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	Pedal steel guitar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A pedal steel guitar is typically rectangular in shape, and features only the guitar neck and head mounted on a stand equipped with foot pedals and usually knee levers.
		The lap steel guitar and the dobro are usually played in similar fashion in that they are laid horizontally and the string's pitch is controlled by a slide or bar rather than by pressing them to frets.
		However, with the pedal steel, pedals and knee levers are also used to control the tightening and loosening of certain strings and thereby to control the pitch of the notes sounded.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedal_steel_guitar (768 words)

	Pedal steel guitar -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pedal steel guitar (also called Steel Guitar) is a type of (A stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking) guitar, and a method of playing the instrument.
		The pedal steel guitar overcomes this by using a system of pedals and knee levers that sharpen (raise) or flatten (lower) one or more strings when playing while the rest of the strings remain at their normal pitch.
		Pedal steel guitar traces its origin probably to (A state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands) Hawaii in the late 1800's.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/pedal_steel_guitar.htm (728 words)

	The Pedal Steel Guitar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The pedal steel guitar is only distantly related to the more traditional Hawaiian steel, the big difference being the pedals.
		Like its Hawaiian cousin, the pedal steel is played (in part) by sliding a steel bar up and down the strings, but that's where all similarity ends.
		The pedals can work in the same direction as the bar movement or in the opposing direction, thus it is not only possible but quite common to raise the bar a whole step and have the pitch raise by 2 steps, or a step and a half, or stay the same, or even lower.
	www.b0b.com /infoedu/thesteel.htm (447 words)

	Harmony Central®: Feature: A Guitarist's Guide to Pedal Steel
		But the pedal steel guitar -- which has existed in some form as early as the 1930s, and which both the aforementioned gentlemen were pivotal in developing -- is the most ingenious solution.
		Isaacs forever changed the pedal steel guitar, coaxing from it previously unheard emotion, a glissando evocative of the human voice that has become arguably the predominate facet to its legacy.
		There are lots of used pedal steels for sale there at good prices, and lots of players who are willing to share their experiences." Bob Hoffnar offers his take: "Probably the best thing anyone interested in the pedal steel guitar can do would be to make contact with a local player using the Forum.
	www.harmony-central.com /Features/PedalSteel/002.html (1189 words)

	Electric Blues Club - Steel and Pedal Steel Guitars
		Steel strings were introduced, the frets were raised and the sound chamber enlarged to incorporate a hollow neck.
		Pedal Steel Guitar Teachers and Lesson Materials Teachers of steel guitar and pedal steel guitar around the world.
		Steel Guitars.com manufacturer and retailer of pedal steel guitars site where you can also learn the various parts in a steel guitar, an illustration of a pedal steel guitar and questions and answers about pedal steel guitars in general.
	www.electricbluesclub.co.uk /steel_guitars.html (527 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pedal steel guitar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jump to: navigation, search The acoustic archtop guitar used in Jazz features steel strings The guitar is a stringed musical instrument.
		Lap Steel Guitar (also called Hawaiian Guitar or simply lap steel or steel guitar) is a type of guitar, and a method of playing the instrument.
		A table used to describe the tuning and pedal setup of the pedal steel guitar The term was coined by Tom Bradsaw in the early 70s, it is short for ChOrd PEDal arrangemENT.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pedal-steel-guitar (1367 words)

	ipedia.com: Steel guitar Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Steel guitar differs from a regular guitar in the way that it is played, and is often differently shaped as well.
		It is typically held in one's lap, as a opposed to the closely related pedal steel which is usually placed on a rack or stand.
		Finally pedals and knee levers were attached to the strings, allowing the player to change tunings and bend strings mechanically, as the guitar is played.
	www.ipedia.com /steel_guitar.html (625 words)

	Brad's Page of Steel
		Typically the lap steel guitar is tuned in one of several "open" tunings rather than standard guitar tuning.
		The forefather of the National, Dobro®; and pedal steel guitars was conceived and built by Hermann Weissenborn in the early 1920's.
		Finally pedals and knee levers were attached to the strings, allowing the player to change tunings as the guitar is played.
	www.well.com /user/wellvis/steel.html (1099 words)

	StartUp Steel
		Pedals are used to raise and lower the pitch of individual strings.
		The birth of the modern Pedal Steel Guitar occurred when someone (Bud Isaacs in particular but no doubt many others in their living rooms) used the sound of bending the string with the pedal as a musical sound.
		Fender pedal steels are phenomenal sounding guitars but--the older ones are cable operated rather than rod driven and are 8 string instruments--these are not really recommended as a primary instrument unless you inherited one, it fell off a truck, or you just can't live without that sound.
	www.angelfire.com /ny/lightsound/startup.html (1610 words)

