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HOW I PRACTICE
"Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good - Malcolm Gladwell FOCUS ON TODAY'S WEAKNESS...
Paul Franklin
Oct 20, 20223 min read


Memories To Learn
HEY, WHAT HAPPENED? Anytime I miss something that I am going for on a gig or session, it is caused by not having a physical move or...
Paul Franklin
Sep 23, 20223 min read


Chord Tones and Extensions
Here are the intervals derived from the Harmonized Major Scale chords that made the 60’s steel guitar styles famous. From John Hughey . . .
Paul Franklin
Mar 25, 20223 min read


Number Theory
The Nashville Number System (NNS) uses the formula of the diatonic harmonies. It is a shorthand system which does not follow exact textbook
Paul Franklin
Sep 4, 20204 min read


A Perfect Copy
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 ...
Paul Franklin
Aug 29, 20204 min read


E9 Pedal Steel Vocabulary
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 . . .
Paul Franklin
Jul 19, 20202 min read


Applications: E9 Pedal Steel Toolbox
Now that you have the skills needed to gig, the next step would be applying all of the skills you learned in Foundations . . .
Paul Franklin
Jul 3, 20202 min read


A New Era
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 . . .
Paul Franklin
May 7, 20208 min read


Dynamic Phrasing
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 ...
Paul Franklin
May 6, 20203 min read


Eternal Beginner
When I listen to Buddy Emmons, Robert Randolph, Lloyd Green, Tommy White, Curly Chalker, or other pedal steel guitar legends, I hear . . .
Paul Franklin
Jun 2, 20195 min read
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