Pedal Steel Guitar Lessons Seattle

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Pedal steel guitar lessons seattle.

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. I teach steel lessons anywhere in the world through the magic of skype video chat. Pedal steel guitar lessons from travis toy jim loessberg danny muhammad wayne dahl eddy dunlap and cowboy eddie long. Private music lessons in west seattle.

I live teach perform and record in olympia washington. Josh yenne is a musician and teacher from sonoma county california just north of san francisco. 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. 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 ve been playing pedal steel guitar for the last 30 years. I teach e9 for a nashville country sound and c6 for a jazz or pop. This is a sample video with one l. 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. The pedal steel itself has four legs several foot operated pedals and often multiple knee operated levers that bend certain strings up and down. After winning a state contest for vocals i have great confidence to teach and sing both lead and harmonies. Or if you are already a singer i can be of great help in coaching.

He also plays dobro lap steel and has been caught playing drums mandolin and anything else he can get his hands on. Gibson guitars used fender guitars used marshall amplifiers used. 12 strings universal eq tuning includes hard case local pickup only. His main instruments are pedal steel guitar guitar and bass.

Seattle s largest selection of guitar and drum parts in stock new used and vintage. Foot and knee pedals can alter picked notes somewhat like a guitar whammy bar. Some one on one instruction offered. By chris scapelliti 29 march 2019.