3 Vintage Steel Licks-Take a lesson with super-picker Forest Rogers and get your fingers around the authentic licks of the Pedal Steel! Learn to play 30 classic beginnings endings turn-arounds and fill-ins that will add huge variety colour and authenticity to you playing. Witness the fascinating interaction as Pedal Steel maestro Doug Stock plays the licks on his own instrument before Forest adapts them on the spot for the guitar!Further tips include how to get the very best steel guitar sound from your six-string and unusual alternative chord voicings that are closer to the classic country and bluegrass styles. This DVD is a supplement to the corresponding book Pedal Steel Licks ForGuitar (Catalogue number HLE00000183)

The sound of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar is sweet nostalgic and unmistakably Hawaiian. You can almost feel the trade winds and the surf in its subtle vibrato.In this well-illustrated and easy-to-understand book acclaimed musician Henry Kaleialoha Allen shares everything you need to know in order to play this beautiful instrument - from purchasing a Guitar to performing with that special Hawaiian flourish.This primer adapted from Allen's popular self-published guide features a history of the Hawaiian Steel Guitar; instructions for reading musical notation; a practical guide to buying and tuning a Steel Guitar; guidance on using thebar; sheet music for 11 original songs; exercises; a discussion of the nuances of the Hawaiian touch; and much more.Written for beginning and intermediate students alike this book and its accompanying audio CD will haveyou playing like a pro in no time.

This is a handy easy to read chart that shows the basic E9 pedal steel guitar chord forms. Each chord is shown in a special pedal steel diagram form. Major minor dominant seventh diminished and augmented chords are shownin the keys of C D E F G and A. In each of these keys the three primary chords in the relative minor keys are also shown. An additional special feature is the inclusion of a pedal steel tuning chart for E9 tuning.

Discover the sounds styles and techniques of the traditional Hawaiian steel guitar with this unique DVD. Bob Brozman introduces the steel guitar with it's characteristic resonances and tones and demonstrates several key techniques that combine to create the familiar Hawaiian style including Bar technique Scale patterns Tunings Vibrato Harmonic 'Chimes' In order to fully understand and apply these techniques in context a set of traditional Hawaiian songs are also taught including Mai Kai Kauai ad Moana Chimes Uhe.

With Online Audio and 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 andknee 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. The bookcomes with accompanying audio and video download available online including play-along tracks.