Herb Steiner Music Instruction from SGC

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Herb Steiner Music

Tab Book w/CD Instruction &

Chart Book w/Rhythm Track CD

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California Country Rhythm Tracks - CD & Chart Book

Songs by Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Wynn Stewart, and Freddie Hart

This time out we have a group of tracks that fit the chord progressions & general arrangements of some of the best songs by the Great West Coast country performers…namely Haggard, Owens, Stewart & Hart.

As with my other packages, the songs are in either their original keys or the most common keys, and the tempos close to the original recording.

The songs & keys are:

A-11 – C

Above And Beyond – G

Act Naturally – G

Big City – E

The Bottle Let Me Down – D

Buckaroo – D

Close Up The Honkytonks – D

Crying Time – G

Easy Loving – G

Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache) – A

It’s Such A Pretty World Today – D

Lonesome Fugitive – F

Silver Wings – E

Sing A Sad Song – C

Sing Me Back Home – A

Swinging Doors – G

Today I Started Loving You Again – E

Together Again – D

Under Your Spell Again – A

Chart Book w/RT CD $16.00

NEW!!!

‘Essential Bandstand Solos’
Rides you need to play in Texas
15 Arrangements for E9th Tuning

When I was teaching privately, many players would come to me and ask for an appropriate lead for a particular song, since they played in bands... formal and informal... that required them to come up with a intro, turnaround, or 16 bar solo.
To address these requests, this new course is the first in a series called Essential Bandstand Solos.

This initial book/CD set contains 15 solos/turnarounds to some of the most popular traditional country tunes played here in Texas. Rather than presenting the entire song with verse, chorus, etc., these arrangements are for the most part 16-bar solos as would be played onstage in a band situation, some with intros and tags.
Like my other courses, the CD contains me playing the solo to a rhythm track, followed by the rhythm track itself for the player to practice with.

All recordings and tabs are for E9, and geared for the experienced beginner to intermediate player.

Some of the solos are my own melodic interpretations, while others are very close to those found on the original hit recordings. There's shuffles, ballads, swing-style songs, etc. I think y'all will find it useful.

The songs included are (click links for MP3 song samples):
All My Exes Live In Texas - A
The Bottle Let Me Down intro - D
Anybody Going To San Antone - G
Drinking Champagne - A
Fraulein - F
Heart Over Mind - G
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - E
I Love You Because - C
It’s Such A Pretty World Today - D
Mansion On The Hill - C
Pick Me Up On Your Way Down - F
Silver Wings - E
Truck Driving Man - G
Swinging Doors intro/solo - G
Walking After Midnight – Bb

Tab Book w/CD $27.00

‘20 Johnny Bush Intros, Turnarounds, and Solos for E9th’

…from classic recordings by Johnny Bush, as played by Buddy Emmons, Jimmy Day, Dicky Overby and Weldon Myrick…

Sound Of A Heartache, Farewell Party, City Lights, I’ll Go To A Stranger, Danny Boy, An Eye For An Eye, You Ought To Hear Me Cry, What A Way To Live, Apartment #9, I’ll Be There, A Way To Survive, Rain Makin’ Baby Of Mine, There Stands The Glass, Whiskey River, Here Comes The World Again, Green Snakes On The Ceiling.

Tab Book w/CD $21.00

‘12 Gospel Favorites’

- Instruction Course

(E9th Tuning, 3 Pedals & 2 Knee Levers)

Each solo is recorded on one channel of the CD, while the other channel has 3 to 6 minutes of Practice Track per tune.

Amazing Grace-D, Family Bible-D&G, How Great Thou Art-F, I Saw The Light-E, I’ll Fly Away-A, In The Garden-C, Just A Closer Walk With Thee-F, Life’s Railway To Heaven-C, The Old Rugged Cross-A, Softly And Tenderly-Bb, What A Friend We Have In Jesus-G, When They Ring Them Golden Bells-G.

