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Jesse Leite

Nice, thank you Pete! PS. You calling me a peasant?

Jesse Leite

Thank you for kind words! Just a hack here, but glad other people find it useful!

Jesse Leite

UPDATE! I have received several emails asking where to download this booklet, so I've re-hosted and updated the download link below. Thank you all for your interest and happy playing!

DOWNLOAD DRAFT #6: https://jesseleite.com/e9

Jesse Leite

Hi Everyone, It's been a while since I posted about this, so I thought I'd post again to remind everyone about it. I created an E9 Fretboard Reference Booklet which contains common chords and scales on the E9 neck. It by no means is exhaustive, but from the lessons I've taken, music I've learned, et...

Jesse Leite

The Hilton pedal is all that and more. I wouldn't doubt it. The issue for me is price. I know as a steel player I play an expensive instrument, but I am cheap. I wanted an ibanez TS-808 pedal for my 6 stringer so I found a schematic and made my own clone. I've considered modding my Ernie Ball volum...

Jesse Leite

Ummm, if your EB Jr. isn't scratchy by now, DON'T TOUCH THAT POT! After about two years of on and off playing, nope it's not scratchy yet. It did get a little squeaky on the axle, but a little bit of sewing machine oil did the trick. The reason I might consider getting another pedal is because of t...

Jesse Leite

...my EB VP jr... Congrats on the Hilton :) I play an EB Jr. right now too. I've heard only great things about Hilton pedals but they are just so expensive. I've considered replacing the pot in my EB Jr. with a good pot like you might find in one of the Goodrich pedals. Another thing I don't like a...

Jesse Leite

Kyle Stivers wrote:Jesse: I just printed out your booklet. Looks like it's going to be very helpful. Thank you.

Glad you like it! It's really just a compilation of chords and scales that I've learned from my teachers/mentors, some books, and some very helpful forum members here.

Jesse Leite

I put together a reference booklet containing chord charts and scales that I find useful. I should note that it's not a replacement for a good teacher or method book, but a supplement that you might find useful. I'm offering it as a free download here: http://www.jmlmusic.ca/leitepsg/e9_fretboard_re...

Jesse Leite

Hey Jesse, I took advantage of your download offer. I hope you don't mind No problem :) ...I teach music in my hometown here, but I have to admit I am a newbie to pedal steel as well. It's really just a compilation of chords and scales I've learned since I started playing. Hope it helps! I still us...

Jesse Leite

...Many good players argue to shift the whole thing up 2 Hz or 8 cents, and that works fine for me. I don't worry about it being perfectly 8 cents up, but my roots are a bit sharp and then I tune by ear. As mentioned above I do the whole thing up 8 cents too, but I've been told that this number is ...

Jesse Leite

I tune my thirds 10 cents flat. Since the E# is the third of C#, which is the third of A (440 Hz), the E# (F lever) is tuned 20 cents flat. That's 1/5 of a fret. So I always aim high with the bar when I use that lever. No problem - it sounds in tune. I tune and play exactly the same way. If you tun...

Jesse Leite

I put together a reference booklet containing chord charts and scales that I use. I should note that it's not a replacement for a good teacher or method book, but a supplement that you might find useful. I'm offering it as a free download here: http://www.jmlmusic.ca/leitepsg/e9_fretboard_reference....

Jesse Leite

For me , bar position is usually the culprit. I can start out with a straight bar and nice intonation, but part-way through a song I get sloppy with my bar and screw up my intonation (usually play my chords too sharp). I agree with you, that problem can usually be solved with lots of practice and p...

Jesse Leite

Parts are looking great Bent!

Jesse Leite

(Bump up). Also, thank you to those who emailed me and donated! I am honoured that you guys are using my booklet!

Jesse Leite

Hi guys, Last year (with the help of my teachers, friends, and fellow forum members) I created an E9 fretboard reference booklet to help me learn my chords and scales up the fretboard. Having a visual "map" has really helped me, and I hope it will help others learn the E9 steel as well. I'...

Jesse Leite

Hi Frank, I play a BMI SD-10. It was a Jimmy Day setup when I received it, but my friend Bent Romnes (on the forum here) helped me turn it over to an Emmons style setup. I learned a lot about the workings of a pedal steel doing this, and I have to say BMI's flat-bar design is simple and very effecti...

Jesse Leite

Can't get them around here. I think the closest is a music store in Chatham, ON. My grand daughter broke my only one :-( Bent, I'll give you my blue herco as I am using my fred kelly's pick. I can always get another one when I go to Chatham next with the family. I have those GHS strings for you to ...

Jesse Leite

Without having read all of these replies yet (I apologize if I am reiterating anything here), I would like to comment on your thoughts about intervals and learning styles... On the subject of learning styles: I have been teaching guitar (non-pedal six string) in my hometown here for about 5 years no...

Jesse Leite

Hi Brian, I have only been playing a year myself so I am very much a beginner. However, I also teach guitar in my hometown here so like you I already have a pretty decent background i music theory. I have to second Dick Sexton's suggestion on keeping a journal. I have taken some lessons from two wel...

Jesse Leite

Hunh? The arithmetic says only 17% tune straight up ET. 72% use JI (by approximate chart or ear) or something in between. And 11% use something unknown ("other"), but that is clearly not ET. So that's 17% ET, 83% something else. That's about what I would expect, and not at all evenly matc...

Jesse Leite

Bent Romnes wrote:
Jesse Leite wrote:
Bent Romnes wrote:about a year ago I got to work on a BMI - I helped a friend change his over from Day to Emmons
a 3200 pound ... milling machine!
Hey I had nothing to do with the milling machine I guess what goes around comes around Bent.

Jesse Leite

Bent Romnes wrote:about a year ago I got to work on a BMI - I helped a friend change his over from Day to Emmons

Bent, did I ever thank you for helping me with this?

Jesse Leite

I teach guitar (6 string) in my hometown here (have over 40 students now), and almost every one of them has asked about it. I think at least half of them have called it either a keyboard or a piano; but I don't blame them because I keep a cover over my steel. I usually them answer by saying, "n...

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