Interesting bit of software for learning the neck

[henry]

http://home.comcast.net/~k.abolins/guitarmap.html

[Nick Bidmade]

Hi Henry = looks complicated. What is it for? What's the end product?

[henry]

you put your tuning into the app (it's got a fairly standard E9 by default)
then you can tell it to show you where all the notes in a chord are

it's a bit like the spreadsheet that Joe Wright uses

in this example I've set it to show DMaj13 notes. I've set it to have pedals A and B down.
If you look at the open position, fret 0, it is telling me that there is:

root note on string 9
2 on string 8
3 on string 7
5 on string 6
7 on string 5

etc, so notes 1,3,5,7,9. not bad but no 13th

(it shows 9 as 2, 11 as 4, 13 as 6 etc)

but then if you look at fret 9 you've got

13th on 9
7th on 8
3rd on 6
7th on 4
3 on 3

so no root but 3, 7, 13. pretty useful inversion

and you could get a higher 13th on the 2nd string if you lowered it a semitone.

I would never have found that chord!

the E9 one I use for maj13 is in the root position, getting the maj7 on 2nd string and the 13th on 5 and 10 with the A pedal down..

[Nick Bidmade]

Ouch! Looks very complicated... but also far more sophisticated than my system of pecking around the fretboard, checking notes one at a time via the tuner. Slow, but usually works, although I did have to send out an SOS for an 11th chord when I couldn't find a workable solution!
Does this system also cover U12? It seems to me that the additional strings, pedals and levers on U12 gives you far more variables and combinations than E9 and this software could be really helpful.

[henry]

i think you can add and modify the copedents.. It's got a E9 and C6 built in

[Shaun]

Looks Interesting Henry,

Just downloaded it, will let you know how it goes.

Thanks for posting.

[James Crowbear]

i've used Karlin Abolins Steel Guitar Map for quite a few years since i started out
it's a great ressource & fits most any copedent/set up
it's really not that hard to use
& it's puts you in the drivers seat rather quickly
even if you don't have your license yet.....

[henry]

where do you get it!?

[James Crowbear]

here Henry
http://home.comcast.net/~k.abolins/guitarmap.html

Perhaps you meant the License ?

there are more here too :
http://www.highwater.co.nz/chordfinder.php

http://keenart.com/steel/scalefinder/

http://www.jmlmusic.ca/leitepsg/Pedal%20Steel%20Guitar%20E9%20Fretboard%20Reference%20_DRAFT5.pdf

[henry]

oh i see! didn't realise you were endorsing the software i was talking about. i thought you were suggesting somthing different..

adn thanks for the other links, I'll check them out..