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The Nashville Number System (NNS) uses the formula of the diatonic harmonies. It is a shorthand system which does not follow exact textbook

Let's look at how to learn to play a part from a popular song. We can get the notes right, but sometimes it still does not sound exactly ...

I'm very pleased to announce a brand-new course I've just launched called Paul Franklin's E9 Pedal Steel Vocabulary. For many years . . .

Now that you have the skills needed to gig, the next step would be applying all of the skills you learned in Foundations . . .

The pedal steel guitar as we know it has been played in the “modern” manner ever since Bud Isaacs recorded his famous intro on Webb . . .

Everyone that wants to play fast or slow starts out copying their heroes (as I did) in my early teens. Most players that learn this way ...

When I listen to Buddy Emmons, Robert Randolph, Lloyd Green, Tommy White, Curly Chalker, or other pedal steel guitar legends, I hear . . .

It’s great to know all of the names of the notes on every string and fret and you should strive to do so for completeness’ sake. It’s . . .

The pedal steel guitar can perform in place of synths and is often the choice of many producers looking for unique bending textures.

Here’s the late great Dawn Sears, backed by Time Jumpers Kenny Sears, Andy Reiss, Joe Spivey, Ranger Doug, Paul Franklin, Rick Vanaugh, . .