It’s not a secret that one of my all time favourite guitar instructional books is The Advancing Guitarist by Mick Goodrich. One the exercises explained in this great book is about creating a random sequence of chords by writing every type of chord (major, minor, all the 7th chords and, if you feel more adventurous, chords… Continue reading A tool to improve your improvising skills.
Month: October 2010
5 Ways To Improve Your Sight Reading
We have heard too many times jokes about guitarists that cannot read music, or are the worst reader in the group…or the kind of guys that consider reading music unnecessary as ‘Clapton does not read music and is famous’. I can assure you that reading traditional notation will improve the knowledge of the instrument and… Continue reading 5 Ways To Improve Your Sight Reading
Triads Pt 2 Spread Voicings
We have seen in the previous lesson al the major triads in close (or closed) position. As already stated if these notes of the triad (or ‘voices’) are contained within an octave we call it in ‘close’ or ‘closed’ position, as opposite as ‘spread’ position (more than an octave). Just watch the video where I… Continue reading Triads Pt 2 Spread Voicings