An Approach To The E9th Tuning

Herby wants to get the beginner off on the right foot, and does it in an understandable way. The course also provides 14 exercises, 25 runs and licks, 8 endings, 5 modulations, 13 scales, 6 stock intros and 20 chord progressions. Six songs are played and tabbed:

1. Cold Cold Heart
2. If
3. I Love You So Much It Hurts
4. You Don't Know Me
5. The Way We Were
6. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms

An Approach To The C6th Tuning, Basic

Herby knows how to get you started in the C6th tuning, and this is where to begin. Herby gently eases you in. He discusses tuning your steel, picking techniques, positioning the right hand, pick blocking, left hand technique and using the volume pedal. You move into scales, chords (and how to build them), the varieties of string grips to create chord voicings and pedal combinations. Then you are supplied with a number of runs, licks and endings. Several tunes are played and tabbed:

1. Release Me
2. Dear Heart
3. Columbus Stockade Blues
4. Misty

An Approach To The C6th Tuning, Advanced

You learned a ton in Herby's "Basic" course, so now he picks up some speed. You are now into knee levers, chord progressions and some very interesting and necessary scales. He follows that up with some nifty runs, intros, and 5 tabbed tunes (with the music):

1. Lonesome Road
2. Panhandle Rag
3. San Francisco
4. Little Rock Getaway
5. I'm Confessin'.

Ten Songs For The C6th Tuning

You want to learn some ever-popular songs, but in the C6th tuning. Herby provides them in his competent style.

1. Lady Be Good
2. San Antonio Rose
3. Born To Lose
4. You Are My Sunshine
5. Time Changes Everything
6. Don't Get Around Much Anymore
7. Girl From Ipanema
8. Steel Guitar Rag
9. I'm In The Mood For Love
10. Sweet Bunch Of Daisies

14 Songs For The E9th Tuning

If you want some more songs for your E9th neck, here they are, and does this guy play well, or what?

1. Tennessee Waltz
2. Rocky Top
3. Crazy Arms
4. Down Yonder
5. Release Me
6. Wild Side Of Life
7. A Way To Survive
8. I'm Still Not Over You
9. Mr. Sandman
10. I Can't Help It
11. We Could
12. Yesterday
13. Blue Moon Of Kentucky
14. Without A Song

25 Intro's And Turnarounds (E9th)

Just some super intros that you can use time and again with a variety of songs. Good stuff!

100 Runs & Licks (E9th)

Here is one of Herby's most popular items. He has come up with 100 of the finest runs and licks a person could ask for. At 20 cents each, you can't go wrong. And, he plays all of them for you, with the tab!

38 Licks & Runs For The C6th Tuning

Herby accumulated a huge assortment of licks, runs, intros and turnarounds over the years. He just decided he should share them with everyone. You just can't beat what you will find here.

Four E9th Songs From "Taking a Break"

Four E9th tunes from Herby's "Taking a Break" album (item #A-170-C, available separately for $10.00) are tabbed. The songs are:

1. Are You Lonesome Tonight
2. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
3. It's Only Love
4. Somewhere In Time

Backup Course #3, Four Songs (E9th)

Learn to backup a singer on four country gospel favorites. The tab has all of the steel parts, and the cassette has two versions of each song - one with steel, one without.

1. One Day At A Time
2. Uncloudy Day
3. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
4. Precious Memories

Backup Course #5, Four Songs (C6th)

Learn to play these popular standards with a singer. These are fairly complex chord progressions for the C6th tuning. The tab has all of the steel parts, and the cassette has two versions of each song - one with steel, one without.

1. All Of Me
2. September Song
3. Secret Love
4. Georgia

Honey Fingers (C6th)

The first of a series of twin guitar western swing courses from Herby Wallace & Sonny Thomas' Tribute to Leon Rhodes and Buddy Charleton (Item #A-172-C, available separately for $10). The courses each include tab for both steel and lead guitar, and 3 rhythm tracks (one without steel, one without guitar, and one without both).

Four Wheel Drive &
By the Time I Get To Phoenix (C6th)

One of Herby's most requested tunes is the Buddy Emmons classis, "Four Wheel Drive". This is a very old course, a "collectors' item", published by Dewitt Scott in 1975. Note that the music is supplied on a 45 RPM vinyl record. If you have the equipment to play it, this is a real bargain item!

ET Blues (C6th)

Another in the series of hot twin guitar western swing courses from Herby Wallace & Sonny Thomas' Tribute to Leon Rhodes and Buddy Charleton album (Item #A-172-C, available separately for $10). Includes tab for both steel and lead guitar, and 3 rhythm tracks (one without steel, one without guitar, and one without both).