Walz Guitar - Notes Index

Niedt June Tip Cascading Harmonics	Created 2010 06 17
Niedt's tip for June covers cascading harmonics. He demonstrates this technique in fourteen (!) vid...
People You Find In Music Stores	Created 2010 03 28
This is a funny article about the types of people you see at the music store. The list should have ...
Niedt Tip Harmonics	Created 2010 03 22
Niedt has a video tip for this month covering harmonics. On the page is listed a contents for the v...
WalzGuitar Moving	Created 2010 03 19
The actually location of lessons will be moving in a couple months. Lesson information and maps wil...
Play Wes Montgomery Style	Created 2010 03 09
Jazzguitar.be has a new lesson for playing Wes Montgomery style. For some reason, and this might no...
Niedt Tip for February	Created 2010 02 10
Niedt gives some excellent tips about performing. He intelligently categorizes his tips here and ha...
Free Music for February	Created 2010 02 03
The free music for February is Haydn's Emperor Theme by Joseph Haydn. This is a very short piece an...
Scale Practice Idea Part Three	Created 2010 01 18
Here's part three of the scale practice idea. This adds on to the two previous parts by adding a sc...
Scale Practice Idea Part Two	Created 2010 01 14
Here's part two of the scale practice idea. Last time I mentioned added a second scale form for the...
Niedt Summer Lessons	Created 2010 01 12
Douglas Niedt has information posted about master classes and summer lessons. He teaches in Kansas ...
Niedt Tip for January	Created 2010 01 12
Niedt's first tip for 2010 is a great one. He goes over how to take your success in practice to the...
Acoustic Guitar Pins	Created 2010 01 10
My wife bought me an Ibanez exotic wood acoustic for Christmas. I was looking around for upgrade id...
Scale Practice Idea	Created 2010 01 09
One of my students is resisting learning scales. He doesn't accept how useful scales can be. Here'...
Paganini Caprice 5 Section A	Created 2010 01 03
Being of the 80's guitar school, the movie Crossroads was a movie for us. The scene at the end wher...
Fazios Music Online Store Open	Created 2010 01 01
Around St. Louis, Fazio's Music has been a place to go for guitars and music related equipment. For...
More Free Music for December	Created 2009 12 24
More free music for December: Poco Allegretto by Carulli. This piece has some three voice chords bu...
Project Franken Jem Done	Created 2009 12 24
After lots of time learning how to paint, the Project Jem is complete. (Well, need to adjust the ne...
Project Jem	Created 2009 12 09
Over Thanksgiving I took my 19 year old Westone guitar and began its transformation into a Franken-J...
Free Music for December	Created 2009 12 09
Moderato by Diabelli is the free pdf on learnclassicalguitar.com this month. This piece is in 3/4 t...
Top 100 Jazz Albums for Suggesting	Created 2009 11 12
Jazzguitar.be has put together a couple lists. The first being 100 jazz albums to check out. The l...
Niedt Tip for November	Created 2009 11 12
Douglas Niedt has part 2 of his scales tip from October posted. Scales using ami--your pick hand in...
Free Music for the Month	Created 2009 11 12
Tranquillo by Diabelli is available on learnclassicalguitar.com. This is a short piece that's on th...
Pat Metheny Lesson	Created 2009 10 30
Jazzguitar.be posted a Pat Metheny lesson. There's a series of licks shown in music and tab with a ...
The Rebounds site updates	Created 2009 10 28
The Rebounds band website has been having a lot of updates lately. You might guess who's actually d...
Movable Chord Shapes	Created 2009 10 18
Here's a pdf for common movable chord shapes. You have shapes rooted on the E, A, and D strings wit...
List of Soloing Techniques	Created 2009 10 18
i've been working on a 'book' about soloing. When learning scales, a common use is the solo with th...
Niedt Tip for October	Created 2009 10 18
This fits in well with a hurdle one of my students is struggling with, scales. Niedt goes over ways...
Right Hand for Jazz Players	Created 2009 10 08
A new article/lesson discusses applications of right hand techniques from classical to jazz guitar. ...
Where Are My Posts	Created 2009 10 08
I really slacked off in posts lately. Some projects have been keeping me busy. One project related...
Free Music for October	Created 2009 10 08
On learnclassicalguitar.com the free music is 'What if a Day or Month or Year?' is available. This ...
Jazz Turnaround and Substitutions	Created 2009 09 16
An excellent lesson is on the jazzguitar.be site. This starts with a basic Imaj7 V7 with the V7 as ...
Niedt Tip for September	Created 2009 09 09
This month, Niedt dives into the topic of anchor fingers. Niedt gives a list of 13 benefits for usi...
Beginner Lesson Little Lamb	Created 2009 09 06
Someone is interested in lessons and I made this in preparation for them. This takes the familiar m...
