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Created 2010 03 09
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Jazzguitar.be has a new lesson for playing Wes Montgomery style. For some reason, and this might no...
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Created 2010 02 10
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Niedt gives some excellent tips about performing. He intelligently categorizes his tips here and ha...
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Created 2010 02 03
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The free music for February is Haydn's Emperor Theme by Joseph Haydn. This is a very short piece an...
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Created 2010 01 18
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Here's part three of the scale practice idea. This adds on to the two previous parts by adding a sc...
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Created 2010 01 14
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Here's part two of the scale practice idea. Last time I mentioned added a second scale form for the...
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Created 2010 01 12
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Douglas Niedt has information posted about master classes and summer lessons. He teaches in Kansas ...
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Created 2010 01 12
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Niedt's first tip for 2010 is a great one. He goes over how to take your success in practice to the...
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Created 2010 01 10
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My wife bought me an Ibanez exotic wood acoustic for Christmas. I was looking around for upgrade id...
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Created 2010 01 09
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One of my students is resisting learning scales. He doesn't accept how useful scales can be. Here'...
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Created 2010 01 03
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Being of the 80's guitar school, the movie Crossroads was a movie for us. The scene at the end wher...
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Created 2010 01 01
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Around St. Louis, Fazio's Music has been a place to go for guitars and music related equipment. For...
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Created 2009 12 24
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More free music for December: Poco Allegretto by Carulli. This piece has some three voice chords bu...
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Created 2009 12 24
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After lots of time learning how to paint, the Project Jem is complete. (Well, need to adjust the ne...
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Created 2009 12 09
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Over Thanksgiving I took my 19 year old Westone guitar and began its transformation into a Franken-J...
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Created 2009 12 09
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Moderato by Diabelli is the free pdf on learnclassicalguitar.com this month. This piece is in 3/4 t...
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Created 2009 11 12
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Jazzguitar.be has put together a couple lists. The first being 100 jazz albums to check out. The l...
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Created 2009 11 12
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Douglas Niedt has part 2 of his scales tip from October posted. Scales using ami--your pick hand in...
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Created 2009 11 12
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Tranquillo by Diabelli is available on learnclassicalguitar.com. This is a short piece that's on th...
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Created 2009 10 30
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Jazzguitar.be posted a Pat Metheny lesson. There's a series of licks shown in music and tab with a ...
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Created 2009 10 28
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The Rebounds band website has been having a lot of updates lately. You might guess who's actually d...
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Created 2009 10 18
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Here's a pdf for common movable chord shapes. You have shapes rooted on the E, A, and D strings wit...
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Created 2009 10 18
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i've been working on a 'book' about soloing. When learning scales, a common use is the solo with th...
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Created 2009 10 18
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This fits in well with a hurdle one of my students is struggling with, scales. Niedt goes over ways...
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Created 2009 10 08
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A new article/lesson discusses applications of right hand techniques from classical to jazz guitar. ...
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Created 2009 10 08
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I really slacked off in posts lately. Some projects have been keeping me busy. One project related...
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Created 2009 10 08
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On learnclassicalguitar.com the free music is 'What if a Day or Month or Year?' is available. This ...
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Created 2009 09 16
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An excellent lesson is on the jazzguitar.be site. This starts with a basic Imaj7 V7 with the V7 as ...
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Created 2009 09 09
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This month, Niedt dives into the topic of anchor fingers. Niedt gives a list of 13 benefits for usi...
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Created 2009 09 06
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Someone is interested in lessons and I made this in preparation for them. This takes the familiar m...
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Created 2009 09 05
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Learnclassicalguitar.com has Anglaise by Fracesco Molino for this month's free music. Usually these...
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Created 2009 09 04
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On jazzguitar.be, there is a posting of Amazing Grace. The song is presented in music and tab and i...
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Created 2009 09 02
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This site is changing web servers. It will likely take a couple days to make sure things are normal...
