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
- Mar 25, 2022
- 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
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
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
- 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
- Feb 15, 2020
- 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
- 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
- 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
I believe we need more pedal steel guitar players in order to keep the instrument alive. We need to expand our presence in all genres, in al
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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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Paul Franklin
- Aug 28, 2018
- 3 min
CHORD CADENCES
Learning where all of your chords are on the neck is an essential skill for all musicians on any stringed instrument. Applying that . . .
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Paul Franklin
- Jul 12, 2018
- 2 min
Threes and Fours
I improvise thinking in 3 and 4 note combinations. I learn everything this way. Thinking in small amounts frees my mindset to rearrange ...
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Paul Franklin
- May 23, 2018
- 3 min
Office Hours
When you enroll in the Paul Franklin Method, you will also have access to a private Facebook Group, just for students. This is a place . . .
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Paul Franklin
- Apr 28, 2018
- 3 min
Thinking In Intervals
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 . . .
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