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If degree of difficulty in learning to play a musical instrument could be measured, then the Pedal Steel Guitar would be at the top of the heap. There are many factors involved but the main one is the fact that it utilizes every limb. Putting all of the body parts together to play is what causes the beginner to progress at a slower rate than with other instruments.

Movement is the key to the beginning student getting ahead playing the Pedal Steel Guitar. As you learn to play steel guitar you start to develop more dexterity. Learning to place things in simple movement categories makes it easier to start training your hands. Get your picks on the Thumb, First Finger, Second Finger and place them on the strings. Combinations of movements can be learned and applied to different groups of strings. Movements in all directions, by all the fingers are the key to opening up the senses to create music on the Pedal Steel Guitar. The fingers can develop with drills the necessary coordination to complete the task.

Training your right hand body parts, that play the music to have individuality, can be achieved by doing drills that force the coordination that is needed to play Pedal Steel Guitar. You have to start with the thumb and then expand your moves to the First Finger and then on to the Middle Finger. Each must learn to combine in the ability to move in any and all directions that are possible. Each small move can create a large group the becomes a musical pattern. The fingers learn to work together as individuals that combine in a special purpose. That purpose is to play the Pedal Steel Guitar.

The first group is the singles movement group. You would play the thumb, first finger and then the second finger four times each. The thumb is where it begins. Each individual right hand body part is developed in turn. The parts can be drilled to create the ability to combine and play but starting in this manner helps to learn small and simple first and then combine things together to make larger patterns.

Thumb/First finger is a way to alternate between right hand body parts. You would play this movement over and over again. Each finger must learn to play by itself before you start to combine them into groups. This alternate move is another stepping stone in working on playing the Steel Guitar.

You then move on and expand your dexterity by combining your Thumb and Second Finger. Then you must learn to make the First Finger, Second Finger alternate move. The three basic right hand alternates can be drilled through repetition. Movement patterns are the key to right hand dexterity. This will help you get more dexterity into your possibilities of movement. The first three basic alternating moves have an opposite. The first three moves and there opposites are, Thumb/First Finger, Thumb/Second Finger, First Finger/Second Finger. Then you would learn First Finger/Thumb, Second Finger/Thumb, Second Finger, First Finger. These six are the result of combining your singles into simple patterns.

The type of music is not a factor to the right hand. And it doesn't care about the tuning or type of guitar. The guitar is purchased and the tuning is a choice and can be changed. Anyone can buy a guitar and the kind of music you play is up to you. The way to look at it is to see each movement as the start of a brand new move. New moves can be created from any of the parts that combine to create movement on the Pedal Steel.

Joe Wright is a leader of online Pedal Steel Guitar Lessons. This Pedal Steel Instruction technique is unique with One-on-One interactive video conferencing.

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