With tasteful use, the blues scale can go a long ways in many musical styles and playing environments. The E9 pedal steel tuning provides ample means for expressing this scale.
Here are some tabs for the blues scale at useful pedal/lever positions on the neck…these are for the D blues scale.
Feel free to click on an image for an enlarged view. The E lever denotes lowering that string a half step.
Enjoy!
Continue Learning
If you’d like to explore these ideas further, here are a few ways to continue working with them.
Instructional Materials
I’ve written several instructional books that explore technique, fretboard understanding, and musical application in much greater depth.
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Private Lessons
Many students I work with are players who feel stuck or overwhelmed by scattered information and aren’t sure what they should actually be practicing.
If you’d like help applying these concepts directly to your own playing, I work with a small number of pedal steel students each month through remote lessons.