Pedal Steel Guitar Lessons Seattle

I live teach perform and record in olympia washington.

Pedal steel guitar lessons seattle.

I teach steel lessons anywhere in the world through the magic of skype video chat. This is a link to all of josh s musical world. Pedal steel guitar lessons from travis toy jim loessberg danny muhammad wayne dahl eddy dunlap and cowboy eddie long. Seattle s largest selection of guitar and drum parts in stock new used and vintage.

First used in the early 50s on country star webb pierce s hit slowly the pedal steel is a different more complex beast than the older steel guitar and the smaller lap steel guitar popularized in hawaiian music of the early 20th century. If you ve ever thought about learning pedal steel guitar or if you re just curious about how this relative of the guitar operates here s a video that demystifies the instrument. I teach e9 for a nashville country sound and c6 for a jazz or pop. You ve reached the home page of john mcclung seasoned pedal steel guitar player and instructor.

By chris scapelliti 29 march 2019. 12 strings universal eq tuning includes hard case local pickup only. I ve been playing pedal steel guitar for the last 30 years. Pedal steel guitars are played by pressing a steel bar on top of the pedal steel guitar strings with one hand while plucking them with fingerpicks on the other hand.

He also plays dobro lap steel and has been caught playing drums mandolin and anything else he can get his hands on. This is a sample video with one l. Some one on one instruction offered. Foot and knee pedals can alter picked notes somewhat like a guitar whammy bar.

The pedal steel itself has four legs several foot operated pedals and often multiple knee operated levers that bend certain strings up and down. Private music lessons in west seattle. How to play pedal steel guitar. After winning a state contest for vocals i have great confidence to teach and sing both lead and harmonies.

Gibson guitars used fender guitars used marshall amplifiers used. His main instruments are pedal steel guitar guitar and bass. I started playing lap steel guitar at the age of 7 learning hawaiian and traditional music and graduated to the pedal steel guitar at age 21 playing blues pop rock and country western music professionally starting in 1980. I create great steel parts onstage and in recording studios for virtually any music genre.