Classical Music for September	Created 2009 09 05
Learnclassicalguitar.com has Anglaise by Fracesco Molino for this month's free music. Usually these...
Amazing Grace Jazz	Created 2009 09 04
On jazzguitar.be, there is a posting of Amazing Grace. The song is presented in music and tab and i...
Server Move	Created 2009 09 02
This site is changing web servers. It will likely take a couple days to make sure things are normal...
Django Reinhardt Biography	Created 2009 08 25
The jazzguitar.be site posted a Django biography a few days ago. The biography on the site are nice...
Major and Minor Sweeps	Created 2009 08 11
With both of the sweeps lessons, you can work with a variety of chords. Think of casual sweeps like...
Sweeps Lesson for Minor Chords	Created 2009 08 11
This is a companion lesson to the Sweeps for Major Chords. These are sweep patterns to use in place...
Free Music for August	Created 2009 08 02
The learnclassicalguitar.com site has posted it's free music for August. Waltz in D by Carulli is t...
Jazz Guitarist Biographies	Created 2009 08 02
I play with music with a guy who often, when going into jazz territory, says, "You know, Freddie Gre...
Sweeps Lesson for Major Chords	Created 2009 07 29
To help add some flavor to a chord progression and add a fill between solo sections or some other ti...
WalzGuitar Contest Idea	Created 2009 07 27
This is in the idea stage, but I'm thinking of having a contest. It would be for a chord progressio...
Project Guitar Site	Created 2009 07 27
I've been on a do it yourself kick lately. Here's a site that has lots of information, projectguita...
A Bluesy Chord Progression	Created 2009 07 24
Had some tech problems and couldn't post for a bit. Anyway, despite not being a fan of jam bands, a...
DIY USB Guitar	Created 2009 07 15
I've been on a guitar mod trip lately. I found this project that's looks like a lot of fun. My old...
Archtop LED Mod Video	Created 2009 07 15
Putting together a video was easier than I expected. Well, easy for the product I made. This nicel...
Archtop LED Mod	Created 2009 07 13
A couple weeks ago, I found myself watching a series on youtube about a guy building a custom JEM gu...
Inspiration Ted Nugent	Created 2009 07 09
My brother loaned me a copy of Nugent's book God, Guns, and Rock-n-Roll. So, I started poking arou...
Free Music for July	Created 2009 07 09
The free pdf this month is Andante in Am by Aguado. If you use these to help your reading, this pie...
Complete Rodrigo y Gabriela Video	Created 2009 07 09
A long time ago, I posted a Rob & Gab vid, showing how to play they song Tamacun. Just happened to ...
United Breaks Guitars	Created 2009 07 09
Here's a sad story with a song to give a little punch behind it. ON a short tour, I man flew United...
Should I Stay or Go	Created 2009 07 07
This video turned out very nice. I even like my solo--which is always good in a recording. I added...
The Rebounds Video	Created 2009 07 03
Our first vid for the song Hard to Handle. This was done at a practice we had in an auditorium. Th...
Chord Substitution Lesson	Created 2009 06 30
Inspired by the post yesterday here's a lesson on the minor 7 relative major 6 substitution. This i...
Chord Substituations	Created 2009 06 29
A user on the jazzguitar.be site has published a pdf of chord substitutions. This is a great resour...
Introducing Harmonic Scales	Created 2009 06 28
This sheet introduces with detail harmonic major and minor scales. With notes and tab, you get C an...
Pictures From The Rebounds First Show	Created 2009 06 28
A friend of the singer does some photography and took most of these pics. You don't get to see the ...
First Gig	Created 2009 06 24
2 PM at the Pacific Summerfest. The time on stage is enough for a few songs. We're looking to setu...
The Rebounds Site	Created 2009 06 24
The Rebounds, the band I'm in, has a site up. It's still being worked on, like every other site, bu...
First Position Scales	Created 2009 06 16
Here's a pdf showing scales in music and tab for all key signatures. This is grouped into keys with...
Saint Louis Blues	Created 2009 06 14
Don't know why I haven't ran into this before. On the Gibson site Arlen Roth has a blog. There's a...
June Tip from Niedt	Created 2009 06 14
Niedt's tip for June is all about the Tambora. This, as you'll get tons of information about from t...
June Tip from Niedt	Created 2009 06 14
Niedt's tip for June is all about the Tambora. This, as you'll get tons of information about from t...
Chord and Tab Search Google Gadget	Created 2009 06 12
The chord/tab widget is now a gadget for your iGoogle or any other page. Below is the xml link for ...
Chord Tab Search Widget Update	Created 2009 06 11
I updated the chord/tab search widget that's on the sidebar. I didn't realize it was a year old. F...
