Pedal Steel Tuning E9

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.

Pedal steel tuning e9.

Note range of the steel guitar. 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. How to understand overtones when tuning a pedal steel guitar. The a b indicates pedals a b standard e9 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. While there are many variations in use among today s players this page will concentrate on the most common pedal and knee lever arrangements. 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. 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. Pick any combination of strings 3 4 5 6 8 10 to play the chords. The number above the chord is the fret you place your bar on to play that chord. In particular it is the most common tuning for the far neck on a two neck table steel guitar or pedal steel guitar most often combined with c6 tuning for the near neck and also a popular tuning for single neck instruments of eight or more strings.

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 chart below shows the same chords and the chord positions on e9 pedal steel guitar. E9 pedal steel guitar chord positions. The e9 tuning has evolved to support optimal chord and scale.

So this tuning is called the e9 tuning. As i said before this is an e9th chromatic tuning. Steel guitar tunings and copedents. E9 tuning is a common tuning for steel guitar necks of more than six strings.

The purpose of this page is to acquaint the beginner with the e9 nashville tuning for the pedal steel guitar. Hello and welcome to steel picking.