How are your ears? We have all heard that improving your ears is one of the most important skills for any musician. Many of you may have taken courses, read books or bought software in order to improve you ears. Have you ever stuck to it? Maybe you have and maybe you haven’t? I am… Continue Reading
Why you need to know all your pentatonic scales.
It has been a while since I last posted. Lately I have been looking for a inspiration. Not only in my guitar playing but, in my drumming, my teaching and I guess in my life in general. It is important that I always find new inspiration as a teacher, because if I am not inspired… Continue Reading
Soloing with emotion! It is great for your solos.
Today’s post might seem a little odd. Soloing with emotion, sounds a little new age doesn’t it! When I was studying for my Jazz degree there were some particular lessons that have stuck in my memory. Soloing with emotion was one of these lessons. In my second year of study, I had a tutor called Ted. Ted… Continue Reading
Quick tips to get motivated!
As a guitarist, how do I keep my motivation up? I have not written many posts as of late. Life as caught up with me and I have had a lot on my plate and found that my motivation had somewhat slipped. My guitar practice has been limited to practicing with my students (great teaching… Continue Reading
Video – Music Theory for Absolute Beginners Part 4
In part 4 of music theory for absolute beginners, we will be talking all about semi-tones (half notes) and tones (whole notes. If you have missed any of the earlier videos here is part 1, part 2 and part 3. I hope you enjoyed that and if you want to get the lastest updates form… Continue Reading
Video – Music Theory for Absolute Beginners Part 3
In Music Theory for Absolute Beginners Part 3 we are talking all about how to read music. How to we identify pitches? What is the difference between sharp notes and flat notes? What is a ledger line? All these questions should become very clear by the end of this video. If you missed them, here… Continue Reading
Sight reading – How to improve it by learning to play the drums!
Sight reading is a bad word to many guitarists. All those little dots and lines can make you turn into a nervous wreck when you have to preform them. Most of us can get away with memorizing a part and pretending to sight read it but, occasionally this isn’t an option. It is a well… Continue Reading
Video – Music Theory for Absolute beginners Part 2
In part two Music Theory for absoulute beginners we will be talking all about Pitch. Here is part one of Music Theory for absolute beginners incase you missed it! You will learn: What pitch is and how it realates to music. How it is represented on the staff How each pitch is named What sharps… Continue Reading
Video – Music Theory for Absolute beginners Part 1
Music Theory from the beginning! I often talk about a lot of complex music theory in my posts. It has occurred to me that I haven’t covered the basics. So for todays post I thought that is exactly what I am going to do. To make it even easier I’ve decided to do a video to explain… Continue Reading