Whenever we attempt to learn something—an instrument, a language, a piece of software, skateboarding, whatever—it’s easy to get overwhelmed. You see what the greats of the discipline do and think, “How can I ever get to be that good?” You pick up a book on the topic and it’s 400 pages long, written in some…… Continue reading The secret to learning
<<<Part 1 Edge Picking How we position the pick in relation to the strings can have a big effect on how fluidly we can play. One option has the pick parallel to the guitar string, as seen here. (Note: In the above photo I don’t mean to imply that you move you pick in the…… Continue reading A Survey of Guitar Picking, part 2
This is a baritone uke piece I’ve been toying around with for a while. I’m always interested in the design of music and thought I would break down the song here. The tune starts off with a series of arpeggios all built off chords in the E minor scale. This section then repeats with a…… Continue reading A look at “Justine’s Garden” (uke song/video)
Note: To understand this article you’ll need to be familiar with basic chord theory and the use of Roman numerals to notate chords. (This link can fill you in.) I often find myself having to learn songs quickly. (Related article: How to learn a lot of songs fast.) Often I’ll end up scouring the internet…… Continue reading Songs can be harmonized in different ways
I was thinking I should write up a good tutorial about that most essential rock guitar tool, the power chord. I surfed around on the web for research and came to the conclusion that I couldn’t do any better than what I found over at Justinguitar.com. He covers the technique of holding the power chord…… Continue reading Power Chords
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