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Jul 19
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 4
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 12
2 min

The Dirty (or Clean) Dozen

From Classical to Jazz, Country to Rock, Metal to Hip Hop, Bluegrass to Folk, Blues to Funk, R&B to Pop and on and on there are only 12 ...

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Paul Franklin

May 7
7 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
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

Feb 15
2 min

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

Feb 5
3 min

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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Paul Franklin

Nov 28, 2019
4 min

Musician’s Honey-Do

The pedal steel often can not invert every chord type like a piano can, so you’ll need to learn as many inversions as you can find.

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Paul Franklin

Oct 29, 2019
4 min

Copedent Coping

The secret to finding logical copedents is to understand how chords and single note phrases are created. We do that by having a complete ...

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Paul Franklin

Jul 30, 2019
2 min

Pedal Toning

A question about pedal trills and adding quick pedal moves came up on the Facebook Group…

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Paul Franklin

Jun 5, 2019
2 min

Improve Your Swing

Steelers were never really taught the importance of volume dynamics while it seems like all other instruments are taught to master this ...

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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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Paul Franklin

Apr 13, 2019
3 min

Diminished Chords

Student: I was taking another look at your diminished chords lesson and I found that I can get another diminished chord option. , , ,

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Paul Franklin

Apr 8, 2019
2 min

C6 Essentials Course

Thanks so much to all the players who attended Paul’s seminar at the Texas Steel Guitar Association Jamboree. Paul covered a lot of , , ,

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Paul Franklin

Jan 23, 2019
2 min

Speed Trap

A question about the challenges of playing fast was recently posted on the Paul Franklin Method Facebook Group. Many students joined . . .

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Paul Franklin

Dec 11, 2018
2 min

Foundations: E9

As we come to the end of the year 2018, I wanted to let you know about the Foundations: E9 Pedal Steel Guitar Basics course my team and ...

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Paul Franklin

Dec 8, 2018
1 min

Soloing Options

I don’t limit myself to one side or the other. If I did my career would have ended years ago. There are many valid approaches to recording

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Paul Franklin

Nov 24, 2018
3 min

E9 Blues Emotion

Paul replies to a student on the The Paul Franklin Method private Facebook Group, who as a regular guitar player is accomplished at . . .

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Paul Franklin

Nov 16, 2018
5 min

Progress

One of the best things about The Paul Franklin Method is the students-only Facebook Group that gives active students the ability to have ...

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Paul Franklin

Oct 12, 2018
4 min

Right Or Wrong?

Many of our students tell us the private Facebook Group is their favorite part of the Method. Here’s an edited excerpt from a question a ...

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