EXAMPLES & SONGS IN TAB & STANDARD NOTATION

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TUNINGS IN THIS BOOK :

Both C6th and E9th tunings in this PDF use the same string gauge set. Though arranged for 6-string guitars, everything contained here can also be played on the 8-string version of each tuning.

C6th tuning (Low to High):

C E G A C E 

E9th tuning (Low to high):

D E F# G# B E 

From approximately the late 1940s through the mid 1950s, the sound of the steel non-pedal guitar was intrinsically linked to Country music. In 1954, Bud Isaacs pedal steel playing on Webb Pierce’s hit recording of Slowly sent players scrambling to the tool shed to jerry rig their guitars with homemade pedals.  Eventually, the sound of the pedal steel guitar became one of the signature sounds of Country music. Despite this, there’s a ton of great Country music that can be played on the non-pedal instrument.

CONTENTS

Blocking and Muting

Behind-the-bar pull-string technique

Fretboard Maps: C6th and E9th tunings

Pentatonic scales / Esssential listening

Major & minor pentatonic scales - C6th tuning 

Major & minor pentatonic scales - E9th tuning

I, IV, V Progression; Double stops; 3rds

6ths, Dom. 7th arpeggios, Harmonized scale

Country back-up ideas

Country steel licks

Pedal steel licks

SONGS

Yakety Axe (Yakety Sax) - C6th & E9th

Bukaroo - C6th

Crazy Arms - C6th

Always Late (with your kisses) - E9th

Slowly - E9th

Tennessee Waltz - E9th

Deep River Blues - E9th

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