	Hillman Guitars 09: Link II - Pedal Steel Guitar
		Steel guitars are a small family of instruments closely related to the six string Spanish guitar.
		In the early 50's several players began experimenting with adding pedals which raised the pitch of a string, and in 1953, Bud Isaacs was the first player to use a pedal steel guitar on a hit recording: Slowly by Webb Pierce.
		The standard beginner's pedal steel is a single ten tuned to E9, with three pedals and one or two knee levers.
	www.angelfire.com /trek/hillmans3/hillgt09.html (2015 words)

	Parkway Rest Stop: Pedal Steel. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In addition to requiring two hands, two feet, two knees, a watchful eye and a great ear, playing pedal steel require that one be familiar with various ways of tuning the instrument.
		Lest one conclude hat pedal steel is limited to country music, the instrument in the hands (feet and knees) of a good player, sounds sweet no matter where it appears, such as, for example, in this sound sample by Hal Rugg.
		Pedal steel is easy if you understand the basics of skipping strings and chord progression, E chods consists of E, A, & B. You tune in E and set the pedals to get A chord and B chords.
	www.parkwayreststop.com /archives/000988.html (1596 words)

	Steel Guitar Information Resource
		The reason for this is that all-pull mechanisms represent over 80% of all pedal steel guitars in existence and nearly 100% of all pedal steel guitars being made today.
		Pedal Steel Guitar Illustrated are also provided so you can see how the basic mechanisms function and interact.
		Moving freely means that the pedals, knee levers, and strings all move to their intended pitch.
	www.steelguitarinfo.com /infoindex.html (662 words)

	Dobro and Non-Pedal Steel Guitar Players, Tunings and Techniques
		Nothing against Pedal Steel Guitar (an extension of the lap steel concept, with foot pedals and knee levers to alter the pitches of various strings).
		The upper portion of the C6 pedal steel tuning (which has low C and F as it's 10th and 9th strings).The G 1st string extends the upper range of the instrument.
		The Stevens steel is the prefered type of bluegrass dobroists; it has ridges along the sides where you can 'get a grip' quite solidly, and a blunt, snub nose.
	www.johnmcgann.com /dobro.html (1884 words)

	Steel guitar, learn pedal steel guitar teaches proper use of the bar, foot pedals, knee levers and volume pedals, plus ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Steel guitar, learn pedal steel guitar teaches proper use of the bar, foot pedals, knee levers and volume pedals, plus right-hand picking techniques and the scales, chords and harmony lines that give the instrument its distinctive...
		Video is done by Grammy award winner Cindy Cashdollar, who is the steel guitar player for the country band 'Asleep at The Wheel'.
		In this video that supplements Forest's book Pedal Steel Licks for Guitar, you'll learn how to play 30 classic beginnings, endings, turn-arounds and fill-ins to popular pedal steel licks on the guitar.
	www.learnbassnow.com /page39.html (311 words)

	Brad's Page of Steel-Electric Steel Guitar Manufacturers
		Their lap steels are a combination of the best of many different steels.
		Asher Guitars and Lap Steels (a subsidiary of Guitar Traditions) sells a variety of high quality guitars and lap steels including the Electro Hawaiian Model I Lap Steel, whose predecessor is the Asher Ben Harper Model.
		Cruztone steel guitars are stylistically influenced by the Gibson Ultratone lap steel.
	www.well.com /user/wellvis/electric.html (1795 words)

	Zum Steel Guitar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Steel guitar and pedal steel guitar home of All Steel Guitar...
		Clive Swindell is a pedal steel guitar enthusiast and has compiled the following as a useful introduction to...
		Joe took up steel in 1970, after falling in love with the sounds he heard in country rock bands such as The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and The New Riders of the Purple Sage.
	www.musical-instruments-guide.com /OPG/zum-steel-guitar.html (574 words)

	Harmony Central®: Feature: A Guitarist's Guide to Pedal Steel
		That pedal steel guitar was sold two days later...
		The pedal steel guitar has kicked off the cowboy hat -- at least partially -- and infiltrated a variety of genres.
		Mike Bieber is a journalist, musician, and aspiring pedal steel guitarist living in New York City.
	www.harmony-central.com /Features/PedalSteel (651 words)

	Steel Guitar Instructional Videos and DVDs, Pedal Steel Guitar Lessons
		Pedal steel guitar lessons - learn to play steel guitar or improve your skills.
		Learn proper use of the bar, foot pedals, knee levers and volume pedals, plus picking techniques, scales, chords, harmonics, speed, turn-arounds and fill-ins.
		The sacred steel tradition is embodied in Darick Campbell's vocal-like, evocative sounds on the non-pedal lap steel.
	www.musicridge.com /steel_guitar.htm (386 words)

	The Pedal Steel Guitars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The pedal steel guitar was developed from the Hawaiian guitar in the 1950s by Bud Isaacs
		A classical harp, where a number of pedals placed around the base of the instrument are used for a similar purpose.
		In fact, the first pedal steel guitars had the pedals clustered round one leg – now they are placed across the pedal bar.
	www.swindell.to /pedalsteel.htm (746 words)

