Subject: Bleh...
Bleh...
June 30th, 2017 at 8:29 am EDTHey Friend, Sorry to tell you I’m a bit under the weather… Without going into details, let’s just say I hope it isn’t the same bug my boss had - otherwise, it’s going to be a rough weekend. I’m hoping it’s just something to get out my ...
Purposely Play Your First Arpeggio
June 29th, 2017 at 8:39 am EDTHey Friend, Okay, I lied. Maybe it’s not your first. In fact, if you’ve been around for a little while, I’ve given you exercises that included an arpeggio or two. Don’t hate me... Today’s lesson is a short one, and won’t take but a ...
Broken Chords
June 28th, 2017 at 8:40 am EDTHey Friend, For some reason I woke up feeling like today is Friday… man, what a letdown! We’ve covered a lot of chords and their forms and voicings. You’ve gotten lots of chord charts and instruction on how these have been constructed. What ...
Boost Your Creativity
June 27th, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, Practicing guitar can sometimes turn into a mundane chore, especially if you don’t feel like you’re gaining any ground. This is one of the reasons you might find yourself “noodling” around the guitar neck instead of working on th ...
I'm Back...
June 26th, 2017 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, “I’m back in the saddle again.” Aerosmith Got back late last night on that big white bird, then up early to skid back into the groove. I’m indebted to you for letting me slack for the past two days. Unfortunately, the hotel w ...
I Saw Her Standing There Melody 2
June 23rd, 2017 at 8:26 am EDTHey Friend, I put together an alternate version of the verse to let you hear what “I Saw Her Standing There” would have sounded like using the chords from the normal harmonic progression of E major. Like we reviewed with the chord lessons, the ...
I Saw Her Standing There Melody
June 22nd, 2017 at 8:30 am EDTHey Friend, We’re flying up to Cleveland this morning to attend my nephew’s wedding, so I put together a short lesson for today and tomorrow. I mentioned yesterday that the minor 7 note has a lot of influence on the melody in ”I Saw Her Stand ...
I Saw Her Standing There Lesson 2
June 21st, 2017 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, How did you do with the exercises yesterday? The tempo is quite a bit faster than we’re used to working with, but not as fast as the boys originally played it (compare to the video from two days ago). It’s not the exact strum eithe ...
I Saw Her Standing There Lesson 1
June 20th, 2017 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, Let’s look at the first verse of The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There.” The song is in the key of E, and the chords throughout stay within the key with the exception of a C major chord in the chorus. Here’s a reminder of ...
Let’s Compare Chords
June 19th, 2017 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, We’re going to start off studying The Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There.” Since you’re already familiar with 12 bar Blues, you’ll be happy to know this song loosely follows that structure. This was one of the first songs r ...