Help me, pls...

Kevin

You can use the "A" pedal that raises your 5th and 10th strings a whole tone. Root will be on 5th and 10th strings. So for Bm this is at the 10th fret, and you can play any of strings 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.

Another choice is using the "D-lever" which lowers your 4th and 8th strings a half tone. Root will be on the 3rd and 6th strings. So for Bm, this will be on the 3rd fret. Strings 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3.

Yet another is using pedals "B" (which raises 3rd and 6th strings a half tone) and "C" (raises 4th and 5th strings a full tone) on the 5th fret. Root is on 4th string. Strings 7,6,5,4,3.

When I started playing I learned two simple rules of application which I still use..

1) from the no pedals position..strings 10,8,6,5,4 and 3 ..go up 3 frets and use the A pedal only..same string combo's.

ex: G on 3rd fret, Gm on 6th fret

rule..open position up 3 frets with A Pedal

2) From the AB Pedal position, same strings, 10,8,6,5,4 and 3 ..go up 1 fret release the AB pedals and use the E lower knee lever, same strings .

EX: D on 5th fret, Dm on 6th fret

Rule..from the AB pedal postion go up 1 fret using the E lower knee lever only

Start simple work your way up to extravagant..

good luck

t

[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 10 November 2004 at 02:03 AM.]

I was thinking that someone told me when I very first started playing that the A pedal in the open position did yield an Em, but when with the group last nite, bar at 7th fret, and A pedal depressed sure didn't sound like the Bm the guitars were playing. Guess I just need to work harder at it.

Thanks

example, G chord on 10th fret A,B down. back up to 8th fret let off A, B pedals, strings 1,2 and 5 lower 2nd string you have a Gm

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[This message was edited by Terry Sneed on 10 November 2004 at 06:24 AM.]

If your in G 3rd fret and hit lever D dropping E to Eb,
then you are playing the III chord of a G scale/ chord progression
as a minor or Bm.

or looking at it another way, it takes your AB down C ,
drops it back 1 fret and makes it minor, with just the D lever.

Pedals BC down in 3rd fret, in key of G, it is turning G major
into the II minor of the scalechord progression,
or Am .

Same Key of G, 3rd fret, hit the A pedal alone.
and you have the VI minor of the scale/chord progression,
or Em

Also on 5 lever steels, the vertical often drops the B tp Bb,
a "Jeff lever" and this turns the AB pedal down IV chord C
into a IV minor chord or key of G, 3rd fret,
a Cm chord.

I have added a G# o G lever to drop an I chord to a minor, with the dom7, but this is not standard.

I think it is important to understand how these combinations work in the theory overview, because then you see how they work in other positions better.

[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 10 November 2004 at 06:41 AM.]