Pedal Steel Bends

Original lesson:
Country Traibeat by j. Avilés

-Guitar Lesson:
This lesson demonstrates how to mimic pedal steel guitar technique on regular guitar. You have to play bend over some notes on the chord voices. For this technique I reduce chords to triads with E shape. Ring finger to play the Fifth note, Pinky to play the first note and index to play the second scale degree note, then I bend this second note to the third of the chord triad. I play bends an release bends. I hope you find it enjoyable and informative, and please feel free to ask any questions you may have.

-Techniques:
Hybrid Picking, Bending

-Sound:
I play a Telecaster Hot Rod 52’, Mesa Boogie Single Rectifier Amp, Clean channel, Plexitone overdrive, Shure SM57 -> off axis.

-Tuning:
Standard tuning: E,A,D,G,B,E or D,A,D,G,B,E


-VIDEO CONTENT:

MAIN
To mimic pedal steel on regular guitar you can play bend over some notes

SLOW 1
-How to reduce chords to triads with E shape

SLOW 2
-Ring finger to play the Fifth, Pinky to play the first note and index to play the second scale degree note and then I bend this note to the third of the chord triad

SLOW 3
-Playing bend a release bend

SLOW 4
-The right hand hybrid picking arpeggio technique