I see a lot of flaws in the way many of my students practice soloing for rock lead guitar. I see I guitar players simply practicing exercises and licks without playing along with chords. Seems pretty natural to most to just pick up your guitar and start practicing things. But, there is no anchor balance […]
Musicians tend to think of a metronome as a static time keeper. The enforcer of the law, the man, you know… the rhythm police. The truth is, time doesn’t have to be as rigid as one might believe. Einstein discovered time is not linear, so why would it be in music? Ok, I know this […]
I’ve talked about chord shapes on Root 5 and Root 6 strings before. Today I want to talk about two basic shapes for Major 7th chords with root 4 voicings. These chords can be really great when you’re playing in a larger band. They’re cleaner then root 5 and root 6 voicings. Plus, they sound […]
In this lesson I want to talk about the many ways we can adapt expressions to a melody. Vocal melodies in songs tend to be concrete. They may have some variation, but they have a reoccurring theme. That makes them great for articulation study. There isn’t anything you can’t learn from a melody. The best […]
