HOW I PRACTICE
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Paul Franklin
- Sep 23
- 3 min
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...
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Paul Franklin
- Mar 24
- 3 min
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 . . .
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Paul Franklin
- Sep 4, 2020
- 4 min
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
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Paul Franklin
- Aug 29, 2020
- 4 min
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 ...
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Paul Franklin
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
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 . . .
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Paul Franklin
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
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 . . .
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Paul Franklin
- May 7, 2020
- 8 min
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 . . .
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Paul Franklin
- May 6, 2020
- 3 min
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 ...
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Paul Franklin
- Jun 2, 2019
- 5 min
Eternal Beginner
When I listen to Buddy Emmons, Robert Randolph, Lloyd Green, Tommy White, Curly Chalker, or other pedal steel guitar legends, I hear . . .
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