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Having a chord chart can be an effective way to visualize chord positions, and understand how to use certain pedals and knee levers to create chords on the pedal steel.
Below are chord charts for the E9 pedal steel tuning that show a visual layout of the fretboard, and where notes are on it, much like a player views the fretboard while they are sitting at their instrument…
E9 Pedal Steel
Minor 7th Chords
Major Keys
(All Chords in Key, with Nashville Number System)
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.
→ Explore the instructional materials
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.