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Created 2009 08 25
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The jazzguitar.be site posted a Django biography a few days ago. The biography on the site are nice...
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Created 2009 08 11
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With both of the sweeps lessons, you can work with a variety of chords. Think of casual sweeps like...
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Created 2009 08 11
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This is a companion lesson to the Sweeps for Major Chords. These are sweep patterns to use in place...
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Created 2009 08 02
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The learnclassicalguitar.com site has posted it's free music for August. Waltz in D by Carulli is t...
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Created 2009 08 02
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I play with music with a guy who often, when going into jazz territory, says, "You know, Freddie Gre...
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Created 2009 07 29
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To help add some flavor to a chord progression and add a fill between solo sections or some other ti...
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Created 2009 07 27
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This is in the idea stage, but I'm thinking of having a contest. It would be for a chord progressio...
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Created 2009 07 27
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I've been on a do it yourself kick lately. Here's a site that has lots of information, projectguita...
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Created 2009 07 24
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Had some tech problems and couldn't post for a bit. Anyway, despite not being a fan of jam bands, a...
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Created 2009 07 15
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I've been on a guitar mod trip lately. I found this project that's looks like a lot of fun. My old...
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Created 2009 07 15
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Putting together a video was easier than I expected. Well, easy for the product I made. This nicel...
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Created 2009 07 13
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A couple weeks ago, I found myself watching a series on youtube about a guy building a custom JEM gu...
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Created 2009 07 09
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My brother loaned me a copy of Nugent's book God, Guns, and Rock-n-Roll. So, I started poking arou...
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Created 2009 07 09
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The free pdf this month is Andante in Am by Aguado. If you use these to help your reading, this pie...
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Created 2009 07 09
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A long time ago, I posted a Rob & Gab vid, showing how to play they song Tamacun. Just happened to ...
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Created 2009 07 09
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Here's a sad story with a song to give a little punch behind it. ON a short tour, I man flew United...
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Created 2009 07 07
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This video turned out very nice. I even like my solo--which is always good in a recording. I added...
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Created 2009 07 03
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Our first vid for the song Hard to Handle. This was done at a practice we had in an auditorium. Th...
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Created 2009 06 30
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Inspired by the post yesterday here's a lesson on the minor 7 relative major 6 substitution. This i...
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Created 2009 06 29
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A user on the jazzguitar.be site has published a pdf of chord substitutions. This is a great resour...
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Created 2009 06 28
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This sheet introduces with detail harmonic major and minor scales. With notes and tab, you get C an...
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Created 2009 06 28
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A friend of the singer does some photography and took most of these pics. You don't get to see the ...
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Created 2009 06 24
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2 PM at the Pacific Summerfest. The time on stage is enough for a few songs. We're looking to setu...
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Created 2009 06 24
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The Rebounds, the band I'm in, has a site up. It's still being worked on, like every other site, bu...
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Created 2009 06 16
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Here's a pdf showing scales in music and tab for all key signatures. This is grouped into keys with...
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Created 2009 06 14
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Don't know why I haven't ran into this before. On the Gibson site Arlen Roth has a blog. There's a...
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Created 2009 06 14
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Niedt's tip for June is all about the Tambora. This, as you'll get tons of information about from t...
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Created 2009 06 14
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Niedt's tip for June is all about the Tambora. This, as you'll get tons of information about from t...
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Created 2009 06 12
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The chord/tab widget is now a gadget for your iGoogle or any other page. Below is the xml link for ...
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Created 2009 06 11
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I updated the chord/tab search widget that's on the sidebar. I didn't realize it was a year old. F...
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Created 2009 06 09
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I've been playing around with Google Calendar and have a dedicated calendar for lessons. Just have ...
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Created 2009 06 06
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Here's Matt the Guitarist as he's called on youtube. This caught my eye and looking at the profile ...
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Created 2009 06 06
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I've been wanting to make a post like this since I put this site up. The band I'm in, The Rebounds,...
