A7th Pedal Steel Tuning
Song name: Now is the Hour

A7th setup and song arrangement by David J. Stewart

Here's the setup I used. I lowered my 5th string in this song with a knee a half tone.

String #

Gauge

Note

4

5

6

7

8

RKL

1

.013P

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

.015P

C#

 

 

 

C

 

 

3

.017P

A

 

B

 

 

 

 

4

.022P

G

G#

 

 

 

F#

 

5

.026W

E

 

 

 

 

 

D#

6

.034W

C#

 

 

 

C

 

 

7

.036W

A

 

B

 

 

 

 

8

.042W

G

G#

 

 

 

F#

 

9

.058W

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

.080W

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E_________________________________________________________________
C#____9___________________9____9__________________________________
A_____9____________11_____9_____9___back____11__________14________
G_____9_____11_____11_____9______9__rake____11__let_____14________
E_____9_____11_____11_____9_______9_________11__off_____14________
C#____9_____11_____11_____9________9________11__pedal___14________
A_____9_____11_____11_____9_________9_______11__two_____14________
G_____9_____11_____11_____9__________9______11__________14________
E_____9_____11_____11_____9___________9_____11__________14________
A_____9_____11_____11_____9____________9____11__________14________
 
 P5    P4     P4     P5   P5~~~~~~~~    P2,4        P5   
 
 
E_________________________________________________________________
C#__*strum once and slide___________________________7_______8_____
A___*13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____________7________7_______8_____
G____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
E____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
C#___13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
A____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
G____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
E____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
A____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
 
  P4~~~~~~~~~~~~      P5       P1,2    P1,2     P1,2    P5
 
E__________pump pedal two_________________________________________
C#___9____________________________________________________________
A____9_____9~~10~~~11~~11____9____11______________________________
G____9_____9~~10~~~11~~11_________11__raise_______________________
E____9_____9~~10~~~11~~11_________11__pedal_______________________
C#___9_____9~~10~~~11~~11_________11__five________________________
A____9_____9~~10~~~11~~11_________11__half________________________
G____9_____9~~10~~~11~~11_________11__way_________________________
E____9_____9~~10~~~11~~11_________11______________________________
A____9_____9~~10~~~11~~11_________11______________________________
 
P5    P5~~P5~~~P2~~P5       P4,5~~~~~~                   
 
E_________________________________________________________________
C#____9___________________9____9__________________________________
A_____9____________11_____9_____9___back____11__________14________
G_____9_____11_____11_____9______9__rake____11__let_____14________
E_____9_____11_____11_____9_______9_________11__off_____14________
C#____9_____11_____11_____9________9________11__pedal___14________
A_____9_____11_____11_____9_________9_______11__two_____14________
G_____9_____11_____11_____9__________9______11__________14________
E_____9_____11_____11_____9___________9_____11__________14________
A_____9_____11_____11_____9____________9____11__________14________
 P5    P4     P4     P5   P5~~~~~~~~   P2,4        P5   
 
 
E_________________________________________________________________
C#__*strum once and slide___________________________7_______8_____
A___*13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____________7________7_______8_____
G____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
E____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
C#___13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
A____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
G____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
E____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
A____13~~12~~11~~10_______9~~~7____7_______7________7_______8_____
  P4~~~~~~~~~~~~      P5       P1,2    P1,2     P1,2    P5
 
 
 
E_________________________________________________9~~~~21__________
C#____9___________________________________________9~~~~21__________
A_____9______9~~~~~12_____________________________9~~~~21__________
G_____9______9~~~~~12__let______________8_________9~~~~21__________
E_____9______9~~~~~12__off_____7________8_________9~~~~21__________
C#____9______9~~~~~12__pedal___7________8_________9~~~~21__________
A_____9______9~~~~~12__two_____7________8_________9~~~~21__________
G_____9______9~~~~~12__half____7________8_________9~~~~21__________
E_____9______9~~~~~12__way_____7________8_________9~~~~21__________
A_____9______9~~~~~12__________7________8_________9~~~~21__________
 
P5    P5~~~~P2          P1,2     P4,RKL    P5         
 
 
E_________________________________________________________________
C#________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________
C#________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________
 
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