Google Calendar	Created 2009 06 09
I've been playing around with Google Calendar and have a dedicated calendar for lessons. Just have ...
Matt the Guitarist	Created 2009 06 06
Here's Matt the Guitarist as he's called on youtube. This caught my eye and looking at the profile ...
The Rebounds First Gig	Created 2009 06 06
I've been wanting to make a post like this since I put this site up. The band I'm in, The Rebounds,...
Tips for Motivation	Created 2009 06 06
There's a wikihow article about ways to help yourself when struggling. This seems relevant to guita...
Inspiration Stanley Jordan	Created 2009 05 29
I first learned of Stanley Jordan from some terrible Bruce Willis movie in the 80's. Something abou...
Jazzy Chord Charts	Created 2009 05 20
Jazzguitar.be has a contribution of a couple of chord charts. These are fairly advanced. If you're...
Bream and Khan	Created 2009 05 19
Julia Bream and Ali Akbar Khan got together many years ago and had a jam session. This is not your ...
Key Signatures with Modes and Chords	Created 2009 05 16
Here's a reference for key signatures and corresponding modes and chords. I made this as a practice...
Amazon List of One Hundred Great Jazz Albums	Created 2009 05 16
Amazon.com made a list of the 100 greatest jazz albums. You know how the internet clings to lists o...
Niedt Tip on Artificial Nails	Created 2009 05 16
Neidt's tip of the month regards when he played a concert and used an artificial nail. In the nylon...
Free Music for April in Map	Created 2009 05 16
Learnclassicalguitar.com has free music for April. I know it's May, see my whiny post about not pos...
Famous Jazz Players and Their Gear	Created 2009 05 16
Going deep into guitar jazz, the jazzguitar.be site is putting (and adding to) a list of players and...
Jazz Guitar Tips	Created 2009 05 16
The jazzguitar.be site is booming. Dirk, the master of all that's web there, is continually adding ...
Oops	Created 2009 05 16
Been a little distracted and forgot to post some things up here. Found some links, vids, and whatev...
Three Hundred Twenty Licks	Created 2009 04 28
Looking around, I found the Fort Knox of licks. Well, in fairness, it's a Fort Knox not the For...
Guitar Tips for All	Created 2009 04 28
Not long ago, the jazzguitar.be site asked its users to suggest tips for becoming better players, an...
Holmes Humidifiers	Created 2009 04 25
For my studio, I recently purchased a Holmes humidifier. It's a cool mist type, runs on AC, and has...
Musicians Friend Spring Clearance	Created 2009 04 15
Musician's Friend is having a spring clearance. Hit the link to go the main page for it. This is m...
Learning a Bossa with Black Orpheus	Created 2009 04 13
It must be some psychological safety net to enjoy bossa nova as most people associate it with elevat...
All The Things That You Are Lesson	Created 2009 04 13
This lesson takes a common jazz standard and breaks down the harmonic structure to show you how to a...
Free Carsassi Prelude	Created 2009 04 13
The free music for the month on learnclassicalguitar.com is Prelude in E by Carcassi. Notes and not...
Improvising Practice	Created 2009 03 28
Here's an idea to work on improvising. Taking the idea from many posts ago about improvising on one...
Prodigy Inspiration	Created 2009 03 28
One of my favorite bands put a new album out recently. If you've seen this band live or know much a...
Practicing Scales	Created 2009 03 22
The Classical Guitar Review site has a useful article about practicing scales. The idea is to have ...
Tip of the month from Niedt	Created 2009 03 22
I've been slacking a bit posting. Here's Niedt's newest tip of the month. This focuses on dealing ...
Finding Purpose to Playing	Created 2009 03 12
With the economy and things like it is, a few people have halted guitar lessons. That started me th...
Free Music for March	Created 2009 03 01
The learnclassicalguitar.com site has an Arpeggios Study written by the guy who runs the site. This...
David Oakes Site	Created 2009 02 23
Found a nice site with some classical arrangements of some jazz tunes. There are some pdf files, wh...
Carcassi Prelude Lesson	Created 2009 02 22
Cacassi's Prelude in Am is a good piece for guitarists interested in fingerstyle, beginners who want...
How Do Musicians Do What They Do	Created 2009 02 21
As a guitar teacher (and school teacher for that matter) I wonder what goes on inside my students' m...
Guitar Trainer in Beta	Created 2009 02 17
A few posts back I mentioned something giving me an idea. Don't remember what that was exactly but ...
Gigue by Losy	Created 2009 02 17
The free music this month on the learnclassicalguitar.com site is a Gigue by Johann Anton Losy. Pdf...
Jazz Lesson Drop Two Chords	Created 2009 02 17
Another lesson on jazzguitar.be. Taking the description from the source: "I just published a new le...
