COURSE DESCRIPTION

Grab a front-row seat as Paul Franklin de-mystifies his picking and blocking technique.

Whether you are currently a palm blocker, pick blocker/fingertip blocker or are new to Paul’s
“3-Element Blocking” concept, this course reveals the details and nuance of great picking and blocking technique using phrases, exercises and licks.

  • WATCH AND LISTEN

    Up-close cameras and hi-def audio put you in the room with Paul. Watch, rewind, slow down: catch every nuance as you memorize and master the concepts.

  • PALM & PICK BLOCKING

    Both techniques are described and analyzed. Whichever method works best for you, you'll learn how to improve your picking and blocking skills.

  • DAILY
    PRACTICE

    Multiple exercises and examples demonstrating how to pick and block cleanly and efficiently. Put in the work and hear the results in your playing right away!

Watch Listen Learn
  • BLOCKING STYLES An overview of palm and pick blocking technique ala Tommy White, Lloyd Green, Buddy Emmons, and Paul Franklin.
  • PICKING PERMUTATIONS Paul's classic method for teaching all possible right hand picking options. A life-time of study!
  • SPEED LICKS Apply the picking and blocking lessons with over a dozen speed licks to learn and modify for your own.

Course Modules
(Free lesson previews available)

    1. INTRO TO THE COURSE

    2. Choices for Picking Techniques

    3. The Picks - Why the Choice Matters

    1. The Arpeggio

    2. House of the Rising Sun TAB

    3. Blocking Basics

    4. Pick Blocking

    5. Viewing Paul's Right Hand Technique

    6. My Right Hand In Detail

    7. 3-Element Blocking: Buddy Emmons

    8. Blocking the "Picked Rake"

    9. Blocking With Chords Part 1

    10. Blocking With Chords Part 2

    1. Intro to the Permutations

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Perms 1-4

    3. Perms 5-8

    4. Perms 9-12

    5. Perms 13-16

    6. Perms 17-20

    7. Perms 21-24

    8. Permutations As Shapes: Pt 1

    9. Permutations As Shapes: Pt 2

    10. Permutations: Melodic Shapes

    11. Permutations: Melodic Subtraction

    12. Combining Permutations

    1. Creative Speed Picking: Permutations

    2. Speed Lick #1

    3. Speed Lick #2

    4. Speed Lick #3

    5. Speed Lick #4

    6. Speed Lick #5

    7. Speed Lick #6

    8. Speed Lick #7

    9. Speed Lick #8

    10. Speed Lick #9

    11. Speed Lick #10

    12. Speed Lick #11

    13. Speed Lick #12

    1. Lesson Notes Template

    2. Permutations Master Sheet
  • $99.00
  • 40 lessons
  • 3 hours of video content
  • No Expire Date!

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Course FAQ

  • What Is Paul Franklin's Right Hand Workshop Course?

    The course is comprised of selected lessons related to picking and blocking taken from The Paul Franklin Method.

    Paul is constantly asked about his right hand technique and has done many video lessons on it in his flagship course, The Paul Franklin Method. For years now, players have asked for a course that just concentrates on technique. This is that course.

  • Can You Explain the Course Format?

    Paul Franklin's Right Hand Workshop is a streaming video course hosted by Modern Music Masters. Your enrollment includes unlimited access with no expiration date.

    Unlike a private lesson, you can review the materials by watching the videos over and over, using the video player to slow things down as desired.

    The course videos are available to stream online 24/7, and can be paused, fast-forwarded, slowed down.

  • What do I get with my purchase of this course?

    24/7 access to all course videos and materials with no expiration date, regardless of what other courses you may be enrolled in.

  • What if I am already enrolled in The Method course?

    All of the material in this course is also in The Paul Franklin Method. If you are currently enrolled in the PFM, you already have access to these lessons as long as your enrollment is active.

About Paul Franklin

Paul Franklin began playing steel guitar at age 8. Taking lessons from a Hawaiian guitar master, he quickly progressed and when pedal steel guitars came about, he got one immediately.

Paul was already gigging in local clubs at 11, and a member of the Musician’s Union. Soon calls came to the house asking for a pedal steel player for sessions in the thriving local music scene.



Not only were Pop, Motown and Jazz popular, but the “Hillbilly Highway” of Southerners heading North to build cars fueled a burgeoning Country music scene.

Paul got his first taste of national success as a teenager on Gallery’s “It’s So Nice To Be With You”, a #1 hit single. He also guested on Parliament’s “Country Boy” track and worked with Motown producer Dennis Coffey (of instrumental hit “Scorpio” fame).

The pedal steel was being embraced by Country music, and Nashville was the place for this young prodigy to be, so he headed to Tennessee as a senior in high school to join Barbara Mandrell’s band at the invitation of her father, Irby. He also toured with Dottie West, Lynn Anderson, and Donna Fargo.

Session steeler Pete Drake hired Paul to play on jingles and a few recordings. Franklin joined Jerry Reed’s band and recorded solo albums of original pedal steel instrumentals and Jazz standards. A long stint with Mel Tillis’ Statesiders playing classic country and honky-tonk with an excellent road band was next.

After leaving Tillis, his studio career took off and he was featured in many of the albums of the 1980’s-2000s. In 1991 he took a call from Mark Knopfler that led to playing on The Notting Hillbillies album and eventually with Dire Straits, touring the world and recording On Every Street with them.

In recent years, besides his busy studio schedule, Franklin is a member of Vince Gill’s touring band (and recorded the CMA- nominated "Bakersfield" album as a duo with Vince) and holds down the pedal steel seat with the Time Jumpers who showcase Western Swing and classic Country every Monday night at a local Nashville club.