Recycling melodic material is a concept that you can apply to many different situations. Here we will see how to change a melodic line and how to adapt this line (with some harmonic knowledge) to other chords. 1) This is our original melodic line, a D minor ‘jazzy’ kind of phrase. 2) The first thing… Continue reading Recycling melodic material
Category: Special Topics
Layers
This lesson about layers is pretty self explanatory…being in HD you can read the layers pretty well in the video, I think. get in touch if you want me to post them on here. Good luck!
More open strings voicings – Hall Goes West
In this lesson I show how to add more open string vocings to your vocabulary by explaining the transcription of Hall Goes West, from my cd ‘Entwined’. Download the transcription (PDF file) Listen to the tune (mp3) – Hall Goes West
Advice on sound: Creative noises
Make some creative guitar noise! The typical scenario at a pop/rock recording session is trying to come up with some interesting guitar parts that fit the song, but fulfill your creative side as well. The three parts you are usually asked to record are riffs/chords, solos and what I call ‘noises’. These are usually based… Continue reading Advice on sound: Creative noises
Power Chords – From Basic to more advanced structures
A long-ish lesson about power chords. From The basic 1-5 that we should all know, to more contemporary and fuller sounding shapes, as used by contemporary prog rock bands, and more! Just watch, learn, go out and play. Printable PDF: Power chords shapes
How to use a capo – different approaches
Jog Scale
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
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