Happy Valentines	Created 2009 02 14
Romanza, or Romance or Spanish Melody or something else that's similar, is a lower level classical/f...
Vibrating Hands	Created 2009 02 11
Georgia Tech researchers are making a vibrating gloves to help people learn to play piano. The idea...
Beginning Open Chords Three	Created 2009 02 08
This lesson focuses on the D chord and some notes and rests. The top line introduces the D chord. ...
Twenty Comps for a II V I IV	Created 2009 02 08
Here's a lesson the on the jazzguitar.be site, 20 Ways to Comp a II V I IV progression. Expect to r...
Bossa Nova Part Two	Created 2009 02 05
Here's the second part of the video lesson on the Bossa Nova. This builds on part one, link below, ...
Inspiration Dave Brubeck	Created 2009 02 05
Not purely guitar related here, but this is one of my favorite jazz pieces performed live. Blue Ron...
Niedt and Ten Thousand Hours	Created 2009 02 02
It's not about talent--not even for Mozart. This month's tip from Niedt talks about what it takes t...
First Lesson for Classical Guitar	Created 2009 02 02
I usually laugh when I read comments that when guitar players start classical that they have to star...
John Coltrane Lesson Part Two	Created 2009 01 29
The second part of this Coltrane lesson gets into the chord changes and focuses on the harmonic conc...
Bossa Nova Part One	Created 2009 01 28
This is a video lesson introducing the bossa nova rhythm. This is not necessarily beginner material...
Tuning Guide	Created 2009 01 25
Here's a tuning guide aimed at beginners, intermediate, and experienced players. The guide covers t...
Jazz Lesson Dissonance and Resolution	Created 2009 01 20
A new lesson is on the jazzguitar.be site. There's a lot of meat in this lesson: info, music, tabs,...
The Old Kleenex Trick from Niedt	Created 2009 01 20
Ah, the secrets of guitar are being revealed: The Old Kleenex Trick. The idea is to isolate musical...
Beginning Open Chords Two	Created 2009 01 19
Here's the second in the beginner chord series. This lesson covers the A and C chords.
Making a Flamenco Guitar	Created 2009 01 14
Want to see how to make your own flamenco? This trailer shows highlights of a sort of docu-how-to. ...
Updated Open Chord Chart	Created 2009 01 11
Updated the open chord chart that's listed on the resources page. Used the Lilypond chord library a...
Lilypond Open Chord Library	Created 2009 01 11
Here's a file for use with Lilypond (http://lilypond.org/web/). This file has chord frames setup fo...
Diad Interval Resource	Created 2009 01 09
Keeping a promise to a student here. Here's a PDF that introduces intervals. With notes and tab an...
Free PDF Kuffner	Created 2009 01 07
The latest free music on learnclassicalguitar.com is Light duet by Joseph Kuffner. As a duet, it's ...
Beginning Guitar Chords One	Created 2009 01 05
Happy New Year! I picked up a student that's brand new to guitar. Unless there's a specific gaol i...
History of Teaching Guitar	Created 2008 12 28
In online classical guitar discussions, Matanya Ophee is a name that in encountered frequently and w...
Song Writing Utility Update	Created 2008 12 21
I tried the song writing utility with one of my students a couple days ago. The problem was the Rom...
Pentatonic Scale Resource	Created 2008 12 17
Pentatonic scales are often the first scales one learns on guitar. This resources shows major and m...
Song Writing Utility Beta	Created 2008 12 16
I get a lot of question about song writing. I put together this utility to try out. It's not fancy...
Scalar Mode Update	Created 2008 12 16
I updated the scalar mode utility. Added are 6th chords progressions for the church modes and some ...
One String Improvization	Created 2008 12 15
Going along with this improv theme today's brought. Here's a video showing improv on one string. T...
Jazz Improv Part One	Created 2008 12 15
The jazzguitar.be site has posted the first of a three part series on jazz improv. This is a very i...
Ionian Improvization	Created 2008 12 15
I've run across a few articles about improvization. The main point was that during 18th century gui...
Holiday Music Part Two	Created 2008 12 07
I'm feeling industrious this Sunday afternoon and put together some more easy/beginner melody and ch...
Seeing Ana Vidovic	Created 2008 12 07
I saw Ana Vidivoc in concert last night. This was part of the Great Artist Series and through the S...
Jingle Bells Beginner Music	Created 2008 12 06
Here's a simple version of Jingle Bells. If time is available, don't bet on it, I'll put up some mo...
Sor Studies Site	Created 2008 11 30
There's a relatively new site up dedicated to 18th century performance. Now there's a couple vids a...
Free Classical Music	Created 2008 11 30
From the learnclassicalguitar.com site, here's free music for October/November, E String Melody by M...
Cejillas and Capos	Created 2008 11 28
This link shows many different cejillas and some capos. There's a bit of history and lots of pictur...
