Pedal Steel Guitar Tuning Chart

The e9 neck of the steel guitar has a range that starts with an open string b that is 2 b s below middle c.

Pedal steel guitar tuning chart.

Non pedal steel guitar tunings. Ray price shuffles by jim baron classic country styles for band in a box. Steel guitar shopper for strings accessories and instruction. So this tuning is called the e9 tuning.

There is a also a blank chart you can download for use in experimenting with your own customized setup. Steel guitar tunings and copedents. If you are just beginning on steel use these samples as a starting point. Pedal steel guitar e9 fretboard reference arranged by.

The most common pedal steel guitars have 10 strings followed by universal 12 string instruments which purport to offer the same versatility as a double 10 string instrument 8 stringed instruments were very popular in the 1950s and 1960s they are less popular nowadays. Note range of the steel guitar. The links below provide a sample setup for s 10 d 10 and s 12 universal guitars. 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.

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If you are new to the pedal steel or if you are a guitar player wanting to learn the pedal steel this bit of information about tuning will be priceless. 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. Lloyd green what can you say he s my favorite pedal steel artist bar none. The tuning of the open strings more or less makes up the notes of the e9 chord an e9 chord is spelled e g b d f.

Pedal steel guitar tunings you are welcome to copy and share these photo charts and everything on this website.