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THE METHOD
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
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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
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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...

Paul Franklin
Jul 15, 20212 min read
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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
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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
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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 . . .

Paul Franklin
May 7, 20208 min read
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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.

Paul Franklin
Feb 15, 20202 min read
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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 ...

Paul Franklin
Oct 29, 20194 min read
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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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Diminished Chords
Student: I was taking another look at your diminished chords lesson and I found that I can get another diminished chord option. , , ,

Paul Franklin
Apr 13, 20193 min read
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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 , , ,

Paul Franklin
Apr 8, 20192 min read
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Speed Trap
A question about the challenges of playing fast was recently posted on the Paul Franklin Method Facebook Group. Many students joined . . .

Paul Franklin
Jan 23, 20192 min read
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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

Paul Franklin
Dec 11, 20182 min read
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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 . . .

Paul Franklin
Nov 24, 20183 min read
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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 ...

Paul Franklin
Nov 16, 20185 min read
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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 ...

Paul Franklin
Oct 12, 20184 min read
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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 . . .

Paul Franklin
Aug 28, 20183 min read
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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 ...

Paul Franklin
Jul 12, 20182 min read
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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 . . .

Paul Franklin
May 23, 20183 min read
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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 . . .

Paul Franklin
Apr 28, 20183 min read
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Modern Steel
The pedal steel guitar can perform in place of synths and is often the choice of many producers looking for unique bending textures.

Paul Franklin
Apr 5, 20181 min read
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My Tab Symbols
I use + and – for sharps and flats. One + indicates a 1/2 tone raise. Two ++ indicates a whole tone raise. One – indicates a 1/2 tone . . .

Paul Franklin
Mar 17, 20181 min read
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The Blues on E9
Here is the way I view the E9th as a Blues-based tuning. In the pedals down position (A and B pedals activated), I move back two frets and

Paul Franklin
Mar 4, 20181 min read
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Tackling Blocking
I was 17 when I moved to Nashville. The great Hal Rugg named my blocking technique for controlling the length of notes “Pick Blocking” . . .

Paul Franklin
Feb 19, 20182 min read
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Starting Slowly
In the first Course Section called “Getting Ready To Play”, Paul introduces several things you will need to know (and commit to memory) ...

Paul Franklin
Feb 10, 20182 min read
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PRACTICE!
hey say “practice makes perfect”, but what they mean is “perfect practice makes perfect”. We’ve all been there: we’re working on a new . . .

Paul Franklin
Feb 8, 20182 min read
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To The Student
Several students have asked about my constant emphasis on memorization. It’s my belief that internalizing these concepts is vital to . . .

Paul Franklin
Jan 17, 20183 min read
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Message From Paul
First off, let me say thanks to the hundreds of students who have signed up for the Course! Throughout the length of this method, . . .

Paul Franklin
Jan 1, 20182 min read
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