Niedt Tip for December	Created 2008 11 24
Niedt's tip for December is a Christmas related. He gives three versions of a carol with a backgrou...
An old guitar	Created 2008 11 23
A few posts back I mentioned helping a student date an older Guild nylon string. I ran across an ar...
Hippner Pics	Created 2008 11 22
Here's a few pics of the new Hippner guitar. It's an amazing instrument. Each note is articulate. ...
Humidty for Guitars	Created 2008 11 22
Here's a two part video about humidity and acoustics. Essentially, you see a cracked acoustic mostl...
Creating a Medley	Created 2008 11 16
I've been thinking about some of the shorter classical pieces I know and work on making better. As ...
To memorize or not to memorize	Created 2008 11 16
Practicing reading is often a student's least favorite activity. I present reading as a way to make...
Update Music Theory Reference Again	Created 2008 11 16
I love putting things out in the public. My superb typing skills are always impressive. Sarcasm of...
New Guitar Coming	Created 2008 11 15
I read the classical guitar newsgroup often. Often, a guitar seller, and player, Rich Sayage, lists...
Approaching a New Song	Created 2008 11 10
A point guitar teachers often make is how to start learning something new. It seems like younger or...
Updates Music Theory Reference	Created 2008 11 07
A long overdue update was given to the music theory reference. I've know there were typos and some ...
Fingernail Pics and Fingers	Created 2008 11 06
Was reading in a classical guitar forum about someone with some finger length problems. The part th...
On teaching reading notes and guitar	Created 2008 11 03
When I get a new student the question of why do I teach reading notes comes up. Well, as a teacher,...
The Caveman Phase of Learning Guitar	Created 2008 10 30
When teaching people to play guitar who have little experience with it, I've noticed a common phase ...
Gunther Anderson Guitar Site	Created 2008 10 26
While looking for some lyrics and chords I found a nice guitar site. Gunther Andersons' site has wh...
TV Improvization	Created 2008 10 21
Ever get bored practicie improvising? At times, I'll get in a rut for various reasons. It might be...
Building Fingerpicking Skills	Created 2008 10 20
Working with a student who needs to strengthen right hand fingerpicking skills. What we did is do s...
Free Classical Music for October	Created 2008 10 19
I lot late with this, but here's Andante by Diabelli. On the learn classical guitar site, there's a...
Starting a Band	Created 2008 10 19
Going to try starting a band with some people. Well, they're starting a band and I was asked to be ...
Finger Stretching Exercises	Created 2008 10 01
Here's a link to some exercises for finger stretches. I'll add some info. A chiropractor told me (...
Call For Jazz Guitarists	Created 2008 10 01
The jazzguitar.be site is calling for guitarists to help their site. In the newletter from the site...
John Coltrane Lesson	Created 2008 10 01
The jazzguitar.be site had a John Coltrane lesson focusing on the song Giant Steps. This site has g...
Kidney Stones	Created 2008 10 01
Not been too able to do many updates lately. As these kidney stones come out--which I'm not wanting...
Dating Guild Guitars	Created 2008 09 21
A student of mine has a Guild nylong string from around 1960. It looks like nearly all the wood is ...
Wolfgangs Vault	Created 2008 09 20
From the jazzguitar.be site, I learned about a great memorabilia site, Wolfgang's Vault. This is fu...
Neidt Tip of the Month Part 3	Created 2008 09 20
Neidt has the third part of his vibrato tips. That's a lot of detail and information for something ...
Metal Minuet	Created 2008 09 14
Looking at some classical pieces to possibly learn, I ran across a minuet. For some reason, I had a...
Practicing Scales Link	Created 2008 09 12
The jazzguitar.be site has an update on a way to practice scales. Check it out. Link (...
Inspiration Ana Vidovic	Created 2008 09 08
I've heard or seen a few performances of the Villa-Lobos etude. This one has an ethereal quality an...
Minor Pentatonic Jam	Created 2008 09 07
Have a new student who started that knows quite a bit. That's fun for me because it give me more di...
Song Text Files Removed	Created 2008 09 07
Did some summer cleaning of the site. 1 Removed ths song text files. Having them online didn't ser...
Playing with Harmonic Major	Created 2008 09 04
A student and I were talking about modes and scales and got on to the harmonic major scale. Here's ...
Chord Progressions	Created 2008 09 04
You know I like the All Guitar Chords site and their interactive tools. (Please make downloadable v...
Unusual Guitars	Created 2008 09 03
Found this blog (http://guitarz.blogspot.com/) that features unusual guitar designs. Many different...
A guitar player at the opera	Created 2008 08 31
Last night I went to the opera for the first time, Carmen by Bizet. Sat in the front row. Besides ...
