One String Composition Sheet Music After my students have mastered several songs on one string of the guitar, I then teach them how to compose/improvise with a horizontal minor pentatonic scale. Does that sound like greek to you? If so go ahead and watch the video above. It can actually be very simple and is …
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Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes
Hello Friends, As requested by one of my private students I have made a video explaining how to play Blister in the Sun by the Violent Femmes. It has a cool Riff and is also a great song to learn the chords in the key of E. As always feel free to contact me with …
Open Chord Bass Notes
Greetings, It is a rainy day here in Austin, Tx and I currently have nothing to do except sit down with a warm cup of coffee and write about guitar stuff š I have the best job… One of the most important concepts a rhythm guitar player needs to understand is what strings to play …
Finger Per Fret System
Greetings Guitarists, Today we are going to talk about a simple yet very important system that we use on the guitar. It is called theĀ Finger Per Fret System. One of the most difficult things about reading tablature is deciding what finger to play each fret with. This is the most basic solution that we used …
Forming Bar Chords
Hello again!, One of the most physically difficult concepts that beginner-intermediate guitar players run up against is playing bar chords. First and foremost, realize that this is just going to take some time. If you practice them consistently over a long period of time then you WILL see results. That being said there are a …
1, 4, 5, and minor 6 chords
Greeting guitarists!, Lets talk about some of the most basic and most important chord Theory. There is really only one musical concept you need to know if order for this to make sense, and that is the musical alphabet. It starts out just like the regular alphabet, only it repeats itself after G (i.e. A …
Fundamental Technique
Today, I want to cover the basic technique every new (and old) guitar player should be aware of. If you master these fundamental hand positions, then you will progress seamlessly as you learn new styles and advanced levels of music. On the first string (the string closest to the floor) play frets 0 0 3 …
Strumming for Beginners
Hello Fellow Guitarists! Today I would like to give you some easy and useful tips for strumming. Although this is not the only way to play rhythm, it is a great system that will have you strumming away in no time. First we are going to talk about rhythm and then emphasis. For the sake …