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Finding instruction, or instructional material for pedal steel guitar can be challenging. Learning the instrument is challenging enough, so there is no reason why one should have to search hard to find quality instructional material.
These books contain a lot of useful information on technique, pedal steel traditions, and playing the instrument effectively…
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The Art of Right Hand Technique (E-Book, Digital Download)
An in-depth look at one of the most challenging and mysterious aspects of steel guitar playing: the right hand. Demystify right hand technique, and intuitively learn easy and enjoyable ways to develop your right hand technique. Great for pedal steel, lap steel, and console steel guitar…with illustrations, practice exercises, and supplemental articles, this 100+ page book is a must-have for any steel guitar player.
More Digital Downloads for Pedal Steel…
The Art of Right Hand Technique
A detailed look at one of the most challenging and mysterious aspects of steel guitar playing: the right hand…
- An In-Depth Guide to Picking and Blocking
- How to Efficiently and Accurately Play Notes on Steel Guitar with Info, Advice, and Tips…
- Great for Pedal Steel, Lap Steel, and Console Steel Guitar
- Over 100 Pages with Graphics, Illustrations, & Practice Exercises
The Scale Book for E9 Pedal Steel
Over 1,000 Pages with Tabs and Diagrams
- Easy to Use Reference for Practicing
- All Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales, Modes, Major Scales
- All Keys, and Covers the Fretboard
- Includes Pockets of Scales
200 Country Riffs & Licks for E9 Pedal Steel
Add these country licks to your playing repertoire…
- Easy to Read Format
- Includes Rhythmic Notation
- Playing Over Chord Changes
- Great for Country, Alt-Country, & Honky-Tonk Styles
The Elixir of E9 Pedal Steel: Harmonized 6ths
One of the most essential sounds of the E9 pedal steel…
- Hundreds of Riffs, Licks, and More..
- How To Play Sixth Intervals on the E9 Neck – Over Any Chord
- Examples of 6ths for Country, Blues, Pop, R&B, Rock n’ Roll, and more styles…
DeWitt Scott:
Anthology of Pedal Steel Guitar (link to Amazon): This book is good for beginners, intermediate, and advanced players. It holds licks, pics, but most importantly it has great transcriptions and tabs of full songs. Songs by steel players including Buddy Emmons, Paul Franklin, Lloyd Green, and some traditional songs too. Some tunes are easier than others, and the ones later in the book will challenge any player. I’ve had this book for several years, and I still use it for ideas and interpreting different songs or arrangements. It is a great book, by DeWitt Scott, whose instructional material I really enjoy.
Deluxe Pedal Steel Guitar Method (click to view on Amazon): This is a great book for beginners to pick up. It is very melodic based, for E9 neck, and it gives a good idea of where to begin on the neck. It displays how much great music can be played from from the pedal steel with the simple, effective use of a note or two at a time. Keeping it simple goes a long ways sometimes, and this book keeps things from getting to overwhelming. This is a handy book for learning the E9 neck from a more traditional, straightforward standpoint.
Winnie Winston and Bill Keith:
Pedal Steel Guitar (available on Amazon): Considered to be the classic pedal steel instructional book by many, this book is a good primer for diving into steel guitar. It features thoughtful articles that will help you better understand various techniques, and applying them to pedal steel guitar. It has enjoyable pictures, articles, and the tabs range from beginner to advanced. It also describes some of the mechanisms and technical aspects of the instrument itself, which can help demystify the physical aspects of the instrument. It is a thoughtful book, which every steel guitarist can learn something from.
Here are some other pages you may be interested in…