30-Page Tab Book w/CD $27.00

‘12 Gospel Favorites’

- Rhythm Tracks w/Chord Charts’

Charts & RT CD only $16.00

‘Hank Williams Classics’

Rhythm Tracks & Chart Book

Like my other tracks/CD packages below, this set focuses on chord progressions that follow 17 of Hank Williams' most popular tunes and includes a CD of tracks featuring piano, bass, guitar, and drums with an accompanying book of chord charts for each progression.
Now you can work up the solos and arrangements for these great songs. The tracks are in the original keys and tempos of the Hank Williams tunes, but are around 4 minutes in length, since most of Hank's recordings were about 2:30 long.
Song progressions included fit these songs and keys:

1. Banks of the Old Pontchartrain - A
2. Cold Cold Heart - D
3. Half As Much - D
4. Hey Good Lookin' - C
5. I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You - E
6. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - E
7. Jambalaya - C
8. Mansion On The Hill - A
9. May You Never Be Alone Like Me - E
10. Move It On Over - E
11. Settin' The Woods On Fire - C
12. Take These Chains From My Heart - D
13. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me - G
14. Wedding Bells - E
15. Window Shopping - C
16. You Win Again - E
17. Your Cheating Heart - C
Chart Book & RT CD $16.00

Shuffles, Ballads, and Waltzes
10 solo arrangements for E9th tuning, Basic 3 pedal / 3 knee lever setup.

It seems that folks like my E9 stuff so here's a collection of ten tabbed out arrangements of some classic country standards, with a CD of me playing the solo to a rhythm track, followed by the track without steel. So the student can play the solo himself, of course!

The pedal setup required is a regular E9th tuning with 3 pedals and 3 knee levers (E lowers, E raises, and D# lower), that are the basic levers in any E9th tuning.

There are 3 "Texas shuffles" in the Ray Price/Johnny Bush style, 5 ballads in slower tempos, and 2 waltzes that everyone in country music has had to play dozens of times in their bandstand work.

I've tried to stay pretty traditional to the melodies of these tunes, what I call the "Jimmy Day" approach. Some of the ballads are reminiscent of Jimmy's Steel And Strings album. The shuffles are played like you'd have to play them on a Texas dancehall bandstand. The arrangements contain lots of licks, intros, turnarounds, etc. that can be applied to any number of country songs.

The songs included are:
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain - E
Crazy Arms - F
Heartaches By The Numbers - Bb
She Thinks I Still Care - C
Making Believe - F
I've Got A New Heartache - A
I Love You So Much It Hurts Me - F
Waltz Across Texas - A
We Could- E
Westphalia Waltz - G

The tab book is 24 pages in length, the CD about 40 minutes long.

Tab Book & CD $27.00

‘Strictly Country – 1’

Rhythm Tracks CD & Chart Book

Like the title suggests, this CD/Charts package with play-along tracks is “strictly country” and features chord progressions fitting 16 of the most played and favorite country songs of all time. Included are some of the best standards from the history of country music; two-steps and Texas shuffles, songs from the repertoire of Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Johnny Bush, Webb Pierce, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, and more.
As in my other tracks packages, the songs are again in the common keys of the most famous recordings, and at tempos that are appropriate for the song. Each song is between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 minutes in length and the CD contains over 70 minutes of music. Most songs have 4-bar or 8-bar intros, as well as “tags” to take the song out, as is common on the bandstand. Once again, there's plenty of time to jam, practice, work up solos, etc. As usual, there's a 20 page book included with the chord progressions and song map for each song, in large, easy-to-read type. Here‘s another chance to work up your favorite solos or come up with arrangements of your own, and you don‘t have to have a band to do it, since your band is right in your CD player!
1. Another Bridge To Burn - G
2. Danny Boy - F
3. Don’t Believe I’ll Fall In Love Today - D
4. Farewell Party - F
5. Fraulein - F
6. Funny How Time Slips Away - E
7. I Love You So Much It Hurts Me - F
8. The Key’s In The Mailbox - A
9. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down - E
10. Silver Wings - E
11. Sing A Sad Song - C
12. Slowly - D
13. Sweet Dreams - D
14. Together Again - Db
15. Undo The Right - A
16. Walking After Midnight – C
Chart Book & RT CD $16.00

‘Swinging On E9th’

Many steel players find themselves in a musical situation that requires a more “C6th” or Western Swing sound and they don’t have the benefit of a C6 neck on their guitars. Many straight-ahead country bands, though their music basically calls for the E9th country sound, will occasionally need a “retro”, or western-style sound from their steel guitarist. With a slight change in string grips and chord approach, the E9th tuning can be employed in this manner and give an excellent western swing sound. In fact, the E13th tuning, from which the E9th was developed, was a very popular tuning for western music. This course is a collection of steel guitar solos for a dozen popular songs played by western swing dance bands today. The arrangements are designed to provide the player with a selection of chords, licks, and melody positions in a variety of keys that are applicable to other songs as well as those written out.

