Subject: Just Like Blackbeard...
Just Like Blackbeard...
February 28th, 2018 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Well, running with my hair on fire again! I put together a series of exercises giving examples of the perfect fifth interval being used in in various scenarios, but I’ll need to come back to it for the lesson. Simple Riff 7 Exercise ...
Another Easy Interval Pattern
February 25th, 2018 at 9:33 am EDTHey Friend, We’ve had a chance to see the octave interval pattern in action, so let’s turn our attention to the next pattern on the neck. The perfect fifth interval. Remember, we started looking at these intervals as a way to help you both lear ...
Cleaning Up After Myself
February 23rd, 2018 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, Well, Wednesday was a mess, yes? I got an email from my bud Michelle up in NYC, and after reviewing what I sent out, no wonder there’s some confusion! It’s like my brain went dyslexic all of a sudden. So I’m going to try to undo ...
How About That Octave?
February 21st, 2018 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Sorry - I didn’t have a lot of time to write out any instructions, but here are some exercises demonstrating the use of the octave interval in songs. I tabbed out two songs in both half and full tempo so you can practice. Simple Riff ...
Friend, Practice These Patterns
February 18th, 2018 at 10:14 am EDTHey Friend, Okay, I lied. I told you I’d give you some examples of how to use various interval patterns today. But I don’t have examples ready. Yet. What I do have are some exercises that get your fingers used to how you would place them on t ...
Super Simple Guitar Patterns
February 16th, 2018 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, I know I might sound like a broken record, but understanding that patterns rule the guitar fingerboard (as well as music in general) will take you far. Because patterns are a very simple concept to understand, you can very quickly start ...
Happy Valentine’s Day
February 14th, 2018 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, Happy Valentine’s Day to y’all! Hallmark has done a great job reminding us that today, we should do something nice for our sweeties. I’m lucky enough to have three - my wife and two daughters, and candy is always a winner! I saw a ...
Practice the Minor Drop
February 11th, 2018 at 9:41 am EDTHey Friend, Hope your weekend is going well. On Friday, we talked about using a chromatic technique to create a downward stepping movement in chord progression. The technique is called a minor drop. Today, I put together a couple tabs for you de ...
How About a Chromatic Chord Progression?
February 9th, 2018 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, Last week, we talked about the chromatic scale - just one of the many useful patterns you can learn to incorporate into your playing. We looked at using a chromatic riff in a guitar solo to help “spice” it up a bit and give it movem ...
Watch a Joe Satriani Master Class
February 7th, 2018 at 8:36 am EDTHey Friend, GUITAR WORLD has done it again! They sat down with Joe Satriani to talk about learning how to express yourself on guitar and delivered it up on a silver platter for us. GW was kind enough to transcribe the entire video and include tabs, ...