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Created 2009 06 06
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There's a wikihow article about ways to help yourself when struggling. This seems relevant to guita...
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Created 2009 05 29
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I first learned of Stanley Jordan from some terrible Bruce Willis movie in the 80's. Something abou...
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Created 2009 05 20
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Jazzguitar.be has a contribution of a couple of chord charts. These are fairly advanced. If you're...
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Created 2009 05 19
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Julia Bream and Ali Akbar Khan got together many years ago and had a jam session. This is not your ...
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Created 2009 05 16
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Here's a reference for key signatures and corresponding modes and chords. I made this as a practice...
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Created 2009 05 16
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Amazon.com made a list of the 100 greatest jazz albums. You know how the internet clings to lists o...
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Created 2009 05 16
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Neidt's tip of the month regards when he played a concert and used an artificial nail. In the nylon...
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Created 2009 05 16
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Learnclassicalguitar.com has free music for April. I know it's May, see my whiny post about not pos...
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Created 2009 05 16
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Going deep into guitar jazz, the jazzguitar.be site is putting (and adding to) a list of players and...
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Created 2009 05 16
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The jazzguitar.be site is booming. Dirk, the master of all that's web there, is continually adding ...
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Created 2009 05 16
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Been a little distracted and forgot to post some things up here. Found some links, vids, and whatev...
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Created 2009 04 28
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Looking around, I found the Fort Knox of licks. Well, in fairness, it's *a* Fort Knox not *the* For...
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Created 2009 04 28
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Not long ago, the jazzguitar.be site asked its users to suggest tips for becoming better players, an...
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Created 2009 04 25
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For my studio, I recently purchased a Holmes humidifier. It's a cool mist type, runs on AC, and has...
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Created 2009 04 15
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Musician's Friend is having a spring clearance. Hit the link to go the main page for it. This is m...
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Created 2009 04 13
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It must be some psychological safety net to enjoy bossa nova as most people associate it with elevat...
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Created 2009 04 13
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This lesson takes a common jazz standard and breaks down the harmonic structure to show you how to a...
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Created 2009 04 13
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The free music for the month on learnclassicalguitar.com is Prelude in E by Carcassi. Notes and not...
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Created 2009 03 28
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Here's an idea to work on improvising. Taking the idea from many posts ago about improvising on one...
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Created 2009 03 28
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One of my favorite bands put a new album out recently. If you've seen this band live or know much a...
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Created 2009 03 22
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The Classical Guitar Review site has a useful article about practicing scales. The idea is to have ...
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Created 2009 03 22
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I've been slacking a bit posting. Here's Niedt's newest tip of the month. This focuses on dealing ...
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Created 2009 03 12
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With the economy and things like it is, a few people have halted guitar lessons. That started me th...
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Created 2009 03 01
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The learnclassicalguitar.com site has an Arpeggios Study written by the guy who runs the site. This...
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Created 2009 02 23
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Found a nice site with some classical arrangements of some jazz tunes. There are some pdf files, wh...
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Created 2009 02 22
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Cacassi's Prelude in Am is a good piece for guitarists interested in fingerstyle, beginners who want...
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Created 2009 02 21
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As a guitar teacher (and school teacher for that matter) I wonder what goes on inside my students' m...
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Created 2009 02 17
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A few posts back I mentioned something giving me an idea. Don't remember what that was exactly but ...
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Created 2009 02 17
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The free music this month on the learnclassicalguitar.com site is a Gigue by Johann Anton Losy. Pdf...
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Created 2009 02 17
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Another lesson on jazzguitar.be. Taking the description from the source: "I just published a new le...
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Created 2009 02 14
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Romanza, or Romance or Spanish Melody or something else that's similar, is a lower level classical/f...
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Created 2009 02 11
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Georgia Tech researchers are making a vibrating gloves to help people learn to play piano. The idea...
