, I'm kind of a rookie lap steel player. For playing mainly blues and rock, which tuning do you think would be the simplest to play and the most effective for those genres? Thanks a lot.

Troy, I always enjoy your videos. I wish i could watch them all but, I'm always on a tight schedule. I've used several of your tequniques I learned or rather have stolen from you, he he he he he, thanks. Okay, I own 3 resonators all tuned to different tunings (open e, open d, and open g). I also own 3 lap steels, one being a double neck that I built from a kit. The double neck I have tuned to C6 (CEGACE) on the neck closest to me and then Cmaj7 on the rear neck (CEGBEG) and I use that to mimick Rusty Young and Poco tunes. Lots of fun. I do have a question on open G tunings for the dobro. I notice that the country guys all tune in octaves, like your video here GBDGBD. I've always tuned DGDGBD. Maybe because I'm really an old rock and roller and I play tons of blues and that's the tuning I used for all the George Thorogood tunes we did back in the day. I notice how near effortless the country guys play a dobro where s the blues guys and rockers sound totally different and a bit more sloppy. Is it just technique or is it in the magical octave tuning you use? I include two of my videos from my channel to give you a sample of my limitations. My double neck kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qp9-oM1zrbDRpHk.html and a live version playing an open E reso covering Elmore James Dust my Broom kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esmIjcamua2yaXk.html

Different Tuning has different pressure on the neck. when a thicker string is tightened higher. Throws off the balance your neck is used too.

Great video, thank you.

Awesome lesson. I've been playing dobro for a long time and just starting to dabble in C6 on lap. The way that you've tied things back to the dobro triads is fantastic. In fact, now I will pay more attention to the Xs and triangle patterns in my dobro playing. There are so many gems in this lesson. Thank you so much for this. I will be back to rewatch this many many times. What's the name of the Mike Auldridge Gm song?

TROY, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU GET YOUR FINGER PICKS?. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WOULD STAY ON MY FINGERS BETTER THAN WHAT I HAVE. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR VALUABLE INFO ON THE DIFFERENT LAPTOP TUNINGS.

Troy most all of the songs at church in C , would I use C6 tuning for those?

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Hi Troy, glad to find your videos! Very clear lessons, thanks! I am total beginner in lap steel, and want to learn to play standard rock/blues. I have two questions: 1) My lap steel is 7 string. I am a little confused on how to make tuning, for example open G. Any suggestions? 2) I am total beginner with lap steel. Do you recommend open G or open D for rock style? Thanks!

great video---QUESTION: can emmy lou harris's "One Of These Days" be played on dobro? I can play the melody on std guitar capo 3rd fret-but I can't figure out how to do it on dobro. I thought it might sound really good if I can do it

Troy if you were playing a 10 string lap steel in C6th, would you tune it the same as the PSG or no? I'm waiting on my new psg to get here so until then I'm using a 10 string Hudson practice board with a pickup in it. I currently have it tuned in C6th same as the PSG with a D on top.

Thanks for the excellent instructions. Can you explain how to decide which tuning is best to use? I'm completely new to the dobro and hope to use it in a combination of country and Celtic music but I'm not sure on which criteria you use to decide on a tuning.

Have you thought about having a Join button on your channel given you have over 30k subscribers? Love your channel and I'm looking into buying a lapsteel guitar and learning how to play it.

anyone know of a demo on how to tune a converted guitar-to-lap steel, where you keep most of strings the same as the E A D G B E standard guitar tuning, but just tune one string up and one string down, no more than a half step, to get a maj. 6 chord? I worked it out but can't find my notes ...oof!!

What gauge strings do you use for C6 tuning?

Do you know what tuning don helms used..mostly?

hi! can you show us how apart should the strings be from the fretboard for proper action?

What is the black PAD for under your strings?

can't find this on ur web site??

Johnny Bellar uses a G9 tuning to play Shenandoah. GBD GAD

I tried writing it down 6 times. Too confusing.

Tune the sixth down, not the third up. Play in just intonation.

whats up with the leather pad under the strings ?

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Very very confusing. Definitely not for beginners. 😳😳😳

Very confusing. Lost me in first paragraph of what you spoke about. For a new person trying to learn for the first time, you lose them. One has to teach like they themselves are learning for the first time. I find that everywhere I go, referring to Lap-steel, the teachers, don't take into account, that student knows nothing, and must be taught slowly so they understand everything your saying. One thing I did learn (on my own), was if your going to play lap-steel, learn where every note is along the whole necks length. If you know where the notes are along the neck, play the notes shown on sheet music, and at least you'll get a tune played (or the melody of the song). What's explained here, won't help me transpose music to different tunings spoke about.