Pedal Steel E9 Tuning Chart

Tune all open strings first then pedals a.

Pedal steel e9 tuning chart.

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. The pedal steel needs to be compensated or tempered when tuning. E9 pedal steel guitar chord positions.

Jeff newman tuning charts. Translated from hz to cents for modern tuners 1 hz 4 cents e9th a b c are floor pedals. In this video i thought that i would give a rundown on the e9 tuning and explain some of the mechanics involved with the. Pedal steel guitar e9 fretboard reference arranged by.

The number above the chord is the fret you place your bar on to play that chord. The a b indicates pedals a b standard e9 tuning. Most pedal steels have a scale length in the range of 24 to 24 5 though a few are 25 or longer. A brief summary of what e9 buys you as a player will also be presented in the context of.

D e f g and x are knee levers. The fourth the e 442 and a half. Pick any combination of strings 3 4 5 6 8 10 to play the chords. While there are many variations in use among today s players this page will concentrate on the most common pedal and knee lever arrangements.

Now if you take that exact same approach and tune your pedal steel guitar you will be out of tune. The chart below shows the same chords and the chord positions on e9 pedal steel guitar. 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. Learn how to tune to e9 chromatic in this howcast video about how to tune a pedal steel guitar.

It s just a matter of rote exercise and following this little chart. 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. The second is 439. Emmons guitar co inc.

The third is 439. The scale length of a pedal steel is the distance from the center of the changer finger to the the center of the nut roller the full vibrating string length. The first not is 441 and a half. You can not tune each string to dead on for the pedal steel.

Translated from hz to cents for modern tuners 1 hz 4 cents a b c. 440 442 444 446. Yes out of tune. The purpose of this page is to acquaint the beginner with the e9 nashville tuning for the pedal steel guitar.