The neck nearer to the player is tuned to c6 and five more pedals change the pitches of the strings on this neck as shown below.
Pedal steel change copedent.
Lloyd has pioneered many new steel sounds.
In the language of pedal steel guitarists the combination of string tuning and pedal knee arrangement is called a copedent pronounced ko pee dent there are nearly as many pedal steel copedents as there are steel guitarists.
The e9th is the most common of all pedal steel copedents.
The reason the copedent exists for steel guitar and not other instruments is that unlike other instruments there is no standard tuning for the steel guitar.
We have the two common pedal setups the jimmy day setup and the buddy emmons setup.
I would rather have the change with the pedal traveling a little much and pushing a little harder than to do without the change.
Note on rod charts.
I use tommy white s change lowering strings 5 and 6 individually which sounds awesome.
If you have an older gfi with only 6 hole bell cranks use hole 6 where hole 7 is indicated on.
The second number is the hole in the bell crank used again with 1 being closest to the body.
I also lower my tenth string with my c pedal.
Music is an infinite study and the pedal steel guitar is a wonderful invention that can accommodate many different approaches to it.
Something we haven t really touched on much is studying other players copedent.
The first number is the hole in the changer that the pull rod is inserted through with 1 being closest to the body.
I like this change and sometimes i use it with my left left knee lever.
Lloyd often uses the change on string one that raises f to g.
It is my hope that this web site will document the past highlight current trends and point the way to a future where the pedal steel is widely accepted in all kinds of music b0b lee 2019.
This can really help us in figuring out how different people play different things.
These instruments use the e9 copedent shown above on the neck farther away from the player.
Each pair of numbers looks like a fraction represents a pull.
E9th is the stock configuration of all single neck 10 string s 10 pedal steels and it is the front neck of double neck d 10 instruments.
Most pedal steel guitarists play steel guitars with two necks.
Ralph mooney s unique pedal steel copedent.
It is used in all kinds of music but it excels in country.
Steel guitar tunings and copedents.
In case you haven t noticed the steel guitar is an instrument with a lot of compromises.
Buddy charleton s change lowering string one from f to f is very interesting.