Link Fingerstyle Scales and Tone	Created 2008 08 28
On the Open Guitar site (http://openguitar.com) there's a nice page with information about practicin...
Barre Chords for Life	Created 2008 08 26
Chords are a basic building block of guitar playing. I teach basic open chords then basic barres th...
Free Classical Music for August	Created 2008 08 24
On Trevor Maurice's learnclassicalguitar.com, new free music for August is up. The selection is Eco...
Guitar and Meditation	Created 2008 08 22
I saw an article on meditation and as I skimmed it to see if it's worth reading I noticed how someth...
Finger Picking on Electrics	Created 2008 08 20
I've been working with a student doing fingerstyle. The situation is they only have an electric gui...
Guitar Certificate Program	Created 2008 08 18
Berlee Music offers some guitar courses online. Reading through, you email or otherwise send record...
Hundred Greatest Solos	Created 2008 08 15
About.com is like an alternate wikipedia. Though lists like this annoy me, thought I'd share anyway...
Blues Guitar Rhythm	Created 2008 08 13
This video demonstrates and explains playing a blues rhythm using ZZ Top for the example. The video...
Worlds Fastest Guitar	Created 2008 08 12
I saw this a few weeks ago but this is the first time I'd seen a full version. This reminds me of g...
RIP Isaac Hayes	Created 2008 08 11
You've probably heard of Isaac Hayes' death. He was an awesome and soulful musician. Who else coul...
Douglas Niedt Technique for August	Created 2008 08 07
Niedt's tip for August is the second part covering vibrato that started in July. A few days late pos...
Musical Organs	Created 2008 08 04
No, the title isn't a Beevis inspired joke. Though I obviously thought of that. Here's an article ...
St Louis Classical Guitar Season	Created 2008 08 02
Here's the St. Louis Classical Guitar Society 07-08 list of performers. This list is taken from the...
Rock Band vs Guitar Hero	Created 2008 07 31
Here's a link to an article about how these two games are competing for better band than the other. ...
Eight Ways to Tune a Guitar	Created 2008 07 30
Something that astounds some guitar students is learning different ways to tune a guitar. Here's a ...
Father and Son	Created 2008 07 29
Here's a cool vid of a father and son playing Tico Tico. Found this when I was looking at different...
Five Most Expensive Guitars at AMS	Created 2008 07 28
Getting a list of the five most expensive guitars is easy (you can sort the list). This list groups...
Why I do not teach solos	Created 2008 07 24
After a student is with me for awhile, they reach a point of wanting to learn the solo from a song. ...
Jazz Minor Blues Lesson	Created 2008 07 23
The Belgian Jazz guitar site has part 2 of the last lesson about minor blues for jazz. The lesson i...
Best Solos of the Seventies	Created 2008 07 22
Here's an article of the best guitar solos from the 1970's. Of course these list sparks some debate...
Guitar Chord Utility	Created 2008 07 22
Having different ways to look at chords helps people learn them. Here's a cool site with a nice cho...
Bach Accordions and Animation	Created 2008 07 20
I (re)started working on Bach's Prelude No 1 in C from the Well Tempered Clavier book 1. Despite a ...
Guitar Note Flash Cards	Created 2008 07 19
MusicCards.net has lots of game like sections that are made to help you learn more about music. The...
Flash Drum Machine	Created 2008 07 16
This was the first one I found Googling, so maybe it's just bad luck. Here's a flash drum machine, ...
E Dorian Jam pt 2	Created 2008 07 16
Here's a pdf and midi file created with LilyPond for the note the other day (http://www.walzguitar.c...
Bossa Nova Guitar	Created 2008 07 14
Found a cool site focused on the Bossa Nova. There are lots of chords and lyrics setup like a jazz ...
E Dorian Jam	Created 2008 07 14
Here's a chord progression for E Dorian. This works well in the Jam Machine (http://www.all-guitar-...
Scalar Modes utility updated with jazz chords	Created 2008 07 13
Small update on the scalar mode page. There's been some unannounced updates related to this. But, ...
Douglas Niedt Technique for July	Created 2008 07 12
Niedt's tip for July covers vibrato. This is for nylon strings. As always, Niedt does a fantastic ...
Link Free Classical Music for July	Created 2008 07 12
The LearnClassicalGuitar.com site has new free music up for July. Andante by Joseph Kuffner. The P...
Off to Jamaica	Created 2008 07 06
Going to Jamaica for a week. Always feel odd going through customs having fingernails on one hand. ...
Billy Gibbons Lesson	Created 2008 07 06
I'm fascinated with 'lesson' video which are more 'look at what I can do' instead of actually being ...
Inspiration and Lesson Rodrigo Y Gabriela	Created 2008 07 03
Rand across this video and it reminded me of the Juan Martin video I posted recently. Here Rod and ...
