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Now Hear This

Here’s an ear challenge to anyone who learns anyone else’s steel parts from recordings. Do this so that the ear can also interpret the exact moves, in addition to memorizing the physical moves.

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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

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…

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Paul Franklin

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

Muscle Memory

I continually practice playing any new idea or problematic issue until I can sit back down to the guitar day after day and never mess it…

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Paul Franklin

Making It Fit

What I play onstage in any situation goes towards “How do I arrange my role for what is played onstage” The more musicians that are…

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Paul Franklin

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

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

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

Backing A Singer

Becoming a good backup musician depends on knowing where the “holes” are located. We either pad or layout until those holes appear.

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Paul Franklin

Change Is Good

When I played the 1 & 2 & 7 raise lever and the PF4, many said they were just “lick pedals”. That’s not how I was looking at it, and . . .

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