The Steel Guitar Forum

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

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!

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

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.

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.

Who is "sbenzian" on these YouTube videos??

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

Who ever you are, "Thanks!"

Jim