The minor pentatonic scale can be a really useful scale to utilize on the E9 pedal steel for a lot of musical applications. It only has five notes, and finding these notes along the E9 fretboard can be easier when broken down into pockets.
Here’s the A minor pentatonic scale in pockets for the E9 tuning. Click on any image to zoom in…
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If you’d like to explore these ideas further, here are a few ways to continue working with them.
Instructional Materials
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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.