Pedal Steel Guitar Fretboard Chart

The pedal steel itself has four legs several foot operated pedals and often multiple knee operated levers that bend certain strings up and down.

Pedal steel guitar fretboard chart. Pedal steel guitars are played by pressing a steel bar on top of the pedal steel guitar strings with one hand while plucking them with fingerpicks on the other hand. Diatonic chord reference p 11 a b c lkl lkr f d g a e f f d b c c g a f e f d d b c draft 6 please send all comments and. Lap steel guitar fretboard chart poster e tuning 7 99. C am f and g improvise using c major fretboard or c major m7 fretboard.

Jesse leite table of contents introduction p 2 the chord chart p 3 chord zones p 4 single position scale patterns p 5 harmonized scale patterns p 6 10 appendix a. Since january of 1997 the steel guitar forum has been bringing all steel guitarists together in a spirit of friendship and a common love of the instrument. For booking or contact info visit tab at bottom of page. Because of the unique and limiting tuning of the steel guitar a second neck became necessary.

Top quality steel guitars guitar accessories. C6th tuning for 8 string lap pedal steel for instance above each fretboard are 4 related keys. Feel free to browse the site. Pedal steel guitar e9 fretboard reference arranged by.

This gives you a way to produce the silky legato tone the steel pedal guitar is famous for. Double neck pedal steel guitars. If the first chord of a song is c major like the chords. When two necks don t meet the demands of the musician a second set of two is added for a total of four.

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The copedent is the steel guitarist s way of saying this is how i tune my instrument it s a diagram showing where the pedals and levers are and what action they take on the strings. Usually the first chord indicates the key. Today non pedal and pedal steel guitarists of all skill levels share their knowledge with many other players every day. The area on the end are the open strings.

The reason the copedent exists for steel guitar and not other instruments is that unlike other instruments there is no standard tuning for the steel guitar. We also repair most major brands tune and restring all steel guitars and provide restoration work. Steel guitars of nashville inc.