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Created 2009 02 08
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This lesson focuses on the D chord and some notes and rests. The top line introduces the D chord. ...
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Created 2009 02 08
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Here's a lesson the on the jazzguitar.be site, 20 Ways to Comp a II V I IV progression. Expect to r...
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Created 2009 02 05
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Here's the second part of the video lesson on the Bossa Nova. This builds on part one, link below, ...
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Created 2009 02 05
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Not purely guitar related here, but this is one of my favorite jazz pieces performed live. Blue Ron...
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Created 2009 02 02
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It's not about talent--not even for Mozart. This month's tip from Niedt talks about what it takes t...
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Created 2009 02 02
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I usually laugh when I read comments that when guitar players start classical that they have to star...
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Created 2009 01 29
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The second part of this Coltrane lesson gets into the chord changes and focuses on the harmonic conc...
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Created 2009 01 28
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This is a video lesson introducing the bossa nova rhythm. This is not necessarily beginner material...
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Created 2009 01 25
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Here's a tuning guide aimed at beginners, intermediate, and experienced players. The guide covers t...
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Created 2009 01 20
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A new lesson is on the jazzguitar.be site. There's a lot of meat in this lesson: info, music, tabs,...
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Created 2009 01 20
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Ah, the secrets of guitar are being revealed: The Old Kleenex Trick. The idea is to isolate musical...
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Created 2009 01 19
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Here's the second in the beginner chord series. This lesson covers the A and C chords.
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Created 2009 01 14
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Want to see how to make your own flamenco? This trailer shows highlights of a sort of docu-how-to. ...
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Created 2009 01 11
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Updated the open chord chart that's listed on the resources page. Used the Lilypond chord library a...
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Created 2009 01 11
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Here's a file for use with Lilypond (http://lilypond.org/web/). This file has chord frames setup fo...
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Created 2009 01 09
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Keeping a promise to a student here. Here's a PDF that introduces intervals. With notes and tab an...
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Created 2009 01 07
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The latest free music on learnclassicalguitar.com is Light duet by Joseph Kuffner. As a duet, it's ...
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Created 2009 01 05
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Happy New Year! I picked up a student that's brand new to guitar. Unless there's a specific gaol i...
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Created 2008 12 28
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In online classical guitar discussions, Matanya Ophee is a name that in encountered frequently and w...
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Created 2008 12 21
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I tried the song writing utility with one of my students a couple days ago. The problem was the Rom...
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Created 2008 12 17
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Pentatonic scales are often the first scales one learns on guitar. This resources shows major and m...
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Created 2008 12 16
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I get a lot of question about song writing. I put together this utility to try out. It's not fancy...
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Created 2008 12 16
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I updated the scalar mode utility. Added are 6th chords progressions for the church modes and some ...
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Created 2008 12 15
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Going along with this improv theme today's brought. Here's a video showing improv on one string. T...
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Created 2008 12 15
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The jazzguitar.be site has posted the first of a three part series on jazz improv. This is a very i...
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Created 2008 12 15
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I've run across a few articles about improvization. The main point was that during 18th century gui...
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Created 2008 12 07
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I'm feeling industrious this Sunday afternoon and put together some more easy/beginner melody and ch...
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Created 2008 12 07
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I saw Ana Vidivoc in concert last night. This was part of the Great Artist Series and through the S...
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Created 2008 12 06
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Here's a simple version of Jingle Bells. If time is available, don't bet on it, I'll put up some mo...
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Created 2008 11 30
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There's a relatively new site up dedicated to 18th century performance. Now there's a couple vids a...
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Created 2008 11 30
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From the learnclassicalguitar.com site, here's free music for October/November, E String Melody by M...
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Created 2008 11 28
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This link shows many different cejillas and some capos. There's a bit of history and lots of pictur...
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Created 2008 11 24
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Niedt's tip for December is a Christmas related. He gives three versions of a carol with a backgrou...