Table of Contents:

-Introduction to the “swing” style on E9th;

-Tablature Explanation

-Copedent Chart

-Texas Playboy Rag

-Two Hawaiian style licks

-Steelin’ Home

-Two single string runs

-Panhandle Rag

-Steel Guitar Rag

-Roadside Rag

-Intro in C, similar to “Steelin

the Blues”

-Night Life intro & solo

-Caravan

-All Of Me

-I Can’t Give You Anything But Love

-On The Sunny Side Of The Street

-Ending riff in C

-Moon Glow

-Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone

-A brief lesson in chord construction

Tab Book w/CD $27.00

‘Swinging On E9th Vol. 2’

…12 Western Swing Solo Arrangements for E9th Tuning ~ Basic 3 Pedal / 2 Knee Lever Set-up…

-Bubbles In My Beer – C

-Deep Water – F

-Don’t Get Around Much Anymore – C

-Faded Love – D

-Harbor Lights – C

-The Kind Of Love I Can’t Forget – G

-Mild Cow Blues – A

-San Antonio Rose – D

-Sentimental Journey – E

-Time Changes Everything – F

-Undecided – G

-Wild Side Of Life - G

Tab Book w/CD $27.00

Extended Tracks for SWINGING ON E9th Volumes 1 & 2:

This is a 2-CD set of EXTENDED LENGTH Tracks for both ‘Swinging On E9th’ and ‘Swinging On E9th Vol. 2’ courses. Now you can jam to full length tracks, each one being over 4 minutes in length. No chart books included, just the CD’s. The songs are in the same order as the ones on the Instructional CD’s you already have.

Extended RT CD’s for Volume 1 &2 $14.00

‘Ernest Tubb Classics’

Piano, Bass, Guitar and Drums playing chord progressions fitting the changes to these songs:

-Driving Nails In My Coffin – C

-Half A Mind – A

-Have You Ever Been Lonely – C

-I Love You Because – G

-In Her Own Peculiar Way – C

-Jealous Loving Heart – A

-Rainbow At Midnight – G

-Slippin’ Around – G

-Thanks A Lot – G

-There’s A Little Bit Of Everything Texas – G

-Tomorrow Never Comes – C

-Walking The Floor Over You – C

-Waltz Across Texas – A

-Warm Red Wine – C

-You Don’t Have To Be A Baby To Cry - C

Chart Book & RT CD $16.00

‘Swinging Standards 1’

Rhythm Tracks CD & Chart Book

Like the Classic Country Rhythm Tracks 1 and the Western Swing Classics packages, here's a CD/Charts package with play-along tracks to chord progressions fitting 17 of the most played and favorite “swing-style” songs many country musicians like to play and bands enjoy performing. These tunes are a great “change of pace” for the audience when the majority of your material might be “straight-ahead” country.
The songs are again in the common keys of the most famous recordings, and at tempos that are appropriate for the song. Each song is between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 minutes in length and the CD contains over 70 minutes of music. So there's plenty of time to jam, practice, work up solos, etc. As usual, there's a 20 page book included with the chord progressions and song map for each song, in large, easy-to-read type. And as with the Western Swing Classics package, you don't have to be a C6 player to use these tracks... just use them to figure out your solos on the E9 neck, or play them on any instrument you choose.
Songs include:
1. All Of Me - C
2. Boot Heel Drag - A
3. Blue Spanish Eyes - D
4. Bud’s Bounce - F
5. Don’t Get Around Much Anymore - C
6. Hold It - C
7. Indian Love Call - D
8. Last Date - C
9. Marie - E
10. Roly Poly - G
11. Route 66 - F
12. Sleepwalk - C
13. Steel Guitar Rag - E
14. Steelin' The Blues - C (for E9 tuning)
15. Steelin’ The Blues - C# (for C6 tuning)
16. Sunny Side Of The Street - Bb
17. Sweet Georgia Brown - F
Chart Book & RT CD $16.00

‘Western Swing Classics – 1’

