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Topic: Hank Williams/Don Helms licks for E 9th
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Jim Eller
Member From: Kodak, TN USA
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posted 10 October 2005 03:55 AM
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Would someone please post some Hank Williams/Don Helms licks for E9th that can be used in a specific song or for any Hank Williams song.Looking for that "Don Helms sound" on E9th. I did do a search and found a couple b0b had posted. The more the better. Thanks,
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David Doggett
Member From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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posted 10 October 2005 10:38 AM
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Don't have any tab, but the way to get that '50s 6th neck lap steel style on E9 is to hold the A and B pedals down, which gives you an A6 neck, and play it like a lap steel, without using any pedaled bends or knee levers. Also, I don't think Don Helms used slants much. He played a very straight lap steel style. And don't worry too much about being on the exactly proper chord fret. A lot of that style comes from using the 6th chord as a movable chord, letting it fall where it may beneath the melody being played by sliding up and down a single high string. |
Jim Eller
Member From: Kodak, TN USA
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posted 18 October 2005 05:12 AM
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Surely there must be more!........I know, "Don't call me Shirley"
Jim
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Robbie Daniels
Member From: Casper, Wyoming, USA
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posted 18 October 2005 07:47 AM
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Another way to get the old E13 sound on the E9 is to lower your second string D# to C#. That will give you the old Hank sound.------------------
MSA D12, MSA S12, 1956 Rickenbacker D8, Evans FET 500LV, Evans SE200, Peavey Transfex Pro
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Mark van Allen
Member From: loganville, Ga. USA
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posted 18 October 2005 11:41 AM
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Here's an idea: get the fantastic "your Cheatin' Heart" songbook from Scotty's( I just looked, and I don't think b0b stocks it here). It has tabbed arrangements pretty much note for note from Don Helm's hank tracks. They use just the first six strings of his tuning, high to low: G#-E-C#-B-G#-E. Obviously the same notes as E9, using the A pedal to get the C# note. With just a little foling around you can get all the licks right from the master.
Be ready for a couple of surprises, in how Don uses positions you wouldn't normally think of to get his sound without slants. Very eye-opening.------------------
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