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Originally Posted by Tone.woods
On a round neck resonator, do you still play that with a steel bar? Is it tuned in standard...think I've played some of these and they played just like a normal guitar.
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A steel bar is usually used for lap style playing, on a roundneck most players use a steel tube or bottleneck on the pinky or ring finger.
For slide, most players use open D or open G tunings, or variations on them.
As far as playability goes, I have three (roundneck) 1930s Nationals, all of them can be played in standard tuning like a "normal" guitar but I only dedicate one of them to that task. The others are in open G tuning (DGDGBD, I use that guitar in DGDGBE for non slide material) and open D tuning (DADF#AD, I also use DADFAD on that guitar).
I should add that when I play slide, I still fret at least half the notes (if not more) conventionally with my fingers.