I have never been a huge fan of Guitar Hero: five buttons did not seem to be as good as six string and 22 frets…until I recently saw this game: www.powergig.com The company Seven45 announced their game coming out later in 2010. Instead of the plastic controller they will offer a real guitar as a… Continue reading New guitar game: ‘Guitar Hero’ killer?
Month: March 2010
Playing guitar with strange objects
Sometimes in my stumbleupon sessions I ‘stumble’ on some strange guitar videos…I decided to post a few for your amusement. Enjoy! Electric Whisk Drill Pencils Cat
5 Mistakes of the rookie live musician/guitarist
When I am not playing gigs, I like to go to live music events of different genres and different levels…after a while, tired of seeing the same things done wrong over and over I thought of writing this short post. So there you go: 5 mistakes a live musician should never make! 1. Noodling Before/Between… Continue reading 5 Mistakes of the rookie live musician/guitarist
Using Different Guitar Picks
These are the picks I have used during this lesson:
Tritone Substitution/Passing Chords
Very simple concept widely used in jazz ( but good for other styles). Like shown in the video, G7 and Db7 are two chords a tritone away (tritone=6 semitones) that share the same 3rd and 7th. G7= G B D F Db=Db F Ab B as you see the notes B and F are common… Continue reading Tritone Substitution/Passing Chords