E9th Pedal Steel Tuning

Tuning a steal guitar.

E9th pedal steel tuning.

More articles bob lee. The future of steel. The pedal steel guitar is usually tuned to either e9 or c6 or both in the case of a double neck but there are other tunings. E9 pedal steel guitar chord positions.

The e9th is the most common of all pedal steel copedents. 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. The purpose of this page is to acquaint the beginner with the e9 nashville tuning for the pedal steel guitar. The a b indicates pedals a b standard e9 tuning.

String gauges for e9th. But many players tune it to the more or less standard c6 cega tuning which is similar to earlier lap steel tunings. What does that mean. There are many variations on the tuning of this neck.

About the c6 tuning. In this video i thought that i would give a rundown on the e9 tuning and explain some of the mechanics involved with the. Well it means that it s tuned to an open chord of e9. Okay how do you tune this thing.

Hello and welcome to steel picking. It is used in all kinds of music but it excels in country. Some professional model pedal steel guitars have another neck on them closer to the player. Pick any combination of strings 3 4 5 6 8 10 to play the chords.

While there are many variations in use among today s players this page will concentrate on the most common pedal and knee lever arrangements. It is the sound that the general public associates with the instrument. A brief summary of what e9 buys you as a player will also be presented in the context of. The chart below shows the same chords and the chord positions on e9 pedal steel guitar.