Pedal Steel Guitar - beginner lesson (for guitar players) PART 1

If you're a guitar player starting out on the E9 pedal steel guitar and you're a bit overwhelmed at first; this might be a good starting point for you to get a jump start into playing pedalsteel. Enjoy!
I explain playing basic major and minor chords on a pedal steel guitar from a guitar players perspective visualising the steel neck as a standard guitar neck. This method helped me a lot in the beginning trying to understand and explore the pedal steel guitar. I only use A B and C pedals in this lesson, no knee levers.

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01:00 basic needs
03:29 basic major chords
08:15 basic minor chords

Check out lesson nr 2 here:

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[mrpoolplayer]

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..

[dannybrownmusic]

Great instructions! Keep ‘em coming🎄‼️

[dougrs]

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!

[JimBurkett-wm]

Have owned a pedal steel for years but been too intimidated to work with it - but this 🙌

[patchong]

Many people play guitar "by ear", and what you seem to be doing is teaching on that basis. Easy to understand and follow. Keep it up!

[peteheckman]

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!

[mrdayvidjon]

Wow thank you Bart I really enjoyed your method in relation to the guitar keep um comin

[laurenray]

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!

[div.princegeorgebanjo]

I like the simplicity of this video especially from a guitar players perspective. Thanks

[DavidLucas-il]

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.

[vicesquadpunk]

I don’t play pedal steel but find this lesson really interesting and informative THANK YOU 😊

[mieldevries]

ik heb net een WSG pedalsteel aan geschaft... dank voor je prima uitleg, dat had ik nodig.

[robert]

A lot of great advice.Thanks for sharing much appreciated❤

[skulleagletartat]

Great way to break it down, very helpful.

[DavidLucas-il]

Thank You so much, this 1st lesson is amazing to me. I can't wait to try this.

[ryanolson]

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.

[frankortega]

Nice introduction to Pedal Steel Guitar for guitar players.
Thank you for sharing.

[amauridamascenodealmeida]

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

[nvdawahyaify]

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.

[lesblack]

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.