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It’s that time of year again. Maybe you’re thinking, ‘I’d like to have some guitar lessons’… [if you're not, then there's little point in reading on. I'd suggest going here]
I’ve been teaching for around 20 years now and it’s something I love to do. I started teaching because the guitarists that I liked when I [...]
Tags: blues·guitar lessons·guitar tuition·harmony·improvisation·jazz·rock·Teaching·Theory
Here’s a list of blues tunes in every major and minor key. I’ve made a Spotify playlist [yet again!] of 24 tunes [the ones underlined] so you could play along and you’ll be playing in every key. Why you would want to do this I’ve no idea, but it might give you something to do [...]
Following on from the 19 great books about music musicians and the creative process post a while ago, here are some great instruction books that I’ve found particularly useful. I have many more books than this, probably too many, but these are the ones I seem to come back to and have gotten most use [...]
Tags: Guitar·instruction book recommendations·Music·tuition·what to get for xmas
Here’s an idea to practise three types of dominant sound.
You give up three and a bit bars to three simple licks. The lines are all clichés, but don’t hold that against them; they describe the sound of the harmony and may give you a way in to that sound. And this exercise is not really [...]
Tags: altered·blue bossa·diminished·dominant 7ths·eggs·improvising·phrygian dominant·practise idea·using licks
I’ve just made a Spotify Playlist of the transcriptions in the Charlie Parker Omnibook and thought I’d share it here. Hopefully, they’ll appear in the order they are in the book. Feel free to link to it, pass it on, or whatever. There’s only one track missing: the alternate take of Kim. [update: got that [...]
Tags: Charlie Parker·jazz·Omnibook·practice·Spotify·Steve Coleman
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