Subject: Solid Rock Sounds with Downstroke Picking
Solid Rock Sounds with Downstroke Picking
March 23rd, 2018 at 8:36 am EDTHey Friend, Ah, the joys of computers… I sat down to write this morning and was handicapped within minutes. The mouse battery was drained, so I’m having to brush off my ninja keyboarding skills… Boy, am I rusty! Anyhoo, let’s hope your day ...
Let’s Look at Rhythmic Patterns
March 21st, 2018 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, Up until now, we’ve focused on the melodic and harmonic patterns that repeat all over the guitar neck. We looked at intervals in their fundamental state - the space between two individual notes - and combining two or more notes to play ...
Two-Finger Patterns for Unlimited Sounds
March 18th, 2018 at 12:24 pm EDTHey Friend, Today's exercises only require you to have two fingers and the ability to strum simple patterns. These are easy to play, and yet you’re going to be excited by how good you sound! Over the past few weeks we've looked at a few fingerin ...
Shred and Thunder
March 16th, 2018 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, Happy Friday! This one is particularly sweet for me, because I’m not going to the j.o.b.! Takin’ a vaca day to do a little trip to historic St. Augustine, Florida with the fam… There were a couple articles this week from Guitar ...
Hearing Harmonies
March 14th, 2018 at 8:33 am EDTGet Your Daylight Savings Hysteria
March 11th, 2018 at 10:33 am EDTHey Friend, Here we are, Daylight Savings Time. Already behind the 8-Ball! It’s 0930 hours and it feels like half the day is gone. I know my body still thinks it’s only 0830, but that visual aspect of the time on the clock just makes me feel l ...
Teacher’s Late - Take the Day Off
March 9th, 2018 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, Happy Friday! I’ve got an exercise in the works for you that demonstrates the major third interval pattern. Unfortunately, it’ll have to wait until Sunday. At least you didn’t drive all the way to class and then find out the ins ...
Coloring With Thirds
March 7th, 2018 at 8:33 am EDTHey Friend, It’s easy to take music at face value -- to just listen without really hearing. As musicians, part of our job is to recognize how the tapestry of notes and beats are creating a story for the listener and moving them through. We’re ...
To Err is Normal (For ME)
March 4th, 2018 at 9:08 am EDTHey Friend, So I mentioned in the last email that I wished the interval pattern in the riff example “Open Arms” (Journey) was a perfect fifth, but it is not. Simple Riff 7 Exercise PDF Simple Riff 7 Exercise MP3 Remember, an “interval” is ...
Perfect Fifth Exercise Breakdown
March 2nd, 2018 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, Happy Friday! Probably the third favorite phrase in the English language, after “quitting time” and “want a beer?” Lets review the exercise from Wednesday. If you need the files again, here they are: Simple Riff 7 Exercise PDF ...