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Created 2008 11 23
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A few posts back I mentioned helping a student date an older Guild nylon string. I ran across an ar...
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Created 2008 11 22
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Here's a few pics of the new Hippner guitar. It's an amazing instrument. Each note is articulate. ...
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Created 2008 11 22
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Here's a two part video about humidity and acoustics. Essentially, you see a cracked acoustic mostl...
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Created 2008 11 16
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I've been thinking about some of the shorter classical pieces I know and work on making better. As ...
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Created 2008 11 16
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Practicing reading is often a student's least favorite activity. I present reading as a way to make...
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Created 2008 11 16
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I love putting things out in the public. My superb typing skills are always impressive. Sarcasm of...
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Created 2008 11 15
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I read the classical guitar newsgroup often. Often, a guitar seller, and player, Rich Sayage, lists...
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Created 2008 11 10
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A point guitar teachers often make is how to start learning something new. It seems like younger or...
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Created 2008 11 07
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A long overdue update was given to the music theory reference. I've know there were typos and some ...
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Created 2008 11 06
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Was reading in a classical guitar forum about someone with some finger length problems. The part th...
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Created 2008 11 03
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When I get a new student the question of why do I teach reading notes comes up. Well, as a teacher,...
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Created 2008 10 30
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When teaching people to play guitar who have little experience with it, I've noticed a common phase ...
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Created 2008 10 26
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While looking for some lyrics and chords I found a nice guitar site. Gunther Andersons' site has wh...
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Created 2008 10 21
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Ever get bored practicie improvising? At times, I'll get in a rut for various reasons. It might be...
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Created 2008 10 20
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Working with a student who needs to strengthen right hand fingerpicking skills. What we did is do s...
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Created 2008 10 19
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I lot late with this, but here's Andante by Diabelli. On the learn classical guitar site, there's a...
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Created 2008 10 19
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Going to try starting a band with some people. Well, they're starting a band and I was asked to be ...
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Created 2008 10 01
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Here's a link to some exercises for finger stretches. I'll add some info. A chiropractor told me (...
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Created 2008 10 01
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The jazzguitar.be site is calling for guitarists to help their site. In the newletter from the site...
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Created 2008 10 01
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The jazzguitar.be site had a John Coltrane lesson focusing on the song Giant Steps. This site has g...
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Created 2008 10 01
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Not been too able to do many updates lately. As these kidney stones come out--which I'm not wanting...
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Created 2008 09 21
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A student of mine has a Guild nylong string from around 1960. It looks like nearly all the wood is ...
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Created 2008 09 20
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From the jazzguitar.be site, I learned about a great memorabilia site, Wolfgang's Vault. This is fu...
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Created 2008 09 20
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Neidt has the third part of his vibrato tips. That's a lot of detail and information for something ...
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Created 2008 09 14
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Looking at some classical pieces to possibly learn, I ran across a minuet. For some reason, I had a...
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Created 2008 09 12
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The jazzguitar.be site has an update on a way to practice scales. Check it out.
Link (...
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Created 2008 09 08
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I've heard or seen a few performances of the Villa-Lobos etude. This one has an ethereal quality an...
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Created 2008 09 07
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Have a new student who started that knows quite a bit. That's fun for me because it give me more di...
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Created 2008 09 07
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Did some summer cleaning of the site. 1 Removed ths song text files. Having them online didn't ser...
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Created 2008 09 04
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A student and I were talking about modes and scales and got on to the harmonic major scale. Here's ...
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Created 2008 09 04
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You know I like the All Guitar Chords site and their interactive tools. (Please make downloadable v...
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Created 2008 09 03
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Found this blog (http://guitarz.blogspot.com/) that features unusual guitar designs. Many different...
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Created 2008 08 31
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Last night I went to the opera for the first time, Carmen by Bizet. Sat in the front row. Besides ...
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Created 2008 08 28
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On the Open Guitar site (http://openguitar.com) there's a nice page with information about practicin...