Review Carcassi in Tablature	Created 2008 07 03
Nearly a year ago I purchased Carcassi in Tablature. This is a spiral bound book and CD published b...
Guitar Furniture	Created 2008 06 30
A few weeks ago I purchased four pieces of guitar furniture from Guitar Salon. There are a bench, m...
Inspiration and History with Juan Martin	Created 2008 06 30
Juan Martin is a flamenco guitarist who has several publication on Mel Bay and has done various reco...
Updated Vista News Gadget	Created 2008 06 30
Changed the display a little to avoid scroll bars and added a refresh function with the next update ...
Chord and Tab Search Widget	Created 2008 06 27
Here's a simple javascript widget for guitar related sites. It's a customizable multi-search for so...
Jazz Minor Blues Lesson	Created 2008 06 27
There's a new lesson on the Jazz Guitar (http://jazzguitar.be) site about the minor blues progressio...
Link Rest Stroke Info and Vids	Created 2008 06 26
Here's a link I saw on the RMCG group. Nice, detailed, video examples of the rest stroke. Nicely d...
Walz Guitar News Gadget for Vista	Created 2008 06 24
Here's a gadget for Windows Vista. Download and unzip (usually by right clicking and choosing extra...
Saint Louis Guitar Concert	Created 2008 06 24
The Hanser-McClellan duo, St. Louis Bella Corda and Daniele Bazzani will be performing Wednesday, July...
Songs Have the Same Chords and Pachelbel	Created 2008 06 20
Many guitar students reach a point where they, despite me telling them ahead of time, that many song...
Jam Machine	Created 2008 06 18
Here's a cool site. Part of the All Guitar Chord site, the Guitar Jam Machine lets you click in cho...
Worship Songs	Created 2008 06 17
A student asked about worship music. After a little search, here's a good resource, Eilieen Jahna h...
Play Guitar Hero Here	Created 2008 06 13
No kidding, play Guitar Hero in your browser. This is a fun game made by the makers--not a copy. S...
Trying out a widget	Created 2008 06 13
You may have noticed a big widget on the front page. I saw something on Perez (http://perezhilton.c...
Big Update to Scalar Mode Page	Created 2008 06 12
Made some major improvements to the scalar mode page. (1) Tidied up the layout, instead of many but...
Moog Guitar	Created 2008 06 11
A guitar to change the world... See if you agree after watching the vid. Seems cool, but I'm slowl...
Position I Notes Sheet	Created 2008 06 08
Worked some more with LilyPond some more. I've been putting some of the music I use with students i...
LilyPond Music Notation Software	Created 2008 06 06
I've been thinking about the notation maker page I have. I've been thinking about how it doesn't do...
Tip of the Month from Niedt	Created 2008 06 05
Related to the previous note, on the Niedt site is a tip of the month which you can sign up for. Th...
Douglas Niedt Site	Created 2008 06 04
Here's a site I'd used before, but didn't bookmark therefore I forgot it. Anyway, this is where I l...
Hundred Greatest Guitar Songs Article	Created 2008 06 03
Here's a list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs according to Rolling Stone magazine. There are some ...
Tango Rhythms 3 Sincopa	Created 2008 06 03
The sincopa is a type of tango rhythm. There are a few variations for this rhythm. If you don't kno...
Site Chord Theory Explained	Created 2008 06 01
If you're looking for the explanation for figuring out guitar chords, here's a site that may help. ...
Musical Newsgroups	Created 2008 05 28
A a musician, hobbyist or working or whatever, staying in the know is good and helps keep things fre...
Backwards Chord Lookup	Created 2008 05 27
If the need arises to figure out what a chord is called, visit All-Guitar-Chords Chord Name page (ht...
Song for Memorial	Created 2008 05 25
With this Memorial Day, I was thinking about memorial songs. My sister-in-law passed a little over ...
Lesson Tip Barre Chords	Created 2008 05 24
Barre chords are always a hurdle for beginning guitarists. As a teacher, you want to find something...
Lesson Tip Chord Changes	Created 2008 05 22
During a lesson the other day, a beginner asked about how to learn to chord changes. Meaning, in a ...
Chord Lookup	Created 2008 05 21
Every once in awhile, you'll encounter a chord that just isn't quick in your memory. The few times ...
Tango Rhythms 2 Milonga	Created 2008 05 19
The milonga is a type of tango rhythm. The milonga is a little more sophisticated than the marcato ...
Inspiration Paco de Lucia	Created 2008 05 17
Paco de Lucia is an excellent guitarist. These vids are from decades ago. One is 1960's and the ot...
Classical Lessons on YouTube	Created 2008 05 16
A user on YouTube has some highly veiwed instructional vids for classical. Theses are from a classr...
