Pedal Steel E9 Tuning Chart

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Pedal steel e9 tuning chart.

Learn how to tune to e9 chromatic in this howcast video about how to tune a pedal steel guitar. Emmons guitar co inc. Translated from hz to cents for modern tuners 1 hz 4 cents e9th a b c are floor pedals. 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.

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. Tune all open strings first then pedals a. In this video i thought that i would give a rundown on the e9 tuning and explain some of the mechanics involved with the. 440 442 444 446.

The pedal steel needs to be compensated or tempered when tuning. The fourth the e 442 and a half. The second is 439. The first not is 441 and a half.

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. Pedal steel guitar e9 fretboard reference arranged by. A brief summary of what e9 buys you as a player will also be presented in the context of. Tempered tuning chart e 9th chromatic tuning.

The a b indicates pedals a b standard e9 tuning. Translated from hz to cents for modern tuners 1 hz 4 cents a b c. It s just a matter of rote exercise and following this little chart. Now if you take that exact same approach and tune your pedal steel guitar you will be out of tune.

The third is 439. You can not tune each string to dead on for the pedal steel. Most pedal steels have a scale length in the range of 24 to 24 5 though a few are 25 or longer. 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.

Pick any combination of strings 3 4 5 6 8 10 to play the chords. Jeff newman tuning charts. The number above the chord is the fret you place your bar on to play that chord. E9 pedal steel guitar chord positions.

D e f g and x are knee levers. The chart below shows the same chords and the chord positions on e9 pedal steel guitar. How to tune to e9 chromatic on a pedal steel guitar. The purpose of this page is to acquaint the beginner with the e9 nashville tuning for the pedal steel guitar.