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Created 2008 08 26
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Chords are a basic building block of guitar playing. I teach basic open chords then basic barres th...
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Created 2008 08 24
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On Trevor Maurice's learnclassicalguitar.com, new free music for August is up. The selection is Eco...
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Created 2008 08 22
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I saw an article on meditation and as I skimmed it to see if it's worth reading I noticed how someth...
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Created 2008 08 20
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I've been working with a student doing fingerstyle. The situation is they only have an electric gui...
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Created 2008 08 18
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Berlee Music offers some guitar courses online. Reading through, you email or otherwise send record...
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Created 2008 08 15
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About.com is like an alternate wikipedia. Though lists like this annoy me, thought I'd share anyway...
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Created 2008 08 13
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This video demonstrates and explains playing a blues rhythm using ZZ Top for the example. The video...
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Created 2008 08 12
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I saw this a few weeks ago but this is the first time I'd seen a full version. This reminds me of g...
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Created 2008 08 11
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You've probably heard of Isaac Hayes' death. He was an awesome and soulful musician. Who else coul...
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Created 2008 08 07
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Niedt's tip for August is the second part covering vibrato that started in July. A few days late pos...
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Created 2008 08 04
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No, the title isn't a Beevis inspired joke. Though I obviously thought of that. Here's an article ...
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Created 2008 08 02
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Here's the St. Louis Classical Guitar Society 07-08 list of performers. This list is taken from the...
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Created 2008 07 31
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Here's a link to an article about how these two games are competing for better band than the other. ...
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Created 2008 07 30
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Something that astounds some guitar students is learning different ways to tune a guitar. Here's a ...
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Created 2008 07 29
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Here's a cool vid of a father and son playing Tico Tico. Found this when I was looking at different...
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Created 2008 07 28
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Getting a list of the five most expensive guitars is easy (you can sort the list). This list groups...
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Created 2008 07 24
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After a student is with me for awhile, they reach a point of wanting to learn the solo from a song. ...
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Created 2008 07 23
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The Belgian Jazz guitar site has part 2 of the last lesson about minor blues for jazz. The lesson i...
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Created 2008 07 22
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Here's an article of the best guitar solos from the 1970's. Of course these list sparks some debate...
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Created 2008 07 22
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Having different ways to look at chords helps people learn them. Here's a cool site with a nice cho...
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Created 2008 07 20
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I (re)started working on Bach's Prelude No 1 in C from the Well Tempered Clavier book 1. Despite a ...
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Created 2008 07 19
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MusicCards.net has lots of game like sections that are made to help you learn more about music. The...
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Created 2008 07 16
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This was the first one I found Googling, so maybe it's just bad luck. Here's a flash drum machine, ...
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Created 2008 07 16
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Here's a pdf and midi file created with LilyPond for the note the other day (http://www.walzguitar.c...
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Created 2008 07 14
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Found a cool site focused on the Bossa Nova. There are lots of chords and lyrics setup like a jazz ...
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Created 2008 07 14
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Here's a chord progression for E Dorian. This works well in the Jam Machine (http://www.all-guitar-...
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Created 2008 07 13
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Small update on the scalar mode page. There's been some unannounced updates related to this. But, ...
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Created 2008 07 12
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Niedt's tip for July covers vibrato. This is for nylon strings. As always, Niedt does a fantastic ...
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Created 2008 07 12
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The LearnClassicalGuitar.com site has new free music up for July. Andante by Joseph Kuffner. The P...
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Created 2008 07 06
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Going to Jamaica for a week. Always feel odd going through customs having fingernails on one hand. ...
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Created 2008 07 06
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I'm fascinated with 'lesson' video which are more 'look at what I can do' instead of actually being ...
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Created 2008 07 03
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Rand across this video and it reminded me of the Juan Martin video I posted recently. Here Rod and ...
