Choosing And Holding The Bar

In this series of clips from Foundations: E9 Pedal Steel Basics, Paul covers several topics related to choosing and holding the bar, playing in tune, getting the correct eyesight angle, practicing with a Stevens bar, and more.
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[@brettday1278]

This video has helped me in a lot of ways because after six years away from the steel guitar, I decided to start playing it again, and because of cerebral palsy in my left hand, I wondered what size bar would work for me. I decided to change from stainless steel to polymer because with cerebral palsy in my left hand, the stainless steel bar would slide around, so I'm now using a polymer bar , and I find that the polymer bar works best for me. Paul Franklin is one of my musical heroes and this video is very inspiring!

[@Andriy023]

Thank you!

[@CARDINAL701]

Paul Franklin man...the modern steel guitar God. He shares his vast knowledge...and that's great.

[@FelipeQuadrosMusic]

Paul Franklin, oh man... Someday I'll kiss his hands and thank him! God bless!

[@lnxguit]

Thank you Paul, just what I needed!

[@francescoporcumusic308]

Paul the master of many steelere in the world. It would be nice to see a video dedicated to Pedabro, I've been waiting for it for many years. Thank you so much Francesco from Italy............😉❤🤘

[@banjomandan7199]

Thank you! As a newby, I learned a ton!

[@2011Matz]

Good advise. However, with Hawaiin steel, that has no pedals, you will have to slant between strings in many cases, but with either type, ultimately you will have to develop a good ear for what is in tune. Sighting the position is only so helpful.

[@eddiejordan3685]

Good teaching

[@rootstudio247]

I think most musicians, even the non-steel-types, have "bad bar control". Sorry, couldn't let that go by. Great video, though and helped me to pick out two bars instead of one, thanks 🙂

[@johnjp5883]

Great Lesson!!

[@resslerartstudios]

could you recommend a good handle to hold the bar? id like the bar where the puffy part of my hand would rest on the strings...stroke... so my fingers cant hold the bar normally. my neurologist recommended making some kind of handle to hold the tone bar.