Electric Steel Guitar Music

Instead of playing them upright and with the strings facing away from the player s body lap steels are played while laid flat either on the lap or on a stand or standing up using a guitar strap designed to accommodate the different angle.

Electric steel guitar music. My instrumental version of a classic tammy wynette song played here on the sho bud this and other backing tracks now available for mp3 download at http www. 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. Find steel guitar tracks artists and albums. About lap steel guitars pedal steel guitars.

Find the latest in steel guitar music at last fm. The hard object held against the strings. Play it in your lap use a strap place it in front of you electrify it keep it acoustic or even ironically play it standing up but you ll still get the same distinctive twang that gave lap steel guitars life. The steel guitar is known for its portamento capabilities sliding smoothly from one note to another emulating characteristics of the human singing voice.

A steel guitar is any type of guitar that is played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings a concept somewhat akin to playing a guitar with one finger the bar. Dating back to the late 1800s the lap steel guitar has been gracing bluegrass country and eventually music of myriad genres.