Subject: Happy Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day
May 14th, 2017 at 10:13 am EDTHey Friend, It’s Mother’s Day here in the States, so make sure you remember your mom. You wouldn’t be here except for her! I won’t keep you long. I just saw a cool video from Tyler Larson where he talks about the getting through the times o ...
The Pick MattersThe Pick Matters
May 13th, 2017 at 10:17 am EDTHey Friend, I didn’t forget about you - I’ve just been entertaining. My sister is here I’m trying to be a halfway decent host. I don’t want to leave you hanging, so check out this little video from Kirk Hammett (of Metallica). He’s talkin ...
C#m as the Im Chord
May 12th, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, I just noticed a typo in yesterday’s message - I said “rating” instead of “starting” point. Did you notice that? Do you zero in on editing disasters, or does your brain do an autocorrect and just move on? I either have to fire ...
The C# Minor Key
May 11th, 2017 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, There is one more minor key we haven’t looked at yet to compliment the major keys we’ve studied so far, and that is C# minor. C# minor is the relative minor key to the key of E major. If you remember, the relative keys have the sam ...
Clearing the Fog?
May 10th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, I don’t know about you, but I feel a little like Alice emerging from the rabbit hole… Maybe looking at the intervals as they relate to chord construction was too aggressive, or just convoluted, or maybe it was me… I have been know ...
The Minor Third in the Major Triad
May 9th, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, Yesterday we looked at the first interval in a major chord - the major third, which consists of two whole steps (four frets up) from the tonic (or 1 note) in a major scale. The second interval in a major chord is a minor third interval. ...
The Intervals of the Major Chord
May 8th, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, Okay, it’s been a few days since we talked about intervals and scales and such. Let’s circle back and talk about how major chords use the intervals. When you want to construct a major triad (chord), you need to first determine what ...
No Lesson Today
May 7th, 2017 at 8:23 am EDTHey Friend, Take the day off! Play your guitar for the pure joy of it. Put some music on and just play along. I’m hurrying to get as much done around the house before our guests arrive on Friday, and I’m buried in piles of clutter that have bee ...
Eddie Van Halen’s Alien Technique
May 6th, 2017 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, I completely forgot to wish you a happy Cinco de Mayo yesterday, so Happy belated Cinco de Mayo! There, I feel better… I was checking out an article at Guitar World about Eddie Van Halen’s unique picking technique. It’s pretty wel ...
Feels Like New Math, Ugh
May 5th, 2017 at 8:45 am EDTHey Friend, Did you read yesterday’s message? Were you confused? Does it appear that… I CAN’T COUNT?!? Actually, I can, but the way I talked about numbering major and minor intervals may have been too much like new math. You know, the kind t ...