The Hal Leonard Lap Steel Guitar Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the six-string lap steel Guitar. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide by country music veteran Johnnie Helms includes many fun songs and hot licks to learn and play. The accompanying online audio contains 95 tracks of hot licks and cool songs for demonstration and play along. Topics include tunings chords scales key positions right- and left-hand techniques vibrato string pulls slants music reading and much more.

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.