The Hal Leonard Pedal Steel Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the E9 pedal steel guitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide includes many fun songs and hot licks to learn and play. An accompanying CD features recorded examples for demonstration and play-along and the course is written by country music veteran and pedal steel master Johnie Helms. Includes:How to set up and tuneAccessories and necessitiesChordsScalesKe y positionsTechniques for both handsBlockingVibratoEssen tial licksSongs in a range of stylesA host of tips

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 Complete Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar Method is an easy-to-follow step-by-step guide for those wanting to learn Lap Steel Guitar. This method has been specially devised for beginning-intermediate levelplayers. World-renowned Guitar tutor Fernando Perez explains in detail every technique necessary to play Lap Steel Guitar in styles such as Hawaiian Blues Country and more. The Complete Acoustic Lap SteelGuitar Method teaches you to apply techniques and demonstrates their various purposes. Lessons range from holding the bar efficiently to intricate slant bar harmonizing tricks. This book also provides an excellentadditional reference text for guitarists who can already play Lap Steel Guitar. The Complete Acoustic Lap Steel Guitar Method is written in notation and tablature. Access to online audio is included.

With First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar author Jay Leach has created a fun easy-to-follow approach to learning the Lap Steel Guitar.  In this comprehensive book Leach explains thebasics of the instrument including bar control picking and string groups with fun exercises to play. First Lessons Lap Steel Guitar also includes several catchy tunes and accompanying online audio withplay-along tracks.

The name 'Little Roy' is misleading! He was considered an Icon during those early years and was the most imitated player at that time era. That era is long past but the popularity of 'Little Roy' continues today. Like somany other players Roy used the E13th tuning but had his own sound that complimented Eddy Arnold's singing style. Many players still use this tuning and is your chance to see and hear the sounds that made Roy popular. And moreimportantly 'You will be able to duplicate his musical arrangements' by use of the tablature in this book. The tablature will allow even the novice to play these arrangements as it is presented in a very simple manner. Anyserious minded fan of 'Little' Roy Wiggins will want his book! Member: The Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame Inc. Inducted: 1985

A great supplement to any Pedal Steel Method with the melodies of 20 Country Pop Bluegrass and Folk Songs. The accompanying online audio features every song recorded by a full band so you can hear how each song sounds and play along when you're ready.For E9 Tuning.

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.

Volume 2 continues the exploration of the classic Hawaiian Guitar solos from the Golden Age of Hawaiian music that began in Volume One of the Art of Hawaiian Steel Guitar. Contained here are precisetranscriptions and playing hints of classic tunes like 'Hula Girl' and 'Kaala' by the greatest players like Sol Hoopii The Genial Hawaiians and many others. Together with the accompanying online audio thisbook is a great tool for learning this exquisite slide Guitar style. Easy to use by both Acoustic Resonator and Electric slide players. A whole chapter of Hawaiian turnarounds is an added bonus. Most of the tunes are in majortuning but there are several in B minor and C6.

Pedal steel is what puts the twang in country music. But if you thought you couldn't get that down-home sound without the use of an actual pedal steel guitar - think again! Cool Pedal Steel Licks For Guitar gives you the instruction you need to sound just like a steeler on an electric guitar! You'll learn essential techniques such as bends of all shapes and sizes chordal slides and volume swells. And then there are dozens of licks in different country flavours as well as 11 full solos so you can try out your new skills! Open up Cool Pedal Steel Licks For Guitar and start twanging today!

This book is a collection of sixteen instrumentals arranged for acoustic Lap Steel Guitar in D and G tuning. Lovely Hawaiian tunes such as 'Aloha Oe' are included as well as more bluesy selections such as 'Whistlin'Blues' and 'Careless Love.' The book even includes an Irish ballad 'Down By The Sally Gardens ' arranged specifically to be played on a Lap Steel Guitar. Special techniques such as 'bar slants ' naturalharmonics ' and 'behind-the-bar-bends' are carefully explained. Includes access to online audio.