Watchhouse, formerly Mandolin Orange, is the North Carolina duo of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz. Now they return four years later with Rituals, this ...

A tuner pedal affords you the peace of mind that your strings are not only in tune relative to each other but also to other musicians. It also allows you to silently tune your guitar on stage ...

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It takes a long time and effort to get used to playing an instrument with a different tuning and a different number of strings” she said. Susan Alcorn – ‘And I Await the Resurrection of the Pedal ...

Pedal steel guitar virtuoso, composer ... I touched my picks to the strings and began to play, hopefully something that would connect with these people on a deep level as human beings.

After coming to the pedal steel guitar through country bands ... “The steel bar seemed to gently float on top of the strings, and it had this sort of round metallic sound that I had never ...

Susan Alcorn, the pioneering pedal steel player who steered the instrument in experimental, improvisational directions, has died. The High Zero Foundation, an experimental music organization and ...

Fast-forward to his 2024 release, SABLE, and Vernon has brought back the pedal steel guitar in a big way ... It’s just so many strings and pedals. But he’s always searching.” ...

Pedal steel guitar is a strange and complicated instrument. Typically, a shiny steel table with 20 strings on top played with metal picks and a metal slide, plus foot and knee pedals to bend notes.

and why you should embrace the cliff edge A pedal steel guitar is a sit-down console-type instrument that rises pedals and knee-activated levers to change the pitch of strings. The combination of ...