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"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...

Here are the intervals derived from the Harmonized Major Scale chords that made the 60’s steel guitar styles famous. From John Hughey . . .

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...

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 . . .

Now that you have the skills needed to gig, the next step would be applying all of the skills you learned in Foundations . . .

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 . . .

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

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

When I listen to Buddy Emmons, Robert Randolph, Lloyd Green, Tommy White, Curly Chalker, or other pedal steel guitar legends, I hear . . .

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Learning where all of your chords are on the neck is an essential skill for all musicians on any stringed instrument. Applying that . . .

I improvise thinking in 3 and 4 note combinations. I learn everything this way. Thinking in small amounts frees my mindset to rearrange ...

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 . . .

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 . . .

The pedal steel guitar can perform in place of synths and is often the choice of many producers looking for unique bending textures.

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 . . .

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

I was 17 when I moved to Nashville. The great Hal Rugg named my blocking technique for controlling the length of notes “Pick Blocking” . . .

In the first Course Section called “Getting Ready To Play”, Paul introduces several things you will need to know (and commit to memory) ...

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 . . .

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

First off, let me say thanks to the hundreds of students who have signed up for the Course! Throughout the length of this method, . . .