THE METHOD

Oct 20, 2022
3 min

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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Paul Franklin

Apr 5, 2018
1 min

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.

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Paul Franklin

Mar 17, 2018
1 min

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 . . .

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Paul Franklin

Mar 4, 2018
1 min

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

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Paul Franklin

Feb 19, 2018
2 min

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” . . .

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Paul Franklin

Feb 10, 2018
2 min

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) ...

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Paul Franklin

Feb 8, 2018
2 min

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 . . .

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Paul Franklin

Jan 17, 2018
3 min

To The Student

Several students have asked about my constant emphasis on memorization. It’s my belief that internalizing these concepts is vital to . . .

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Paul Franklin

Jan 1, 2018
2 min

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, . . .

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