Contents

• Introduction/Parts of the Lap Steel Guitar
• Volume Pedal and Strings
• Tuning and the Bar
• Picks
• Standard Notation, reading music
• Time Signatures
• Right Hand Blocking/Vibrato
• The C Major Scale Using Open Strings in the First Position
• The G Major Scale
• E Natural Minor Scale
• E Harmonic Minor Scale
• Chord Basics
• Playing Swing Eighth Notes
• Joyful, Joyful (Ode to Joy) in the key of G
• Joyful, Joyful (Ode to Joy) in the key of C
• Don Helms-Style Intro and Outro
• The Nashville Number System
• Don Helms-Style Intro and Outro Nashville Number Chart
• Right-Hand Technique, Alternating Thumb/Middle
• Lick Using Alternating Thumb/Middle
• Chromatic Lick
• 5 5 5 1 Intro
• Yodel Lick
• Natural Harmonics
• Tuning with Natural Harmonics.
• The Forward-Bar Slant (F-Slant)
• The Backward-Bar Slant (B-Slant)
• Don Helms-Style Intros
• Minors Using Bar Slants
• G7 String Pull
• The A6 to A7 Lick
• Effects Pedals
• Blues Scale
• Ave Marie
• Advanced Bar Slant
• Jazzy-Sounding Lick
• Hammer-On/Pull-Off Licks in D
• Hammer-On/Pull-Off Licks in C
• Chromatic Chord Ending Lick
• Fake Pedal Steel Intros
• Jerry Byrd-Style Ending Lick
• Ending Using Harmonics Only
• Intro Using Full Sixth Chords
• Lick Using 6th to 7th
• Volume Pedal Technique
• Boogie Woogie Lick
• Backward Rake
• Forward Rake
• Playing Rhythm
• Palm Harmonics
• Harmonics Using the Third Finger
• Licks that Include Open Strings
• Midnight Ride
• Lost Love
• Final Advice: Continue Learning
• About the Author