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February 2012 – 75% off all products at Trueguitarist.com

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New eBook: Contemporary Blues Chords and Comping, Out now!

Contemporary Blues Chords and Comping Buy ‘Contemporary Blues Chords and Comping’ E-book securely with Paypal $19.95 An in-depth exploration of the twelve bar blues, from classic R&R grooves to the most Modern Blues and Fusion sounds, following a journey through different comping styles and techniques. I have written this book to provide a variety of… Continue reading New eBook: Contemporary Blues Chords and Comping, Out now!

Posture, Warm ups, Stretching and Health for the Working Guitarist.

As a working guitarist, sooner or later you will be confronted by tension in your upper body and shoulders. I always try to teach to all my students how to avoid tension and explain how warming up before a session/gig and sitting/standing correctly can make a huge difference in how you will feel at the end of… Continue reading Posture, Warm ups, Stretching and Health for the Working Guitarist.

Check List for the forgetful Guitarist

I usually play 150+ gigs a year in different styles, in different settings, sometimes playing ‘dep’ gigs, where you might not know what you’ll be doing until the last minute, it is easy to forget stuff at home (I have done so twice last week…). I have created this check-list to make sure this does… Continue reading Check List for the forgetful Guitarist

Most useful guitar chords to learn

I get often asked, especially by beginners, which are the most useful guitar chords to learn when approaching the instrument for the first time. I always thought the open chords where a good guess, as they appear on most famous ‘sing along’ pop tunes…but I never really knew exactly which ones. That’s  where the the guys from www.jumbojimbo.com come… Continue reading Most useful guitar chords to learn

Bebop Guitar: Practice the most famous Charlie Parker’s Tunes

I bumped on this fantastic video by an exceptionally skilled fellow guitar player who stringed together some of the most famous Charlie Parker’s heads to create a montage for (I guess) practice purpose. I though this was a great idea and you can find it right below. I will definitely use this video for my practice routine and to keep these… Continue reading Bebop Guitar: Practice the most famous Charlie Parker’s Tunes

Ted Greene Talks about Lenny Breau and his Techniques

In this series of videos Ted Greene, shows some great ideas on harmonics produced by the right hand and other techniques made popular by guitar giant Lenny Breau…some really unusual stuff, and unique sounding chords.  I especially like how adding the harmonics creates ‘cluster’ voicings, often very difficult to play on guitar. Fantastic stuff.

Autotune for guitar?

I am not sure what this is going to do exactly…I am sure it will tune out-of-tune guitars (the existing version of Autotune already does to an extent, so does the polyphonic version of Melodyne). I guess we will have to wait and see. I am sure, this Antares ATG-6 will spark some controversy. Not a lot of… Continue reading Autotune for guitar?