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New hot country lead guitar videos
04
Jul
Hot Nashville guitar licks as played by Brent Mason, Danny Gatton, and many others, performed and taught by Doug Seven, Nashville guitarist. Two or three cameras show every detail.
Fast version, then played slow. Watch the free videos.
An easy guitar method specifically for active adults
16
Jun
I’ve been playing guitar for decades now, but when I talk to other people who are also around my age who don’t play the guitar the most common thing I hear is that they think it’s too late to get started. In the case of a lot of guitar teaching courses available online, I’d say that’s largely true. Not because the information is bad, but just because the course is geared towards a younger player. I’ve made an interesting discovery. There is an instructor named Keith Dean who has worked out a method for guys and gals our age to not only learn guitar, but to learn it using techniques that make it easy for older students to overcome the obstacles that we frequently run into, such as problems with finger stretches, holding notes to chords, trying to play too fast, and other age specific challenges. He also teaches based on an older song book than today’s Top 40. He gives personal feedback and allows students to talk with each other. It’s a unique and refreshing approach. His students routinely say that they are jamming along with guys like Eric Clapton and Paul Simon within 30 days. Those are pretty impressive results.
Start playing guitar from scratch within a few minutes
16
Jun
I just came across today a new teaching method that can take an absolute beginner sand get them up to speed playing riffs and jams within a few minutes I have taught guitar for decades and I have never seen anything like it. The instructors name is Phil Mason and he uses a variety of techniques including 720p full motion HD video and super close up shots of his fingers on the fretboard to show you exactly where to put your fingers and what to do at each step of the way to get you burning hot licks in no time. The feedback from his students is quite impressive. His students say he really lives up to his motto “Play first and learn later”
Learning the art of solo jazz guitar with Gene Bertoncini
13
Jun
The DVD Gene Bertoncini: The Art of Solo Jazz Guitar documents a Master Class with guitarist Bertoncini. A nylon-string guitarist who has worked with the likes of Buddy Rich and Wayne Shorter, Bertoncini answers questions from a small group of off-screen students, while explaining the concepts behind his graceful technique.
Bertoncini discusses how many guitarists tend to memorize chord fingerings without really being aware of what’s inside these chords. Switching from electric guitar to the nylon string forces him to slow down to develop the technique for this instrument while also allowing him sufficient time to explain how he started playing scales on the nylon string— not across the neck but up and down each string. Moreover, he analyzes each note in relationship to its complementary chord.
Besides a master’s knowledge and insight, Bertoncini demonstrates his consummate mastery of the instrument itself, applying the aforementioned concepts to several jazz standards, including frequently played albeit challenging tunes like “All the Things You Are”, “Lush Life”, and “It Had to Be You”.
The guitarist also stresses the importance of melody, reminding the assembled students that “jazz guitar is not about playing hot licks.” Rather, the role of the musician, he emphasizes, is to communicate and tell a story.
The DVD closes with Bertoncini offering up some practical exercises for students to work on, such as keeping the top note the same throughout a tune, demonstrating the application of the technique to various chord tones and their extensions. Finally, he encourages students to expand their ears, advice that might be well heeded by all musicians, regardless of instrument.
For the student guitarist who is a beginner to intermediate, the material covered here would be over their head. For the advanced guitarist, there is a treasure trove of ideas in this DVD, a sufficient number, in fact, to lead the extra-motivated student to virtually total knowledge and freedom on the fret board.
Tracks: Introduction: Half Diminished Scale and Applications; All the Things You Are (Improv); Invitation; Girl Talk; Alone Together; Medley: Sophisticated Lady/ Mood Indigo; Lush Life; Round Midnight; Creating a Melody; The Shadow of Your Smile; Exercises; Medley of Tunes; Here’s a Rainy Day.
