This is a scale I know as ‘Jog scale’. I am sure even though you might not know it by name, you have heard its sound before, as it is featured in a lot of Beatles tunes, and also a favorite of guitarist Eric Johnson. It has an Indian flavor to my ears…just watch the… Continue reading Jog Scale
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Harmonics on guitar
In this video I’ll show you how to produce harmonics on guitar and where to find them along the fretboard. A lot of young players tend to think that harmonics are just randomly spread all over the guitar. They actually follow a very precise series on every string. Just watch the video and check out… Continue reading Harmonics on guitar
Playing with a Slide – Tips
Slide: Hints and Tips Don’t we all love playing slide? Here some tips on phrasing and a couple of ideas on open tunings widely used to play in this style. The tuning I use in the second part of the video is what is know as G open tuning, so from the 6th string (low… Continue reading Playing with a Slide – Tips
Open Strings Voicings
I am quite into open strings voicings as I think they are one of the few things you can only play on guitar and no other instrument, and I would compare the sound to that of a piano when the sustain pedal is used: the sound is fuller, sustained, rich in harmonics. in this video… Continue reading Open Strings Voicings
On how to find new and original material
A lot of musicians seem to have to wait for the magic inspirational moment to write new material…but as we know, that does not always come very often…and usually it always comes at the wrong time, when you have noting to write/record your new ideas on. Even though there might be moment of your… Continue reading On how to find new and original material
Considerations on practicing – the power of your mind.
Your mind is a very powerful thing. Have you ever thought how many single actions are necessaries to play an instrument? Even in its simplest form, play a single note on the guitar, it must involve hundreds, if not thousands of impulses in our brain and around our body. This never ceases of… Continue reading Considerations on practicing – the power of your mind.
Modes of major scale Pt4
We have seen in the three previous videos where modes of the major scale come from and how to analyze them. Here I will show you how to use them. So in this video you will find a brief introduction to how to recognize basic modal chord progressions (=chords from part of a tune, or… Continue reading Modes of major scale Pt4
Modes of major scale pt3
This is a another classic chart to understand how modes are built by comparing them to the major scale staring from the same note…you’ll see right away how D Dorian is a minor mode and how it differs from D major scale. Printable PDF: Modes Pt3 C Ionian = C major by constitution and it… Continue reading Modes of major scale pt3
Modes of major scale pt2
Modes of the major scale Pt2. In the first video I showed you all the modes from one scale (C major), where all the modes shared the same notes, each one starting from a different note. Here I’ll do something different: all my modes will start from the same note (C). Of course all these… Continue reading Modes of major scale pt2
Modes of major scale pt1
Modes are a simple subject that sometimes can be misunderstood. Modes are ‘inversions’ of a scale, a scale ‘within’ a scale that takes life of its own. In this first series of videos about modes I show you the modes from the major scale: these are just 7 other scales, built with the same notes… Continue reading Modes of major scale pt1