Introduction and questions
Posted: 23 Sep 2015 3:47 pm
I play, as a hobby, finger style guitar (a la Merle Travis, John Fahey, etc.) I have tried to transfer my playing to a lap guitar, and I find that there is a very limited number of frets that allow me to play the melody note, at the same time I am fretting at least two bass notes for the thumb picking.
I assume - or hope- that a pedal steel guitar would open up the fret board, and present more frets where the upper melody note could be harmonized with the proper chord on the lower strings, by changing the chord with a pedal
I should add that I play by ear,and am not a musician, and cannot rely too much on the correct theory and terminology to explain what I am after .
At any rate, given the above, I hope that someone can comment on the advisability of buying an entry level pedal steel to play what amounts to finger style thumb picking on a regular guitar.
Thanks in advance for your answers
Felix
I assume - or hope- that a pedal steel guitar would open up the fret board, and present more frets where the upper melody note could be harmonized with the proper chord on the lower strings, by changing the chord with a pedal
I should add that I play by ear,and am not a musician, and cannot rely too much on the correct theory and terminology to explain what I am after .
At any rate, given the above, I hope that someone can comment on the advisability of buying an entry level pedal steel to play what amounts to finger style thumb picking on a regular guitar.
Thanks in advance for your answers
Felix