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Here are the intervals derived from the Harmonized Major Scale chords that made the 60’s steel guitar styles famous. From John Hughey . . .

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.