Metro Area Luthier	Created 2008 05 14
I wanted to get classical guitar 'set up' so I started looking for a luthier that was nearby. I fou...
See How Classicals Are Made	Created 2008 05 12
People often ask what makes a classical guitar a classical guitar. Well, instead of making some abs...
Hal Leonard Songbook Series Update	Created 2008 05 10
Added 85 more songs to the Hal Leonard guitar songbook library that I have growing on my shelf. Now...
Site Stetina Practice Tips	Created 2008 05 10
The Stetina site has lots of guitar information. It's more rock and metal oriented. The practice t...
Note Maker	Created 2008 05 08
Been wanting to update the note and chord constructors. After thinking, a better idea was to combin...
Inspiration Nirvana	Created 2008 05 07
Some people complain about Nirvana and the lack of musical precision. They forgot that's not really...
Free Nine Inch Nails	Created 2008 05 05
Not necessarily guitar related, but Nine Inch Nails has their new album for free download. This see...
Lesson Music Stepping Stone	Created 2008 05 05
A song many beginning students can get a handle on is Stepping Stone. What's good about this song i...
Tango Rhythms 1 Marcato	Created 2008 05 05
A simple Tango rhythm is the Marcato. Tap you foot, each time you hear a tap, that's the beat and t...
Hal Leonard Songbook Series	Created 2008 05 01
I've been going through the books I have from the Hal Leonard Guitar Songbook series. On the Resour...
Music Library of Sweden Collection Site	Created 2008 04 30
The Music Library of Sweden has the collection of classical guitar music digitized and online. The ...
Lesson Music Black Sabbath	Created 2008 04 29
Have a couple students starting this song. I love this old tv show clip.
Lesson Music Paramore	Created 2008 04 29
A student is going to start working on Crush Crush Crush by Paramore.
Lesson Spots Open	Created 2008 04 29
This is related to potential and current guitar students. I have spots open on Monday and Tuesday. ...
Tip 6 Adding Stress to Practice	Created 2008 04 28
Sometimes, when practicing you'll play something perfect. Something better than a recording. The o...
How to Tune A Guitar Site	Created 2008 04 26
Here's a simple site I use often. It's basically an online tuner. There's a drop list in case you ...
Jazz Web Site	Created 2008 04 26
Here's a site that is like the Real Book but online. On Ralph Patt's Jazz Web Page, you get links t...
Music Theory Primer Site	Created 2008 04 25
If you are learning music or want something to quiz yourself, musictheory.net had some great free to...
Online Metronomes	Created 2008 04 23
Like my brother says, and well, lots of musicians, a metronome is one of the best practice tools you...
Inspiration Radiohead	Created 2008 04 23
Sometimes I hear a song and have to learn the main riff, a fill, or whatever. I went to a friend's ...
Tip 5 Finding Practice Time	Created 2008 04 21
Something guitar teachers (and just about any other type of teacher) has to deal with is students no...
Free Classical PDFs	Created 2008 04 19
Ran across this link in a newsgroup, RMCG. This site has many PDF files that are FREE. The variety...
Tip 4	Created 2008 04 19
When practicing, group songs together by a theme. Play them one into the other or medley style. Th...
Riffs from the Eighties Site	Created 2008 04 18
Almost like a train spotter, I have a tendency to search for lists of guitar songs. Best Metal Riff...
Tip Strumming Control	Created 2008 04 17
Was working with someone and the topic of strumming came up. The situation was, they were having a ...
OpenGuitar Site	Created 2008 04 16
For those looking for some direction when beginning classical guitar work, OpenGuitar has some great...
What I Wish I Could Do	Created 2008 04 15
If you're a guitar player who dabbles in classical, then you're missing out on a whole other world...
Tip 3	Created 2008 04 14
If your practicing is hitting a boring plateau, here is a suggestion. Play a new, or old, song usin...
UK Magazine Guitar Techniques	Created 2008 04 13
Usually, I am a total cheapskate when going to buy something. While waiting for a certain magazine t...
Jazz Guitar Site	Created 2008 04 11
An excellent resource for music and jazz theory and jazz lessons is the Jazz Guitar Online (http://w...
All Guitar Chords and Scales	Created 2008 04 10
The All Guitar Chords (http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/index.php) is a good place to look up all ki...
Article 99 Ways to Play Better	Created 2008 04 09
Though the article is a few years old, the online edition of Guitar Player magazine has an article that is us...
Updated Scale Mode Page	Created 2008 04 07
Added more scale modes to the Scalar Mode page (http://walzguitar.com/modes/). Now, the seven diato...
Tip 2	Created 2008 04 06
When learning a new piece or song, learn a part or phase and replay it within a few minutes. Then re...
Tip 1	Created 2008 04 06
Using a metronome can be a great help when working on control. Try changing tempos in songs to creat...