I stared off learning my basic fretboard Scales with Pedals Up & pedals down. I played along with some standard songs, so I got the hang of following along. I made some movable markers (size of a nickel) for the different keys (G C, D E & A) @ Frets 1, 4, 5 & 7 chords - Pedals up & down). Wasn't long, I was a bit familiar with my Guitar..
OMG thank you so much! I just bought a pedal steel and as a six-string player I was, completely, lost. After a week of watching people just do fast tricks, you've shown me how to make my first chord progression in a way i understand. Unfortunately I broke a string while trying to get it in tune, so now I've decided to pull all the tuners and clean 40 years of hardened grease out of them. Once it's back together with new strings I will try this first thing!
Thank you Bart for starting at the beginning. I’m new and was getting overwhelmed watching others confuse me. I’m looking forward to your other videos!
Goodness Bart.. thank you so much. This was so helpful for me as a person coming from traditional guitar. Having that explained in relation to an instrument I already know just shifted my struggle completely!
I'm enjoying everybody's comments and I'm right along with them. I just bought a s-10 3×4 Carter pedal steel and Thanks to your lessons this is going to be a lot of fun.
wonderful sound! When I was a teenager, my father gave me a 6-string steel guitar. I learned to tune and play by myself. Today, I am the pastor of a Baptist church, I am 57 years old, I am a musician and I want to buy a 10-string steel guitar to play hymns in church. I'm looking for a 10 string steel guitar. If you know, let me know
I very much enjoyed your beginner lesson. You mentioned that you are tuned to E9, which I take to be 10 to 1 strings: B, D, E, F#, G#, B, E, G#, D# F# with no levers or pedals depressed. Am I correct? The major E chord would be: E, G# B played on the 4, 5 and 6 strings 2nd transition position open strings or 12 fret marker position When the A and B pedals are depressed together, the B string (5) is raised a full tone to C#, and the G# string (6) is raised a 1/2 tone to A. The E string (4) is not changed resulting in an A chord (A, C#, E) in the 2nd transition position. To play the B chord, the tone bar is moved up two (2) fret markers with both A and B levers depressed and the notes played are now B, D# and F# in the 1st transition position. This will result in the 1, 4, 5 chord progression. To return to the E major chord, move back (down) two (2) fret markers and lift the A and B pedals at the same time. Question is: How do you get the dominant B7th note, which is an A? (1-3-5-b7) or B-D#-F#-A. Thanks for a great video Bart, and cheers from Australia.
Thanks Les; hope you got something out of it! For dom7 and other chords check out my 'part 2' video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-azFhhVNWCSM.html
I'm thinking about getting into pedal steel. Been playing lap steel for almost 6 months. First of all, beautiful instrument you have... and second of all, this was exactly the lesson I needed. I really appreciate you putting this out there. You're gonna be my go-to if and when I get my own psg.
@@ryanolson4855 I just picked up a Sidekick that was modified professionally to have 3 knee levers. It’s my first pedal steel.. it’s a daunting instrument for sure but this video really put it into a context that I can relate to. Hope you’re loving yours as much as I’m loving mine!
Thank you for this video and the information in it. One the that has always bugged me about the pedal steel, is how the A pedal raises the b string, and the b pedal raises the g sharp to an a. It has always confused me.
I like the video but I think I'm confused and would probably understand it better if the camera was over your shoulder. Then the lower 10th string would be closer and the higher 1st string would be further away. That way I would be seeing it the way you are seeing it reversed and inverted. Hope this makes sense Bart. Cheers...
Great video! Can you tell us the manufacturer and model of your beautiful guitar? It sounds great and the design is really sharp! Nice playing, brother.
Very useful lesson. It's nice to see how a pedal steel guitar works. A lot of times you watch someone playing it and you can't tell what they are doing because you don't see how they work the pedals! I'm considering buying a pedal steel guitar myself. Would you recommend the WBS basic model?
Thanks Tim! Yes, I think the WBS is a very high quality steel guitar. It sounds and plays great. I did have it made with a pickup upgrade to a George L humbucker for better sound and no hum.
I have been playing steel guitar 1 year. I bought a Justice. If you can, I would buy a new guitar or a used one which has been set up and refurbished by a pro. Also three pedals and four levers minimum would be my recommendation for resale value. I am still a poor player but it is a very fun instrument.
@@Mindokwin Thanks for the tips! I found some used ones online and I wasn't convinced to really buy a used one because I don't know what to look for etc. So your comment encourages me to rather look for a new one.
@@timklausnitz I'm not a steel guitar expert which is why I went new. There are bargains to be had used I'm sure, but the mechinisms are too complex for me to try and figure out if something was wrong with a used one. Plus there are no steel guitar technicians around here.
@@BartDietvorst I'm wondering if I would get a better tone with the compression pedal seems I lack sustain I don't like to play super loud// how many repeats ???Bob
@@robertdanielson4052 With a compressor you could get a slightly better sustain. Repeats is something you dial in with delay effect, that's something else (I donn't use any on my pedal steel).
