In this short post I want to spend a few words on the importance of knowing tunes, either written by other musicians or by yourself. ‘Repertoire’ is often a fancy word we use to identify ‘all the tunes we know’. In my experience as teacher I have found to be a divide between the guitarist… Continue reading The Importance of Repertoire
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5 ways to improve your guitar technique
If you fall in the category of the million of guitarists out there frustrated with their technique, these are 5 quick suggestions to quickly clean up your skills. 1. Use your metronome! As cliche’ as it sounds, your metronome is your best friend. Whatever scale, phrase, exercise you want to improve or speed up, start with a… Continue reading 5 ways to improve your guitar technique
MrG Blues Backing Tracks Vol 3 – Rock Blues
Buy ‘MrG Blues Tracks Vol 3, Rock Blues’ Mp3 Album securely with Paypal $9.99 A – Rockin’ Out Em – Slow Shuffle Groove Abm – 80’s Pop Rock C – The Bounce Bb – Relax Eb – Stone In My Shoe G – Stevie’s Shuffle Db – Fast Lane D – Funk Rock F –… Continue reading MrG Blues Backing Tracks Vol 3 – Rock Blues
A tool to improve your improvising skills.
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.
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
Triads
In this lesson I go through all inversions for the most popular major triad ‘shapes’ on guitar. The theory behind triads is quite simple: a major triad is basically the 1st, 3rd and 5th note of a major scale. If analysed in intervals: from the root I will have a first note that is a… Continue reading Triads
5 Free Online Metronomes that work flawlessly.
I have always wanted to find a good on-line metronome that worked flawlessly so that I could practice or find the perfect tempo wherever I had an internet connection. I am sure nowadays most of us have a metronome on their mobile, but I found that these 5 following free on-line metronomes had something cool to offer, and also worked smoothly. 1 simple.bestmetronome.com/… Continue reading 5 Free Online Metronomes that work flawlessly.
The Guitar Kit Pro – Blank Music Templates and Guitar Templates
If you enjoyed the free version of ‘The guitar kit’, ‘THE GUITAR KIT PRO’ is an even bigger collection of music and guitar templates, that I personally use to teach, now available in a consistent and professional look. Over 70 pages of print quality templates in both JPG and PDF format, customizable and brand-able (step… Continue reading The Guitar Kit Pro – Blank Music Templates and Guitar Templates
Playing in Fourths
I really like this style of phrasing, take some great examples like McCoy Tyner, and a lot of the ‘hard bop’ jazz cats. The basic idea is this: take a scale, in this example I will use a C major scale. Now play all the diatonic fourths contained in C major: In the video I am playing… Continue reading Playing in Fourths