Rhythm Tracks CD & Chart Book

Like the Classic Country Rhythm Tracks 1 package listed below, here's a CD/Charts package with play-along tracks to chord progressions fitting some of the most played and favorite Western Swing songs of all time. The tracks were created using Band In A Box v.12, the newest and best sounding version, utilizing the Roland Virtual Sound Canvas VSC3 module, featuring very realistic sounds and endings.
The songs are in the original keys of the most famous recordings, at basically the same tempos as well. Each song is between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 minutes in length and the CD contains over 75 minutes of music. So there's plenty of time to jam, practice, work up solos, etc.
Again, there's a 20 page book included with the chord progressions and song map for each song, in large, easy-to-read type.
You don't have to be a C6 player to use these tracks... just use them to figure out your solos on the E9 neck, or play lap steel, lead guitar, dobro or fiddle. Or even sing over them... or all the above!
The progressions fit these songs and keys:
1. Maiden's Prayer - A
2. B. Bowman Hop - C
3. Bubbles In My Beer - C
4. Bluebonnet Rag - G
5. Charmaine - C
6. Deep Water - F
7. Home In San Antone - F
8. The Kind Of Love I Can't Forget - G
9. Midnight In Old Amarillo - E
10. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You - D
11. Panhandle Rag - E
12. Right Or Wrong - G
13. San Antonio Rose - D
14. Steelin' Home - D
15. Sugar Moon - C
16. Texas Playboy Rag - D
17. Time Changes Everything - F
18. Westphalia Waltz - G
Chart Book & RT CD $16.00

‘Classic Country – 1’

Rhythm Tracks CD & Chart Book

Here's 18 rhythm tracks for some of the most requested and classic country songs of the past. I use these tracks myself for working up solos as well as for helping my students as a practice aid.
Created using the excellent and quite realistic computer-generated sounds of Band In A Box v.11, the tracks sound almost like live musicians performed them. Each song is between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 minutes long, so there's plenty of playing time here. Most songs have 4-bar or 8-bar intros as well as multiple choruses of the songs. Most of the songs are in the original keys as performed by the artists who recorded them.
The tracks are suitable for instrumentalists AND singers, and can be used for performances as well as practice.
The CD contains over 74 minutes of music, and theres a 20 page book with chord charts/song map for each song, so that the music can be easily followed, and arrangements worked up.
The songs included in this package are:
1. Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain – E
2. The Bottle Let Me Down -D
3. Crazy Arms – F
4. Faded Love – D
5. Four Walls – C
6. Heartaches By The Number – Bb
7. I Love You Because – C
8. Invitation To The Blues – C
9. I’ve Got A New Heartache – G
10. Night Life – D
11. Pride – D
12. Release Me – G
13. She Thinks I Still Care – C
14. The Other Woman – D
15. Waltz Across Texas – A
16. A Way To Survive – C
17. We Could – E
18. The Wild Side of Life – G
Chart Book & RT CD $16.00

‘Rancho Rhythm Roundup’

~ C6th Tab Book w/CD ~

For you fellas and gals who want to learn more western swing standards on the C6th tuning, this 60-page tab book has all the solos I performed on the Rancho Rhythm Roundup CD, along with an accompaning CD of the album minus the steel parts, so you can play along to the actual album tracks yourself.
You'll be playing along with some great musicians, trust me! I'm talking members of Merle Haggard's and George Strait's bands.
The songs and keys include:
Rancho Boogie - C
Coconut Grove - E, F, C#, G, G#
Joaquin Special - Bb, D
On The Alamo - Eb
Little Coquette - G
Blue Skirt Waltz - C, Eb, Bb
Tennessee Stomp - G
South - G
Steel Guitar Jubilee - Bb, Eb
Pennies From Heaven - G
Tuxedo Junction - Bb
Steel Guitar Rag - E
RT CD & 50 page Tab Book $42.00

‘Texas Dance Time’

~C6th Tab Book w/CD ~

I've prepared a 50 page book containing, in easily understandable tablature form, all the steel guitar heads and solos I played on the Texas Dance Time! album. Also included is an explanation of the tablature symbols, a chart of my pedal setup, and examples of how I use each of the C6th pedal changes. I try to take the mystery out of what many steel players feel are very unfamiliar chord changes presented by the C6th tuning.
This book could easily be considered a course in Western Swing steel guitar, my approach to the C6th tuning. It would be an excellent complement to one of the Rhythm Tracks packages listed above.
The complete package contains the Rhythm Tracks CD, a booklet of each song's chord progressions and song map, and the Tablature Book with all the steel guitar heads and solos enabling you to play along with the practice tracks, or take the arrangements to your own band.
-Johnson Rag - D
-Perdido - Bb
-Boot Heel Drag - A
-Rose Room - G
-Skater's Waltz - A
-'Deed I Do - F
-Tippin' In - F
-Bluebonnet Rag - G
-Gotta Have My Baby - G
-Rosetta - C
-Steelin' Home - D
-Curtain Call – G

RT CD & 50 page Tab Book $42.00

‘Pedal Changes and Chords on the C6th Tuning’

Herb’s approach to what the pedals & knee levers do, and the chords you can find with them.

Book Only $6.00

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