Pedal Steel Guitar Tuning 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.

Pedal steel guitar tuning chart. 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. Truly simplicity is the heart of elegance a quote from lloyd. Note range of the steel guitar. Steel guitar tunings and copedents.

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. Pedal steel guitar tunings you are welcome to copy and share these photo charts and everything on this website. 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. If you are just beginning on steel use these samples as a starting point.

Right click on the link and save the blank chart to your computer. Steel guitar music cds lps and tapes for sale many of them rare and out of print. 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. In the language of pedal steel guitarists the combination of string tuning and pedal knee arrangement is called a copedent pronounced ko pee dent there are nearly as many pedal steel copedents as there are steel guitarists.

If you ever tuned a regular guitar with an electronic tuner you will know that each string is tuned with the tuner dead on that specific strings note. There is a also a blank chart you can download for use in experimenting with your own customized setup. Pedal steel guitar e9 fretboard reference arranged by. 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.

Steel guitar shopper for strings accessories and instruction. The steel guitar forum where steel players meet online. The links below provide a sample setup for s 10 d 10 and s 12 universal guitars. Ray price shuffles by jim baron classic country styles for band in a box.

So this tuning is called the e9 tuning.