Is lap steel tuning similar to C6th?

[Billy Woo]

Does anyone know what the standard tuning is for 6 & 8th lap steel. Is it an open tuning similar to C6th on the pedal steel where you slant the bar to get your minor chords etc?

[C Dixon]

The 3 most common 8 string lap steel tunings are:

E
C
A
G
E
C
A
F

E
C#
A
F#
E
C#
A
F#

E
C#
B
G#
F#
E
D
B

6 string steels are:

E
C
A
G
E
C (some tune this to C# as Jerry Byrd often does)

E
C#
A
E
C#
A

If you study closely you will see WHY the pedal steel has what it has.

carl

[Al Marcus]

Good charts Carl! I guess most of us oldtimers have played them all on non-pedal steel.
I played the E13th and A6 a lot in those days......al

[Russ Wever]

Billy, unless I misinterpreted your post, you seem to think that a bar slant is required to make a 'minor' chord. A 'minor' chord is played on the 'A', 'C', and 'E' strings of the C6th tuning.
~Russ