I am really digging
Wordpress. It is the 'blogging' software that I switched to a couple of months ago to run this website but, really, it does so much more. It is an excellent content management system, it has a built in comment function and it tracks popular posts and pages. And the price is right: FREE!
Anyway, I have consistently found my ...
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Jimi Hendrix influenced how we think of and play the guitar more than anyone in history. In homage to him check out the intro and verse guitar parts to the Hendrix classic "Purple Haze", from his first album "Are You Experienced".
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hbZSRRLjI4
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If you like this lesson and want to dig in on this song or Jimi in general, consider taking ...
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Yes, a song as good as
"Google It!" deserves a video. And it definitely deserves a video better than the one I made for it! Be that as it may, the video is now available for viewing and commenting on YouTube. Have a look.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6hxjIdIAw8
Importantly this video fit the operating budget for the 'alloneword' project. FREE!
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Here is a fun backing track for your endless-jamming pleasure. It is a rock shuffle jam in the key of A.
The chord progression is: |A - - - | G/A - - - |D/A - - - |A - - -| . The way to read 'G/A' is 'G over A' and means a G chord is played with an A bass note. Essentially the ...
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Naming the guitar strings is a fundamental that no beginner should overlook. There are two ways that we can name the string being played.
The first way simply numbers the strings from skinniest to heaviest, 1 through 6. The second names the string by the pitch it is tuned to. Standard guitar ...
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Creating guitar parts that compliment those of other musicians you are playing with will make you a very popular guitarist! Following are some of the options I think of when creating rhythm guitar parts onstage or in the studio.
Rhythm Guitar Options
High to Low
Fast to Slow
Active to Sparse
Groove vs. Fills
Clean to Dirty
Chords to Notes
Sustain to Staccato
Simple Harmony to Complex
Play 'with' vs playing 'against
Creating parts that are ...
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Do you like music? Have you heard of a little company named Google? Ever wish there was a way to musically embrace every one's favorite search engine? Well, have I got a song for you! Enter "Google It!", a song written by
Kyle Rothchild and featuring yours truly on guitar.
Kyle was the bassist in ...
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I believe arpeggios to be some of the most beautiful sounds we can produce on the guitar. The word 'arpeggio' simply means broken chord. On the guitar, the notes of a chord can be played in a melodic fashion (think of the beginning melody to 'The Star-Spangled Banner') or in a chordal fashion where the notes overlap and ring together. The latter is common in ...
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I have a few pieces of information about GuitarTeacher.com to share this week...
First, as you may or may not know, I do most of my website work and video shoots at my teaching studio at
Sparks Music Center. We have had internet problems that made updating GuitarTeacher very awkward. Thankfully, these are resolved as of today and I should be back on-track to posting ...
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You might look at the following picture and ask "How does a bathroom sink help me Play Guitar Better?"
As my last post was on good 'warm-ups' before playing here is another really simple one, pun notwithstanding. Fill a sink with warm to hot (not scalding) water and then place your hands under ...
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