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Created 2008 07 03
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Nearly a year ago I purchased Carcassi in Tablature. This is a spiral bound book and CD published b...
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Created 2008 06 30
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A few weeks ago I purchased four pieces of guitar furniture from Guitar Salon. There are a bench, m...
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Created 2008 06 30
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Juan Martin is a flamenco guitarist who has several publication on Mel Bay and has done various reco...
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Created 2008 06 30
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Changed the display a little to avoid scroll bars and added a refresh function with the next update ...
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Created 2008 06 27
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Here's a simple javascript widget for guitar related sites. It's a customizable multi-search for so...
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Created 2008 06 27
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There's a new lesson on the Jazz Guitar (http://jazzguitar.be) site about the minor blues progressio...
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Created 2008 06 26
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Here's a link I saw on the RMCG group. Nice, detailed, video examples of the rest stroke. Nicely d...
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Created 2008 06 24
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Here's a gadget for Windows Vista. Download and unzip (usually by right clicking and choosing extra...
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Created 2008 06 24
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The Hanser-McClellan duo, St. Louis Bella Corda and Daniele Bazzani will be performing Wednesday, July...
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Created 2008 06 20
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Many guitar students reach a point where they, despite me telling them ahead of time, that many song...
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Created 2008 06 18
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Here's a cool site. Part of the All Guitar Chord site, the Guitar Jam Machine lets you click in cho...
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Created 2008 06 17
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A student asked about worship music. After a little search, here's a good resource, Eilieen Jahna h...
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Created 2008 06 13
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No kidding, play Guitar Hero in your browser. This is a fun game made by the makers--not a copy. S...
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Created 2008 06 13
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You may have noticed a big widget on the front page. I saw something on Perez (http://perezhilton.c...
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Created 2008 06 12
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Made some major improvements to the scalar mode page. (1) Tidied up the layout, instead of many but...
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Created 2008 06 11
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A guitar to change the world... See if you agree after watching the vid. Seems cool, but I'm slowl...
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Created 2008 06 08
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Worked some more with LilyPond some more. I've been putting some of the music I use with students i...
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Created 2008 06 06
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I've been thinking about the notation maker page I have. I've been thinking about how it doesn't do...
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Created 2008 06 05
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Related to the previous note, on the Niedt site is a tip of the month which you can sign up for. Th...
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Created 2008 06 04
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Here's a site I'd used before, but didn't bookmark therefore I forgot it. Anyway, this is where I l...
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Created 2008 06 03
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Here's a list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs according to Rolling Stone magazine. There are some ...
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Created 2008 06 03
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The sincopa is a type of tango rhythm. There are a few variations for this rhythm. If you don't kno...
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Created 2008 06 01
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If you're looking for the explanation for figuring out guitar chords, here's a site that may help. ...
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Created 2008 05 28
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A a musician, hobbyist or working or whatever, staying in the know is good and helps keep things fre...
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Created 2008 05 27
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If the need arises to figure out what a chord is called, visit All-Guitar-Chords Chord Name page (ht...
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Created 2008 05 25
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With this Memorial Day, I was thinking about memorial songs. My sister-in-law passed a little over ...
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Created 2008 05 24
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Barre chords are always a hurdle for beginning guitarists. As a teacher, you want to find something...
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Created 2008 05 22
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During a lesson the other day, a beginner asked about how to learn to chord changes. Meaning, in a ...
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Created 2008 05 21
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Every once in awhile, you'll encounter a chord that just isn't quick in your memory. The few times ...
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Created 2008 05 19
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The milonga is a type of tango rhythm. The milonga is a little more sophisticated than the marcato ...
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Created 2008 05 17
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Paco de Lucia is an excellent guitarist. These vids are from decades ago. One is 1960's and the ot...
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Created 2008 05 16
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A user on YouTube has some highly veiwed instructional vids for classical. Theses are from a classr...
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Created 2008 05 14
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I wanted to get classical guitar 'set up' so I started looking for a luthier that was nearby. I fou...
