The E9 tuning is one of the major 2 tunings for the pedal steel.
The other is the C6 tuning. On a double neck steel the two tunings are 99% E9 and C6. The C6 tuning has it's own pedals and knee levers.

On most pro models you can change the pedal/lever tunings.

There is another version of the pedal steel which is refered to as a universal. It has 12 strings and up to 8 pedals and 5 knee levers.
It is tuned to B6, so you can achieve the E9 and C6 moves on a single neck. I am looking at getting one of these in the future.

Yes I push a pedal half way on the fly, this also allows you to bend a note as well as getting an aug chord.

With having both 7ths (Natural and #) you can play strings 9 instead of 10 along with say 6 and 5 and with the bass playing the 1 note get a dom7 chord. strings 8,6,5,2 gives you Maj7 chord. By engaging the RKL level you get dom7.
Here is link to other tunings

http://www.steelguitarinfo.com/tunings/tuningindex.html

Regards

Ron

Last edited by RioRicoRon; 07/24/09 12:30 PM.
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