You’ve heard it before… the tired, old analogy of the three-legged stool. You know, the three things that MUST be equally developed or something of significance (like your health, marriage, business, etc) will be out of balance. I’m not going to dig up that old illustration. Nope… no stools here. Just drum thrones! Conveniently, drum […]
Archives for June 2013
Intro to Standard Notation for Guitar
This is lesson 1 of “A Guide to Leavitt’s ‘A Modern Method for Guitar’” by LessonNotebook.com. Parents often ask, “Will my child learn to read music for guitar?” What they’re really asking is, “Will my student get a well-rounded musical education and become a real musician, not just a guitar player?” Students, on the other […]
Quit-Proof Your Goals
I had a friend in high school who was emphatic that he could not learn to play the guitar. “I tried to play. My fingers can’t handle it.” Years later I heard that he had built a home studio and was recording original music – and playing the guitar! When I asked what caused this […]
Getting Started with Barre Chords
For most guitarists, learning to play barre chords is a rite of passage from the beginner level to the land of intermediate guitar playing. These chord forms are very handy because they are 100% moveable. They are based off of open chord shapes and allow access to a huge variety of chords by memorizing a […]
Down Beat, Up Beat & Back Beat
In 1957, Chuck Berry wrote a song that defined a brand new style of music. A rhythm & blues musician, Berry was at the forefront of this musical revolution and he told the world about it: Just let me hear that rock & roll music Any old way you choose it It’s got a back […]