Steel Guitar Tuning Chart

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Steel guitar tuning chart. The steel guitar forum where steel players meet online. Right click on the link and save the blank chart to your computer. Steel guitar tunings pedal non pedal used by the pros. So this tuning is called the e9 tuning.

The tuning of the open strings more or less makes up the notes of the e9 chord an e9 chord is spelled e g b d f. Next to standard tuning drop d tuning is the most popular and is achieved by simply dropping the 6th string from an e down one whole tone to a d. The strings from 6th to 1st are tuned e a d g b e. Six seven and eight string lap steel guitar tunings.

The e9 neck of the steel guitar has a range that starts with an open string b that is 2 b s below middle c. Note range of the steel guitar. 1 g 2 e 3 c 4 b 5 g 6 e 7 d 8 b or e. This tuning is treble to bass.

The links below provide a sample setup for s 10 d 10 and s 12 universal guitars. Ray price shuffles by jim baron classic country styles for band in a box. Steel guitar music cds lps and tapes for sale many of them rare and out of print. There is a also a blank chart you can download for use in experimenting with your own customized setup.

A 1930 s gibson catalog featuring several models of steel guitar lists a chart of tunings and suggests the use of an e7th tuning for advanced players.