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Created 2008 05 12
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People often ask what makes a classical guitar a classical guitar. Well, instead of making some abs...
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Created 2008 05 10
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Added 85 more songs to the Hal Leonard guitar songbook library that I have growing on my shelf. Now...
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Created 2008 05 10
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The Stetina site has lots of guitar information. It's more rock and metal oriented. The practice t...
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Created 2008 05 08
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Been wanting to update the note and chord constructors. After thinking, a better idea was to combin...
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Created 2008 05 07
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Some people complain about Nirvana and the lack of musical precision. They forgot that's not really...
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Created 2008 05 05
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Not necessarily guitar related, but Nine Inch Nails has their new album for free download. This see...
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Created 2008 05 05
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A song many beginning students can get a handle on is Stepping Stone. What's good about this song i...
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Created 2008 05 05
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A simple Tango rhythm is the Marcato. Tap you foot, each time you hear a tap, that's the beat and t...
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Created 2008 05 01
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I've been going through the books I have from the Hal Leonard Guitar Songbook series. On the Resour...
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Created 2008 04 30
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The Music Library of Sweden has the collection of classical guitar music digitized and online. The ...
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Created 2008 04 29
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Have a couple students starting this song. I love this old tv show clip.
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Created 2008 04 29
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A student is going to start working on Crush Crush Crush by Paramore.
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Created 2008 04 29
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This is related to potential and current guitar students. I have spots open on Monday and Tuesday. ...
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Created 2008 04 28
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Sometimes, when practicing you'll play something perfect. Something better than a recording. The o...
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Created 2008 04 26
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Here's a simple site I use often. It's basically an online tuner. There's a drop list in case you ...
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Created 2008 04 26
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Here's a site that is like the Real Book but online. On Ralph Patt's Jazz Web Page, you get links t...
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Created 2008 04 25
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If you are learning music or want something to quiz yourself, musictheory.net had some great free to...
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Created 2008 04 23
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Like my brother says, and well, lots of musicians, a metronome is one of the best practice tools you...
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Created 2008 04 23
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Sometimes I hear a song and have to learn the main riff, a fill, or whatever. I went to a friend's ...
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Created 2008 04 21
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Something guitar teachers (and just about any other type of teacher) has to deal with is students no...
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Created 2008 04 19
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Ran across this link in a newsgroup, RMCG. This site has many PDF files that are FREE. The variety...
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Created 2008 04 19
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When practicing, group songs together by a theme. Play them one into the other or medley style. Th...
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Created 2008 04 18
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Almost like a train spotter, I have a tendency to search for lists of guitar songs. Best Metal Riff...
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Created 2008 04 17
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Was working with someone and the topic of strumming came up. The situation was, they were having a ...
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Created 2008 04 16
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For those looking for some direction when beginning classical guitar work, OpenGuitar has some great...
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Created 2008 04 15
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If you're a guitar player who dabbles in classical, then you're missing out on a whole other world...
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Created 2008 04 14
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If your practicing is hitting a boring plateau, here is a suggestion. Play a new, or old, song usin...
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Created 2008 04 13
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Usually, I am a total cheapskate when going to buy something. While waiting for a certain magazine t...
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Created 2008 04 11
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An excellent resource for music and jazz theory and jazz lessons is the Jazz Guitar Online (http://w...
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Created 2008 04 10
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The All Guitar Chords (http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php) is a good place to look up all ki...
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Created 2008 04 09
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Though the article is a few years old, the online edition of Guitar Player magazine has an article that is us...
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Created 2008 04 07
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Added more scale modes to the Scalar Mode page (http://walzguitar.com/modes/). Now, the seven diato...
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Created 2008 04 06
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When learning a new piece or song, learn a part or phase and replay it within a few minutes. Then re...
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Created 2008 04 06
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Using a metronome can be a great help when working on control. Try changing tempos in songs to creat...
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