Watch this analysis of a chord from Book 1 of Mickey Baker’s famous book Mickey Baker’s Complete Course in Jazz Guitar: Book 1 (Ashley Publications). It’s one of the chords that greet the reader in the first lesson. Learn about this rootless chord that actually looks like it should be called something else! The explanation […]
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How to Play Guitar Bar Chords
Every guitarist remembers the challenges of learning how to play guitar bar chords and to be honest, I still prefer NOT to use them if I have a choice! But playing Bar Chords on guitar is an essential skill that opens up a world of possibilities on guitar. If you can’t play bar chords already […]
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Improve Memory Guitar Exercises
These “Improve Memory Guitar Exercises” challenge your short term memory. How? By sequencing a number of notes from a scale then repeating the same number of notes beginning on the next scale note. Then continue, starting a new sequences on each succeeding note of the scale. This challenges you to keep in mind the previous […]
What is an Odd Time Signature? How do you play odd time signatures and what is an odd time signature? When speaking of odd time signatures the word odd can be thought of as meaning the antithesis of even. It can also mean strange or uncommon. Odd time signatures have odd numbers like 5/4, 7/4, […]
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ROCKETBOOK Reusable Notebooks
Being old-school I like to write on actual paper. I believe it helps you to think when you have a piece of paper in your hands. Well actually, with Pilot’s Rocketbook Reusable Notebooks you can have that natural feel and still captured content on your phone or tablet. Another plus, is that with Rocket’s scanner […]
String companies now make pure nickel blues guitar strings made form solid nickel windings. DR and other string companies market these as Blues strings. Nickel has different magnetic and hardness properties than stainless steels. Stainless steel is a more common material for strings. Nickel strings have a more mellow sound. But is this mellow sound […]
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Guitar Practice Hacks
Most of us have little free time, yet we want to devote time to the instrument that we love. Here are some Guitar Practice Hacks to help you get the most out of your practice. Get FREE practice log sheets here. All right, so what we are going to do is to take a look […]
I recently customized a whiteboard for teaching music. The good old-fashioned whiteboard is still widely used and is really useful for teaching music to more than one student. If you customize a whiteboard, it can become a much more effective and efficient way to teach. How to Customize a Whiteboard to Teach Music To write […]