Pedal Steel E9 Tuning Chart

The a b indicates pedals a b standard e9 tuning.

Pedal steel e9 tuning chart. The purpose of this page is to acquaint the beginner with the e9 nashville tuning for the pedal steel guitar. Pick any combination of strings 3 4 5 6 8 10 to play the chords. Tempered tuning chart e 9th chromatic tuning. While there are many variations in use among today s players this page will concentrate on the most common pedal and knee lever arrangements.

How to tune to e9 chromatic on a pedal steel guitar. Learn how to tune to e9 chromatic in this howcast video about how to tune a pedal steel guitar. The second is 439. 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.

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. Emmons guitar co inc. Pedal steel guitar e9 fretboard reference arranged by. Translated from hz to cents for modern tuners 1 hz 4 cents a b c.

The chart below shows the same chords and the chord positions on e9 pedal steel guitar. Hello and welcome to steel picking. You can not tune each string to dead on for the pedal steel. Tune all open strings first then pedals a.

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. D e f g and x are knee levers. A brief summary of what e9 buys you as a player will also be presented in the context of. The number above the chord is the fret you place your bar on to play that chord.

Now if you take that exact same approach and tune your pedal steel guitar you will be out of tune. Translated from hz to cents for modern tuners 1 hz 4 cents e9th a b c are floor pedals. 440 442 444 446. In this video i thought that i would give a rundown on the e9 tuning and explain some of the mechanics involved with the.

The pedal steel needs to be compensated or tempered when tuning. Yes out of tune. The fourth the e 442 and a half. E9 pedal steel guitar chord positions.

The third is 439. It s just a matter of rote exercise and following this little chart. 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. Most pedal steels have a scale length in the range of 24 to 24 5 though a few are 25 or longer.