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First Lessons Pedal Steel (eBook + Online Audio/Video)

This book is an excellent introduction to one of America's most quintessential instruments, the pedal steel. The first part of the book covers the skills required to play the instrument, including technique for the pedals and knee levers, bar control, and picking. The second half includes songs and licks that illustrate the full spectrum of the pedal steel's capabilities. Exercises and songs are presented in tablature and standard notation. Includes ...more

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Description

Contents

Samples

Series

Product Number:

22182MEB

Format:

eBook + Online Audio/Video

Skill Level:

Beginning

Notation Type:

Standard Notation and Tab

Pages:

Binding:

eBook

ISBN:

1-6191-1494-1

ISBN13:

978-16191-1494-4

Series:

First Lessons

Publisher:

Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

Date Published:

4/28/2015

Section One: About the Pedal Steel
Tuning the Pedal Steel
What's Going on on Top - Picks, Bar, Hand Position
What's Going on Down Below - Pedals, Levers, Volume Pedal
Music and Tablature Explanation
Explanation of Floor Pedals
Explanation of Knee Levers
Pedal Combinations, How to Practice
Floor Pedals and PSMTs
Knee Leverrcises
Matching Minor Chords
The Volume Pedal
Pedal/Lever Muscle Memoryrcise
D Lever and Outside Stringrcise
Using Pedals and Levers Together
A Pedal and B Pedal Individually
Complete Section Review
Section Two: Playing the Pedal Steel
Basic Technique Tips - Short Slide, Vibrato, Pedal Roll
3 Playingrcises
Harmonized Scales
Partial Harmonized Scales andrcises
3 Easy Intros
3 Easy Endings
2 Easy (but cool) Licks
The Sunflower Waltz
Tasty Ingredients
Steel Guitar Resources

Series: First Lessons

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First Lessons Banjo

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First Lessons Beginning Guitar: Learning Notes/Playing Solos

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First Lessons Cello

First Lessons Clarinet

First Lessons Classical Guitar

First Lessons Clawhammer Banjo

First Lessons Conga

First Lessons Djembe

First Lessons Drumset

First Lessons Dulcimer

First Lessons Fingerstyle Guitar

First Lessons Fingerstyle Ukulele

First Lessons Flamenco Guitar

First Lessons Flatpicking Guitar

First Lessons Flute

First Lessons Folk Banjo

First Lessons Folk Guitar

First Lessons Folk Harp

First Lessons Gospel Harp

First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer

First Lessons Harmonica

First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar

First Lessons Mandolin

First Lessons Music Theory

First Lessons Native American Flute: How to Sit on a Rock

First Lessons Ocarina

First Lessons Pedal Steel

First Lessons Piano

First Lessons Rock Guitar

First Lessons Snare Drum

First Lessons Tenor Banjo

First Lessons Tin Whistle

First Lessons Trumpet

First Lessons Ukulele

First Lessons Upright Bass

First Lessons Viola

First Lessons Violin

First Lessons Violin Duets

First Lessons Voice

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Primeras Lecciones Violin

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