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Mick OGrady

 

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Post  Posted 20 Feb 2018 7:43 am    
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I am a complete beginner on PSG though I have learned a number of other instruments. It seems there is incredible diversity in set ups. I just got my first PS set up using a standard Emmons E9 a few days ago and observed on the net that in this set up it is common for the LKL to have the Es going up to F and going down to Eb on the LKR. I find this counter-intuitive since going left on any string instrument as well as piano means descending in pitch and going to the right means ascending in pitch.
I am sure that it is this way for a good reason. Can someone enlighten me as to why this is so?
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Richard Sinkler


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Post  Posted 20 Feb 2018 8:29 am    
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Because when you use the E to D# change with the pedal that raises both G#'s to A (B pedal) to get a 7th chord, it easier and more ergonomic to move your knee in the same direction that your ankle bends. Same holds true for the E to F lever. It combines with the A pedal (B's to C#).

This assumes that the levers that affect the E strings are on the left knee.

This should have been posted in the "pedal steel" section. I'm sure there are far more people reading that section than this one.
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Lane Gray


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Post  Posted 24 Feb 2018 5:06 pm    
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What Richard said. If you have your E changes on the left knee (common, but not universal), and you have the pedals A, B, C in that order (commonly called the Emmons setup: CBA is the Day setup), then the ergonomics don't work lowering to the outside because you usually leave the heel planted behind the A and B pedals.
If you lower the Es and hit the B pedal, you have a B7 chord by rolling your ankle left side up, and a B9th when you flatten the foot by adding the A pedal.
On the other side, the E raises are to the outside; this works well with the A pedal, as if you roll the ankle outward at the same time you move the knee outwards, you get the C# chord.
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