E9th Pedal Steel Tuning

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.

E9th pedal steel tuning.

The a b indicates pedals a b standard e9 tuning. Well it means that it s tuned to an open chord of e9. What does that mean. Okay how do you tune this thing.

String gauges for e9th. 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. Hello and welcome to steel picking.

It is the sound that the general public associates with the instrument. E9 pedal steel guitar chord positions. E9th is the stock configuration of all single neck 10 string s 10 pedal steels and it is the front neck of double neck d 10 instruments. The purpose of this page is to acquaint the beginner with the e9 nashville tuning for the pedal steel guitar.

While there are many variations in use among today s players this page will concentrate on the most common pedal and knee lever arrangements. Some professional model pedal steel guitars have another neck on them closer to the player. A brief summary of what e9 buys you as a player will also be presented in the context of. About the c6 tuning.

Pick any combination of strings 3 4 5 6 8 10 to play the chords. In this video i thought that i would give a rundown on the e9 tuning and explain some of the mechanics involved with the. There are many variations on the tuning of this neck. As i said before this is an e9th chromatic tuning.

The number above the chord is the fret you place your bar on to play that chord. The chart below shows the same chords and the chord positions on e9 pedal steel guitar. But many players tune it to the more or less standard c6 cega tuning which is similar to earlier lap steel tunings. It is used in all kinds of music but it excels in country.