Bass Guitar Techniques

To be a good bass player it is essential to be able to play with a pick and your fingers….

Guitar Practice Procedures and Strumming Techniques

A good habit for any instrument is to warm up. On the guitar start by picking the open thinĀ E string…

Getting the Most From Practicing / Studying Music – Part I

I was asked by a student recently how do I study more efficiently?Studying music or any complex subject requires structure…

Proper Technique For Changing Chords

One of the most important techniques for guitar (most instruments) is to be aware of not lifting your fingers away…

Proper Technique For Changing Chords

One of the most important techniques for guitar (most instruments) is to be aware of not lifting your fingers away…

Practice Tips For Maximum Musical Progress

Many times students of all ages and experience lack proper practice habits, they never achieve there goals because of this…

Music Tip – The first 3 months

Recently a student was telling me the woes of beginning guitar instruction. I responded as follows:   Bear in mind…

Using Chords with Scale Notes to Solo

Today lets look at one of the most common ways to solo over or with chords. Referencing our last lesson…

Use of Family of Chords In a Popular Song

Today lets look at how the family of chords is put to work in a hit song. We will be…

Use of Scale Tones to Connect Chords Part II

Today let’s take the C major scale and its family of chords and see how we can connect the chords…

Use of Scale Tones to Connect Chords

When playing common chords you can use scale tones to connect chords. This makes chord changes much more interesting and…

Song Writing 101 Part II

When writing a song, there is a standard structure that is used. The structure can be varied but basically does…