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The Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method Book/Online Audio Paperback – July 1, 2009

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4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 516 ratings
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(Instructional). The Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the six-string lap steel guitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide by country music veteran Johnie Helms includes many fun songs and hot licks to learn and play. The accompanying online audio contains 95 tracks of hot licks and cool songs for demonstration and play along. Topics include tunings, chords, scales, key positions, right- and left-hand techniques, vibrato, string pulls, slants, music reading, and much more!
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1423422708
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hal Leonard; Pap/Com edition (July 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781423422709
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1423422709
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.13 x 12 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Keeley
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesomeness
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2022
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I liked it a lot i wish i did have a few more songs in it but i can play steel guitar better and i fibally have it tuned correctly
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Daniel Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the absolute beginner.
Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2011
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For under $10, this is a great book. It gives multiple tunings (which can be hard to find online), some sample licks in the different tunings, and a few basic songs to learn. The CD is great insofar as it gives the reader a goal sound.

If you know the basics of a steel guitar, or can play one or two songs already, then this is probably not the book for you.

If, however, you play other instruments, and are just looking for the basic introduction to steel guitar, this is a perfect place to start.
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Ash
4.0 out of 5 stars I would have liked to have seen either a C6th which is pretty ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2015
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This book is very helpful for the beginner lap steel player. It provides lots of tablature with accompanied example and back up tracks. My only complaint is it focuses solely on open tunings which work well for rock and blues. I would have liked to have seen either a C6th which is pretty standard for county swing and Hawaiian or something like an E 13th which was used on early to mid Hank Williams albums. With that being said there is a lot of material that covers that sort of stuff. If you are looking for an easy introduction into lap steel this book is good place to start.
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A. Khosla
3.0 out of 5 stars Requires you to restring your lapsteel to open G tuning
Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2024
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This is a beginner's book, which on the surface, looks great, but the author Johnie Helms requires you to have an open G tuning. The problem is most lap steels are tuned for C6, and open G tuning requires a different set of strings. So right when I began, I broke a string, not realizing I needed to restring the lap steel for hard to find open G strings :-(

I think they call this learning. I also call it poor instruction.
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James
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2022
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Good for what it says
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Alfred Richard Freeman
5.0 out of 5 stars good book
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2021
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this is a great book to learn by, shows tunings very well, easy to under stand, well worth the money when learning the slide guitar, like it
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Poppa Joe
5.0 out of 5 stars Beginner lap steel guitar instruction
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2021
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Highly recommended as a first book for learning the lap guitar. Simple, concise, and clear.
The visuals are a big help as is the appendix.
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Richard A. Davis
4.0 out of 5 stars Beginners' Bible
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2011
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As a slow-fingered novice i have found solace in the pacing and succinct detail of this guide. I highly recommend it for nervous beginners who shy and shrivel away at difficult instructionals. Particularly vexing are the multitude of youtube videos purporting to assist beginners in foundations. This book and real practice has been the only way for me to be start a foundation of technique and style. Best of luck and i also recc _Slide Rules_ by Andy Volk
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Brian H.
5.0 out of 5 stars As described
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2022
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Reasonable instruction manual for the beginner, lots of questions unanswered but still a good starting place, songs inside are pretty poor unless your a sad sad person. Note to author.......there are a hell of a lot of great lap steel players and songs out there.......don't stick with the average stuff that was available decades and decades ago.
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Richard M
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book and course
Reviewed in Canada on August 20, 2019
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The only thing this doesn't include is enough time to practice.
Hal Leonard always comes up with excellent course and study materials. The course covers right from the basics up to actually being able to (somewhat) play the Lap Steel Guitar. It works! The included CD allows you to recognize what a mess you have made of the exercises so you can redo them and eventually get it right.

I'm enjoying following the course while still working on it and actually getting better.
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Kaneda
4.0 out of 5 stars Pas mal !
Reviewed in France on November 10, 2020
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Pas mal !
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Anamonus
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in India on July 12, 2019
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Best way to learn theary
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1.0 out of 5 stars Abbastanza inutile
Reviewed in Italy on July 20, 2015
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Non ho trovato il metodo molto utile. Ripete sempre lo stesso schema sulla base delle diverse accordature quando potrebbe dare maggiore spazio sia all'approfondimento delle diverse scale e allo studio dell'armonia. Ok che si tratto di un libro per principianti, però...
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