My Chord Charts (E9 Fretboard Reference Booklet)

Jim Eaton · Post by **Jim Eaton** » 20 Mar 2010 8:13 am

Nice work!
JE:-).

Jesse Leite · Post by **Jesse Leite** » 20 Mar 2010 8:20 am

Thanks Jim... See your chord zones in there?

I hope other beginners can find this PDF useful... but if nothing else, I am learning a heck of a lot from you guys while doing this project.

Jesse Leite · Post by **Jesse Leite** » 22 Mar 2010 12:07 pm

Ok, here's draft #3. I have cleaned up and rewritten some of my wording, and have incorporated a bunch of your suggestions. Let me know what you guys think so far. I am especially interested in what you guys think of page 6, which is a harmonized scale pattern (I took this from a few of Scott's tabs, and related it to my chord chart).

DRAFT #3: http://www.jmlmusic.ca/_misc/Pedal%20St ... DRAFT3.pdf

I think this will be the last draft. I am going to cover the rest of all the harmonized scale patterns I've learned (ideas from the books I'm borrowing from Bent, from Scott, from Joe Barcus, and from Paul Sutherland, etc.), then once those are in, I will upload the final version. Once finished, I will also create a quick HTML webpage dedicated to this reference booklet (hosted on a sub-folder of my website) for any steelers who might find it useful.

Once again, I know there are other chord charts and tabs for these harmonized scales available. The purpose of this "reference booklet" if to relate all of this to my basic chord chart so that we can see nearby chord relationships as we're learning and playing.

Again, suggestions are welcome... and please let me know if you find errors! I couldn't have done all of this without your help, so thank you everyone for the input so far. If nothing else, this is for my own learning! What a great resource this forum is. Thank you!

Jesse

William Sender · Post by **William Sender** » 20 May 2010 8:18 am

Jesse,

Love the book, super helpful. Any plans for draft #4 soon?

Jesse Leite · Post by **Jesse Leite** » 14 Jun 2010 4:37 am

Yes, here's draft #4. I've finally included all the harmonized scales I've been taught. If you guys notice any mistakes, let me know. Any other comments or suggestions welcome too!

DRAFT #4:
http://jmlmusic.ca/_misc/Pedal%20Steel% ... DRAFT4.pdf

Johnny Baldwin · Post by **Johnny Baldwin** » 14 Jun 2010 12:41 pm

Jesse: Thank you for your chord "book". It is a very helpful quick reference resource. I know a project like this takes time and effort. Thank you again, now go give that cute baby who's in your profile pic a great big hug.

Jesse Leite · Post by **Jesse Leite** » 15 Jun 2010 2:31 pm

Your welcome! Thank you all for the positive feedback; both on the forum here and by email!

I lied about Draft #4 being the last draft. I just added another chart to the end, which is a diatonic chord reference. I have many of the common keys memorized, but when playing in a less common key I have to get the pen and paper out to figure out chord names. This last chart names the diatonic chords (chords that nicely harmonize) out for all 12 major keys in music. This is more of a supplement to the rest of the booklet. Anyway, here's the new link...

DRAFT #5:
http://jmlmusic.ca/_misc/Pedal%20Steel% ... DRAFT5.pdf

Also, I am wondering if you guys can help me with ordering the harmonized scales. I want to order the harmonized scale pages by ease of playing and popularity. Which of these harmonized scales do you use most, and which do you use least? Are there any more common harmonized scales that I could add?

Thanks,
Jesse

Ross Shafer · Post by **Ross Shafer** » 15 Jun 2010 3:20 pm

great resource Jesse, Thanks!

Jesse Leite · Post by **Jesse Leite** » 15 Jun 2010 6:54 pm

np Ross. Thanks for the reply!

John Brabant · Post by **John Brabant** » 15 Apr 2018 9:59 am

Jesse. Are these charts still available? The links no longer work...Thank you.

Dave Dube · Post by **Dave Dube** » 15 Apr 2018 6:17 pm

John

I have a copy of Jesse's chart for E9th on the "Beginner's Page" linked over in the "steel on the web" section.

David Sheads · Post by **David Sheads** » 16 Apr 2018 6:08 am

Hi, Dave! Just a heads up: your link to Jesse's chart on your site is also not working, as well as the two nashville numbering links.

Dave Dube · Post by **Dave Dube** » 16 Apr 2018 8:02 am

Thanks for the heads up.

All fixed now.
Murphy's law has been satisfied.

Don Kuhn · Post by **Don Kuhn** » 18 Apr 2018 5:43 pm

Guess his site isn't working

Dave Dube · Post by **Dave Dube** » 18 Apr 2018 6:45 pm

Don, the link to Jesse's booklet has been dead for years. So his site has definitely not been working.

The beginner's site, which has a copy of Jesse's booklet, *is* working.

http://webpages.charter.net/dhdube/

To make it easier for you, here is a direct link to Jesse's booklet.

http://webpages.charter.net/dhdube/Jess ... dRefv5.pdf

Jesse Leite · Post by **Jesse Leite** » 8 Dec 2018 10:06 am

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

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 9 Dec 2018 12:43 pm

Probably the best guide I have seen. Very well conceived.

Jesse Leite · Post by **Jesse Leite** » 15 Dec 2018 12:11 pm

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

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 15 Dec 2018 1:06 pm

I was playing an Emmons GS10 3x2 just the other day at Steel Guitars of North Country with this exact setup.
Really nice pesentation.

Jesse Leite · Post by **Jesse Leite** » 7 Mar 2019 5:57 pm

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

Patrick Jackson · Post by **Patrick Jackson** » 21 May 2020 4:41 pm

This really is a great resource. So much essential information in so few pages. Thanks Jesse.

Reed Ohrbom · Post by **Reed Ohrbom** » 1 Jun 2022 3:16 pm

Just sent a donation to Jessie. Thanks for keeping this great resource updated and available.

Jim Haley · Post by **Jim Haley** » 16 Oct 2022 7:11 am

Just wanted to chime in and say I found this very useful as a total beginner. Thanks!

Randy Cook · Post by **Randy Cook** » 17 Oct 2022 11:15 am

Jesse...I got your charts about three weeks ago. I wanted you to know that I found the charts to be just what I needed. My knowledge of the fretboard...and chords....has been greatly improved. I review the charts everyday.

Cappone dAngelo · Post by **Cappone dAngelo** » 1 Dec 2022 8:14 pm

Regarding the comment in the guide about the Nashville number system, I understood that 'Nashville number system' expressly refers to using Arabic numerals and not Roman numerals to designate the chords - is it different for pedal steel?

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