Fact - they can.

There is NO reason steel arrangements couldn't be worked out for the real songs either - and it's not as absurd as your oboe or marimba suggestions indicate. Just because the steel's not there now doesn't mean it can't be in some cover band (actually, I've heard cover bands with steel do such material).

Check out Flea Market Music - Jim Beloff has a wide selection of books that have actual songs from the 60's...including Beatles tunes...arranged for ukelele. a truly wide range of material - Surf songs, Dock of the Bay, various Motown hits. Do you think there's a huge market for that?

If he can do it, why can't the teachers in the steel community do it?

"BTW, I can play any Beatles song from the sheet music if I need to. So yes, I can play them note-for-note. That's the route I would recommend to a student who wants to learn Beatles tunes."

Fine for sight readers...but most steel and guitar players don't read music from what I've seen. And that doesn't help the beginning student with educational methodology in a breadth of styles outside country.

It seems to boil down to this - what is the source of your resistance to it?

[This message was edited by Jim Sliff on 09 November 2005 at 01:54 PM.]

Jim........ Which books are you encountering in music stores? I have never seen any around here. I get your drift, it would be cool if they would include some examples of how to use the steel in different styles,such as rock and such. I think it might be a problem to come up with a new edition of some of these materials though. The companies that produce them might not find it to be cost effective. Probably alot of folks here have some insight too.Try asking some specific questions about those styles and see what you get. I would be very interested to know as well. All I do is reharmonize the things I already know for different applications. There is probably ultimately more to it than that. Anybody?

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Mark

[This message was edited by Mark Fasbender on 09 November 2005 at 02:28 PM.]

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It seems to boil down to this - what is the source of your resistance to it?

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I've been following this thread pretty well, but I gotta drop out now. It's trying to turn into the kind of conversation you can only have face to face, in real time.

Besides, Ed Packard is posting some really good instructional materials about U-14, chord charts and the like.
It seems to have all the chords for playing any song you like.