	Larry Sutphin Pedal Steel Guitarist of Hampton Roads
		If you are a steel guitar player and would like to have your information displayed on this web site, please email us.
		Steel guitarist are among the most dedicated people on the planet to their craft, often spending most of their waking hours playing, talking about, or day dreaming about this instrument.
		Once bitten by the "Pedal Steel Bug" you are never the same.
	www.evertize.com /sutphin (286 words)

	The Pedal Steel Pickers page
		The Pedal Steel Pickers Page is designed to be a resource center for pedal steel players of all levels.
		If you are new to the pedal steel and are trying to learn what the heck it is and how it works, look under General Info for links to pages containing detailed information on history, construction, tuning, etc.
		The Suppliers page will take you to numerous pedal steel shops where you can browse through new and used equipment as well as stock-up on strings, picks, accessories and other goodies.
	www.amug.org /~a249/index.html (390 words)

	Pedal Steel Guitar Lessons on Video
		During the 1950's, some of the best and most popular pedal steel guitar music was recorded.
		During the 1960's, the pedal steel experienced its greatest period of growth.
		He knows what should be played on the steel guitar and he has included great solos for a variety of country music styles.
	www.musicvideo.com /tmvpedst.html (741 words)

	The Pedal Steel Pages
		My friend Susan Bendinelli at Studio Slips has stopped making steel guitar gig bags.
		I opened an office in downtown Cloverdale, and installed the Steel Guitar Forum server on a T1 line there.
		The Forum is made possible by your donations and by purchases from my little online catalog of steel guitar CDs and strings.
	www.b0b.com (196 words)

	Pedal Steel Guitars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For the past five years, I've been learning to play the Pedal Steel Guitar with 10 strings in E9 tuning.
		The three pedals are set up in the standard "Emmons" tuning, which allow for a flexible number of chord transitions: The "A" pedal raises the B string to C#; the "B" pedal raises the two G# strings to A; and the "C" pedal raises the B string to C# and the high E to F#.
		With the knee levers, I can raise or lower the pitch of the two E strings, lower the pitch of the Eb string to D to make a minor seventh chord, and lower the high F# to F. Some Interesting Pedal Steel Links...
	users.net1plus.com /hamboone/steel/pedalsteel.html (284 words)

	Pedal Steel Guitar
		Playing the pedal steel guitar on the road, in the studio, and on TV was my first career in the 70's.
		My number one influence, and the reason I switched from playing regular guitar to the pedal steel when I was a teenager, is Curly Chalker.
		My current pedal steel guitar is a late 70's MSA double ten with eight floor pedals, four knee levers, and three vertical knee levers.
	www.hjpeters.com /pdlsteel.html (314 words)

	Pedal Cars - Pedal Trucks and Planes
		* There are many major distributor of reproduction and customized pedal cars, planes, and accessories for children and collectors.
		* Deciding which pedal car you would like to get for your child or even for yourself may be a difficult decision.
		Pedal Cars are very fun and your children will enjoy countless hours playing with them.
	www.pedalsteeltransmission.com (197 words)

	Pedal Steel Guitar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As you can see from my musical history, a lot of my musical life has to do with the pedal steel guitar, a strange and intriguing instrument indeed.
		A pedal steel guitar for those who don't know, evolved from the Hawaiian guitar, the slide guitar, the Dobro, the electric lap steel guitar.
		The pitch of the string therefore can be altered by means of moving the bar or, in the case of the Pedal Steel, by pressing a pedal or moving a knee lever which in turn stretches or loosens the string.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~pagliere/subtopics/music/pedal.html (389 words)

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		The Pedal Steel Pages : Bobby Lee also has a great site built just for steelers who are searching for the lastest information on steel guitar.
		Carter Steel Guitars : Pedal steel guitar manufacturer selling direct to the public.
		Jeff Newman : The number one Pedal Steel Guitar instructor in the world.
	www.aracnet.com /~lcbehm (332 words)

	Pedal Steel Guitar Loops
		The Pedal Steel Loops Library Will give the flexibility to "FLY IN" the Steel guitar sound that you need to give your project that "Country Credential".
		Steel loops are a must for your collection of "must haves".
		Many of these talented, creative people have purchased the complete Pedal Steel Loops library and love it!.
	steelloops.com (237 words)

	Tom Bradshaw's Pedal Steel Guitar Products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Beyond this, the pedal's dimensions are identical to the Model L-120.
		The needle is positioned on a grid to deviate either sharp or flat of the voiced pitch of a string.
		Style 1: "International Steel Guitar Convention" This is a cartoon of Emmons riding a "chopper" steel guitar, holding on for dear life as this motorcycle-like instrument is hurtling off the shirt.
	www.songwriter.com /bradshaw/accessories.html (1799 words)

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