Rules

[Brinton Payne]

Has anyone ever written down all of the 'rules' for PSG when trying to learn the chords on the neck?

For example, is there a place where you can see something like this;

an F chord can be played on the following;
-1st fret open
-4th fret F and A
-8th fret AB down

and all of the chords that can be played with pedal formations on those frets?

I have a chart with all of the grids showing these but just didn't know if there was somewhere that it was broken down into fret positions?

Thanks

[Marke Burgstahler]

Brinton,

Here's two sites I've found very helpful:

http://carterstarter.com/steeling/cschords.html

http://www.skobrien.com/ChordFinder/ChordFinder.asp

Hope this helps!

[Norm Kidwell]

Yes Mel Bay's Pedal Steel Guitar Chord Chart E-9 tuning. Scottys in St Louis

[Larry Bell]

IMHO, it's a lot more beneficial to figure it out yourself. It ain't rocket science. In the process you'll learn a lot about music itself, and more about steel guitar. For me, books I buy often gather dust on the shelf. If I dig the information out myself, I'll usually retain it a lot longer. Your mileage may vary.

Just get some graph paper (Microsoft Excel works even better if you know how to use a spreadsheet) and write out every note fret 0-12. You only have to look at one position for each major chord (E, F, F#, G, etc.). Next, do the same for each individual pedal and each combination that is useful. When you find a good one, write it down on a separate sheet.

You have found the most important major chord positions. One other is BMaj open -- strings 10, 8(lowered to D#), 7, 5, 4(lowered), 1.

People don't think about that one as much because it doesn't use the same grips as NP, A+B, and A+F.

After you find major chords, find minor, then Dom7. Most other chords are built on those.

[Matthew Carlin]

I found this series of You Tube videos very helpful... He breaks down moving chord positions down the neck using different pedal and knee combinations...

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sbe ... iew=videos

as well as all the great stuff Mickey Adams has put up.

[Jim Eller]

Who is "sbenzian" on these YouTube videos??

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=sbe ... iew=videos

Who ever you are, "Thanks!"

Jim