Pedal Steel Guitar Lessons Seattle

12 strings universal eq tuning includes hard case local pickup only.

Pedal steel guitar lessons seattle.

I ve been playing pedal steel guitar for the last 30 years. I teach e9 for a nashville country sound and c6 for a jazz or pop. How to play pedal steel guitar. You ve reached the home page of john mcclung seasoned pedal steel guitar player and instructor.

Private music lessons in west seattle. Gibson guitars used fender guitars used marshall amplifiers used. Foot and knee pedals can alter picked notes somewhat like a guitar whammy bar. He also plays dobro lap steel and has been caught playing drums mandolin and anything else he can get his hands on.

This is a link to all of josh s musical world. The pedal steel itself has four legs several foot operated pedals and often multiple knee operated levers that bend certain strings up and down. I live teach perform and record in olympia washington. Pedal steel guitars are played by pressing a steel bar on top of the pedal steel guitar strings with one hand while plucking them with fingerpicks on the other hand.

I create great steel parts onstage and in recording studios for virtually any music genre. First used in the early 50s on country star webb pierce s hit slowly the pedal steel is a different more complex beast than the older steel guitar and the smaller lap steel guitar popularized in hawaiian music of the early 20th century. This is a sample video with one l. After winning a state contest for vocals i have great confidence to teach and sing both lead and harmonies.

Some one on one instruction offered. Or if you are already a singer i can be of great help in coaching. By chris scapelliti 29 march 2019. His main instruments are pedal steel guitar guitar and bass.

I teach steel lessons anywhere in the world through the magic of skype video chat. Pedal steel guitar lessons from travis toy jim loessberg danny muhammad wayne dahl eddy dunlap and cowboy eddie long. If you ve ever thought about learning pedal steel guitar or if you re just curious about how this relative of the guitar operates here s a video that demystifies the instrument. Josh yenne is a musician and teacher from sonoma county california just north of san francisco.