pedal steel

noun

variants or pedal steel guitar

plural pedal steels or pedal steel guitars

: a box-shaped electric steel guitar with legs that has usually 10 strings which can be altered in pitch by the use of pedals and which are plucked while being pressed with a movable steel bar

[Ben] Keith broke into the business playing pedal steel on Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" …—

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compare hawaiian guitar, lap steel

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There’s pedal steel on two of these three new songs. —

Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024 Saxophones and slick pedal steel make the journey a lot easier to stomach. —

Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024 The track features the two musicians trading lines, supported by Russ Pahl’s gorgeous pedal steel. —

Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024 Meanwhile, guest musicians on the upcoming album include Raphael Lanois on pedal steel, and former Doors drummer John Densmore and Magatte Sow on percussion. —

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