Subject: Creating Some Tension
Creating Some Tension
May 11th, 2016 at 11:07 am EDTHey Friend, The last chord I've been playing with so far is a G#m chord. Played at the fourth fret, you barre the first three strings with your index finger and add a G# note at the sixth fret fourth string (get the exercise files if you don't have t ...
Look Mom, (No 5) Note
May 10th, 2016 at 11:21 am EDTHey Friend, Continuing with the song idea I've been working on... Here are the exercise files if you missed them. The second chord that has worked its way into my brain in this song idea is along the same lines as yesterday's - equally scary to see ...
Add Some Spice To Your Chords
May 9th, 2016 at 11:18 am EDTHey Friend, Before we get into details of the chords I tabbed out for this song brewing in my head, let me just say... they're not as scary as they look by their names. Download the exercise files here. If you look at the shapes, only one chord coul ...
Happy Mother's Day
May 8th, 2016 at 11:18 am EDTHey Friend, It's Mother's Day. Did you call your mom? And if you are a mom, you ROCK! Guitar playing Momma's are COOL! Just sayin'... If we were still in Ohio, we'd probably be having lunch with family. So instead, we're going to go out and have a ...
My Frozen Claws
May 7th, 2016 at 11:13 am EDTHey Friend, Just a quick shout today, as I am in the midst of the floor replacement project. We got started late in the afternoon yesterday, and the first order of business was to move all the furniture. As we got the first or second piece moved, I n ...
Do You Like Puzzles?
May 6th, 2016 at 12:00 pm EDTHey Friend, Happy Friday! Ha, got an email from Nancy yesterday about enjoying margaritas on Cinco de Mayo. She said ALL her chords are diminished after a couple of drinks... ROFL! First off, a bit of news. Remember that little bout of stage fright I ...
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
May 5th, 2016 at 11:19 am EDTHey Friend, I first learned about this Mexican holiday when I was stationed in California back in the Eighties. I only heard about it because we would go to a Mexican restaurant called El Toritos on Thursdays for happy hour margaritas ($.75!!!) and s ...
Feel the Angst in Diminished Chords
May 4th, 2016 at 11:12 am EDTHey Friend, Before I get back to discussing more usable chords, let's take a quick look at Diminished chords, which are the seventh chord in the "harmonic scale." We use the Roman numeral vii° in a musical score to denote a diminished chord.. The Di ...
Argh, Stagefright.
May 3rd, 2016 at 11:16 am EDTHey Friend, Why do we get nervous before a performance? We learn and practice, we feel good about what we know, but inevitably, the nerves gain a foothold and before you know it, you're wondering if the butterflies are ever going to quit goofing arou ...
Sweating With the Rocker
May 2nd, 2016 at 11:16 am EDTHey Friend, Whew, what a morning! We're getting our new well pump put in today, and I had some prep work to do before the contractor gets here. Of course, he gave me plenty of time this morning - I think standard arrival time is 9:30 to 10 AM. I had ...