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Pedal Steel Blog

December 19, 2016 jfiegen

This is the story of my life with the steel guitar. After 15 years of playing live as a sideman,…

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Quartal voicings for the E9 tuning

July 21, 2022 jfiegen

Chords based on stacks of fourths instead of traditional triad-based harmony have been a staple of jazz players since the…

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The Evolved E9 Tuning

February 9, 2022 jfiegen

The E9th tuning that we know today offers many possibilities for harmonies based on the simple Major and minor chord…

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The One Above Blues Lick

November 5, 2021 jfiegen

Here’s a nice, usable, bluesy sounding lick on E9 that can work over the basic changes to a blues or…

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Pentatonic Applications Pt.1

September 22, 2021 jfiegen

PENTATONIC APPLICATIONS Any five note scale can be called a pentatonic scale, but the one that gets the most use…

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The Number System

June 30, 2021 jfiegen

THE NUMBER SYSTEM I first read about the Number System in Jerry Coker’s 1964 book “Improvising Jazz”. I found it…

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Should I learn to read music on the pedal steel?

March 1, 2021 jfiegen

If you are reading this you are reading the written English language. You would be suspicious of the education of…

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Sounding (vaguely) Hawaiian on the E9th

December 19, 2020 jfiegen

The steel guitar was born playing Hawaiian music, and although many of us don’t play that style, we can still…

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The E-F lever change and the Blues

August 12, 2020 jfiegen

This is one of my favorite changes on the E9th. Almost every PSG has it and it really opens up…

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The G# to G change

August 5, 2020 jfiegen

I’ve seen some interest in using the G# to G change found on some E9 PSGs, so here’s one possible…

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Jazz Chords Pt. 2 Rhythm Changes

July 30, 2020 jfiegen

One of the most popular chord sequences in our musical world is the progression to George Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm”.…

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