C6th Instruction

Basic C6th Nonpedal Lap Steel Method by DeWitt Scott (Book and Online Video) Made famous by the legendary Jerry Byrd, the C6 tuning [CEGACE] for the non-pedal lap steel guitar has many advantages due to its versatility. The tuning is especially...

 12 More C6th Solos - Jim Loessberg's Pedal Steel Course Talk CD With Tablature This course consists of 12 C6th pedal steel solos that Jim played on various records. The song list reads like a classic western swing playbook. Capture that real...

Talk CD With Tablature A Dozen Intros & Solos - 12 audio lessons with 10 page tab book - by Jim Loessberg Capture that real western swing sound of the back neck with lessons from a Texan master. Big Mamou (Solo) Bubbles In My Beer...

"All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was written for the musical Very Warm for May (1939), where it was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart. It...

Au Privave is an early bebop standard by Charlie Parker. Jim Loessberg teaches the song as a single string melody and then teaches the chord progression in the key of F for C6th pedal steel. Audio CD course with printed C6th tablature.

C6th Course - Billie's Bounce / Now's The Time - Jim Loessberg's Pedal Steel Course "Billie's Bounce", also known as "Bill's Bounce", is a 12-bar blues in the key of F jazz composition written in 1945 by Charlie Parker. It was dedicated to Billy Shaw...

C6th Course - Blues For Alice - Jim Loessberg's Pedal Steel Course "Blues for Alice" is a jazz standard composed by Charlie Parker. It is noted for its rapid bebop blues-style chord voicings and complex harmonic scheme which is a fine example of what is...

C6th Course - Body And Soul - Jim Loessberg's Pedal Steel Course "Body and Soul" is a popular song written in 1930 by Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton and Johnny Green. Rising quickly to popularity, Libby Holman introduced it in the revue Three's...

'Dewey Square' is a Charlie Parker composition based on 'Oh, Lady Be Good!' by George and Ira Gershwin.  Jim Loessberg teaches the melody, then the chords for C6th pedal steel in the key of Eb. Audio CD course with printed C6th tablature.

C6th Course -Donna Lee -Jim Loessberg's Pedal Steel Course "Donna Lee" is a bebop jazz standard composed by Miles Davis. It was written in Ab based on the chord changes of the traditional jazz standard "(Back Home Again in) Indiana". One unusual feature...

'Four' An up-tempo bebop jazz standard by Miles Davis, taught as a single-string melody with an occasional chord punctuation on C6th pedal steel. The basic chords and some chord substitution ideas are included. Key: Eb Audio CD course by Jim Loessberg...

"Groovin' High" is an influential 1945 song by jazz composer and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. The song was a bebop mainstay that became a jazz standard, one of Gillespie's best known hits and, according to Bebop: The Music and Its Players author Thomas...