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Topic: Peaceful, Easy Feeling -- tuning?
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johnspierce
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posted 03 June 2000 11:05 AM
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Hi!
I'm new to the forum and making the transition from guitar to lap steel. Does anyone know the tuning for the Eagles' Peaceful, Easy Feeling? I suspect it was done on a pedal steel, but maybe I can get close  Also, I haven't found any tab for this song -- I checked the non-pedal tab website, cowpie and olga -- any others? Thanks!
John Pierce |
Richard Sinkler
Member From: Fremont, California
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posted 03 June 2000 11:50 AM
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I always thought it was played on a regular guitar. Would be nice to know for sure. Every time I saw the Eagles, the guitar player played the licks.------------------
Carter D10 8p/10k
Richard Sinkler BS, www.sinkler.com |
johnspierce
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posted 03 June 2000 12:04 PM
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Could be; I've never seen the Eagles live. I knew a band that did a good rendition of the song and their guitar player did the steel-sounding licks on a Gibson 335 with a bigsby. I would bet it is a pedal steel though. Thanks for the reply! John |
Jeff Lampert
Member From: queens, new york city
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posted 03 June 2000 12:11 PM
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IMHO, Guitar, Guitar, Guitar. |
Earnest Bovine
Member From: Los Angeles CA USA
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posted 03 June 2000 12:35 PM
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LED
E
B C#
G
D
A
E
LED = left elbow down |
Bill Wilson
Member From: Baltimore MD USA
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posted 03 June 2000 03:29 PM
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Earnest has it right of course. That is Bernie Leadon playing a B-bender telecaster. |
johnspierce
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posted 03 June 2000 05:26 PM
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You guys are right, it's a b-bender tele. Here's an excerpt from John Beland of the Burrito Bros. on the telecaster forum....From John Beland: "Bernie was a great acoustic guitar / banjo player but very new with an electric when he joined the Eagles. He played banjo on one of my first records in 1968.
Back then, alot of us pickers at The Troubadour were into this thing of mimicking steel guitar riffs on guitar...What made Bernie such a unique player was that he was so tasty nomatter what he played. So when he joined the Eagles he had these cool steel riffs he picked up from around town. Glen Frey (who I also played with a few years earlier) could play cool steel riffs on his acoustic. He and I and JD Souther used to play a song they wrote called LUCKY LOVE. It had this great riff
in it that mimicked a steel..simple but effective.
If you listen to any of the stuff I did with Swampwater (Ronstadts band "reissued on CD as Swampwater on One Way Records) you'll hear pre-Take It Easy riffs two years before the Eagles. Thats because Bernie, myself and a few other guys at the time were into this on out Teles. This was before the bbender. When Clarence came it was Warp 10.
No..there was no steel on the Eagles first album. That was all Glen and Bernie. It was recorded at Olympic Studios in England..."
(end quote from John Beland) Thanks for the info guys!! John Pierce |
rickw
Member From: nc
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posted 05 June 2000 08:21 AM
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John, do you have an "E"-mail on the telecaster forum? THanks Rick W |
Bud Harger
Member From: Temple / Belton, Texas
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posted 07 June 2000 10:31 AM
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Has anybody converted the entire guitar break to E9th tab?I have always thought that the riff could be played on steel very effectively...thereby "imitating" the imitator. That would be so cool! I would love to have it. Bud[This message was edited by Bud Harger on 07 June 2000 at 10:32 AM.] |
KEVIN WALKER
Member From: Roanoke,VA. UNITED STATES
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posted 07 June 2000 03:24 PM
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Bud,
I've been playing that solo pretty much note for note on E9th for 10 years. There's really not much to it. Starts in A at the twelfth, moves back to E on your chromatic strings at the seventh, moves back to A at the twelfth, then to B at the fourteenth, back to the twelfth, actually playing in A over the I,IIm,IV,V; then back to seventh fret to resolve. If this doesn't help, I'll try to tab it.
Good luck. |
Bud Harger
Member From: Temple / Belton, Texas
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posted 08 June 2000 09:01 AM
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Kevin;If you have the time to tab this, I would appreciate it. A hand-written tab would be fine, if you can fax it to me. I'll be glad to tab it for the Forum, since that takes a lot more time. Just e-mail me for the fax number. The info you have already given us is very helpful and gets me started on this great riff. Thanks, bUd |
KEVIN WALKER
Member From: Roanoke,VA. UNITED STATES
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posted 13 June 2000 07:56 PM
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Peaceful,Easy Feeling: Key of E
1._(A)______________________________________|
2.__________________________________________|
3.__________________________________________|
4._12____12____12___________________________|
5._12~A__12~A__12~A~12______________________|
6._____________________12B_____12B__________|
7.__________________________12______________|
8.__________________________________________|
9.__________________________________________|
10._________________________________________|
1.(E)_____7__________|______________________|
2.___________________|_____________7D_______|
3._____7B____________|______________________|
4.__________7________|________________7_____|
5._7~A________7A~7___|_________7~A__________|
6.___________________|_7B~7~7B______________|
7.___________________|______________________|
8.___________________|______________________|
9.___________________|______________________|
10.__________________|______________________|
1.(A)_______________________________________|
2.__________________________________________|
3.__________________________________________|
4._12___12__12__12__12__12_12__12__12_______|
5._12~A_12A_12A_12A_12~A___12A_12A_12A~12___|
6._______________________________________12B|
7.__________________________________________|
8.__________________________________________|
9.__________________________________________|
10._________________________________________|
1.(B7)______________________________________|
2.__________________________________________|
3.__________________________________________|
4._14___14__14__14__14__14_14__14__14_______|
5._14~A_14A_14A_14A_14~A___14A_14A_14A~14___|
6._______________________________________14B|
7.__________________________________________|
8.__________________________________________|
9.__________________________________________|
10._________________________________________|
1.(E)_________(F#m)_____________(A)_12______|
2.__________________________________________|
3._12~B_12B~12_________12B~12_______________|
4.____________12_12_12________12________12__|
5._______________________________12~A_______|
6.__________________________________________|
7.__________________________________________|
8.__________________________________________|
9.__________________________________________|
10._________________________________________|
1.__________|(B7)______________(E)__________|
2.__________|_______________________________|
3.__________|_______________________________|
4.__________|_7_____7_______________________|
5._12A~12___|___7~A___7A~7__________________|
6._______12B|______________7B___7B~~~~~~~~~~|
7.__________|_________________7_____________|
8.__________|_______________________________|
9.__________|_______________________________|
10._________|_______________________________|
I changed the last couple of bars to better
suit pedal steel. I played it fairly close
to the original for a couple of years, and it
never came off as well as the original six-
string part. Anyway; here it is,take it for
what it's worth. Listen to the track for
phrasing.
Good luck! |
Bud Harger
Member From: Temple / Belton, Texas
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posted 22 June 2000 11:13 AM
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Kevin, thanks a lot. I have been away on vacation for a while and just found it.I appreciate the time it took for you to do this. I hope that I can return the favor. Best regards, Bud |
KEVIN WALKER
Member From: Roanoke,VA. UNITED STATES
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posted 22 June 2000 03:28 PM
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Bud,
You're welcome! I hope that you can make some sense out of the tab.
Good luck.
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