Guitar Modes, the smart way (1 of 3)
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Learn guitar modes without rote or hassle. Understand the underlying relationships and take your playing to a whole new level.
Learn guitar modes without rote or hassle. Understand the underlying relationships and take your playing to a whole new level.
Learn guitar modes the easy way, with no rote or hassle. Simply grasp the relationships between the 7 modes, and you will take your playing to a whole new level of mastery.
Learn guitar modes without rote or hassle. Understand the underlying relationships and take your playing to a whole new level.
Explore electric guitar anatomy... get to know your instrument and find out how all it's parts work.
Free glossary of musical terms that explains a range of must-know musical concepts you need in order to understand your instrument.
Learn guitar pentatonic scales without rote or hassle. Understand the underlying relationships and take your playing to a whole new level.
Guitar pentatonic scales needn't be hard to learn. Not if you take the smart route. Understand the relationships between them to save yourself years of rote.
Learn guitar pentatonic scales the smarter, faster way. Save yourself time, and play better by simply grasping the relationships between scales and fingering patterns.
We’re starting to get ready for the London Acoustic Guitar Show, held at London’s Olympia on the 22ndand 23rd September (it’s a little way off, but worth getting your tickets early). The show is aimed squarely at providing a fully dedicated two-day acoustic show for the UK acoustic guitar community. Not only does the music-loving [...]
Here are a couple of "jazzy" chord forms from the song "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" by The Allman Brothers.
Cross-rhythms—the simultaneous sounding of two different rhythmic grouping—are a predominant feature of much instrumental music since the mid-nineteenth century. In the guitar repertoire, you’re bound to find cross-rhythms in contemporary and modern pieces; perhaps the most famous example is the third movement of Britten’s Nocturnal, which features 2-against-3 and 3-against-4 patterns pretty much throughout. The [...]Learn to Count (and Play!) Cross-Rhythms from Classical Guitar
Find out the best way to learn the guitar fretboard map: Step by step guide.
It’s time for the annual Sarzana Acoustic Guitar Festival in beautiful Sarzana Italy again. Unfortunately this year I won’t be able to attend, but I thought I would share some of my pictures from last year (2011) when I was able to spend some time at the guitar show as well as see some of [...]
The Appalachian State GuitarFest was held April 12-15, 2012. There were three division in the competition — Division I being the main event: open guitarists born on or after April 1, 1982. There were three rounds of free choice music. Division I Competition Winners First Place: Silviu Ciulei Second Place: Joseph Palmer Third Place: Max [...]2012 Appalachian GuitarFest Competition Winners from Classical Guitar
The 2012 Montreal Classical Guitar Festival & Competition was held April 27-29, 2012. The competition itself was open to all ages, provided the competitors weren’t under major management. There were three rounds (Qualification, Semi-finals, Finals) of all free choice music. International Division Competition Winners First Place: Brendan Evans Second Place: Max Zuckerman Third Place: Brent [...]2012 Montreal International Classical Guitar Competition Winners from Classical Guitar
For a limited time only, PRS Guitars’ flagship model – the Custom 24 – will be available to order as a left-handed instrument. A perennial favorite with musicians, such as Orianthi, Tom Johnston of the Doobie Brothers, and Brad Delson of Linkin Park, the Custom 24 is the original PRS…the guitar Paul Smith took to his first tradeshow in 1985. This limited edition model will give left-handed players the opportunity to own a guitar that is musical, reliable, versatile, and eminently PRS.
We’re really pleased to add our new Guitar Tuner and Chord Finder to our growing selection of guitar accessories. Like the existing Rotosound guitar tuners, this new gadget is intuitive to use and works simply by clipping the unit to your instrument where it picks up the string vibrations. When a note’s played the clear [...]
Home Concert Tickets Summer Series FlamencoAustin Austin Guitar Salon Classical Cactus International Concert Series Outreach Education Blog Local Resources Local Performers Local Shops Local Teachers Staff Contact Ensembles Austin Guitar Salon The Austin Classical Guitar Society and the Heritage Society of Austin proudly continue their partnership to present this spring season of intimate classical guitar concerts in historic homes in Austin . These special evenings are made irresistibly delicious thanks to Antonelli’s Cheese Shop and Twin Liquors who are sponsoring wine and cheese receptions at each . concert The Austin Guitar Salon spring series 2012 includes two concerts in unique , historic settings and feature two phenomenal artists . For tickets or more information visit
Home Concert Tickets Summer Series FlamencoAustin Austin Guitar Salon Classical Cactus International Concert Series Outreach Education Blog Local Resources Local Performers Local Shops Local Teachers Staff Contact Ensembles Classical Cactus ACGS' 2011-12 Classical Cactus Series has come to a close . Please check back soon to see our 2012-13 lineup Check out our 2012 Summer Series and our newest series , FlamencoAustin online now Director's Blog Laguna Gloria : Interview with Judith Sims Avers in Austin : A-M Journey” part 2 of 7 Avers in Austin : Meeting part 1 of 7 THE UNKNOWN : On Sale Now An Amazing Letter ACGS Twitter Feed Twitter GuitarSociety GuitarSociety : We'll show The Unknown at Laguna Gloria in Austin on June 22nd and wanted to learn a bit more about one of . http : t.co
Home Concert Tickets Summer Series FlamencoAustin Austin Guitar Salon Classical Cactus International Concert Series Outreach Education Blog Local Resources Local Performers Local Shops Local Teachers Staff Contact Ensembles Community Outreach Duo Transatlantique Free Community Concerts : March 19-24, 2012 10 concerts in area schools 512 300-2247 or AustinClassicalGuitar.org Duo Transatlantique combines the prize-winning talents of guitarists Benjamin Beirs and Maud Laforest . The duo was formed in 2002, under the guidance of Julian Gray , while the two were studying at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University . Julian Gray is an acclaimed chamber musician and founder of the Gray-Pearl guitar . duo In 2005, Duo Transatlantique's traveled to France , where they won first prize
Home Concert Tickets Summer Series FlamencoAustin Austin Guitar Salon Classical Cactus International Concert Series Outreach Education Blog Local Resources Local Performers Local Shops Local Teachers Staff Contact Ensembles Educational Outreach Support ACGS and Educational Outreach ACGS Education was developed on the belief that the classical guitar is an unusually powerful ambassador for the fine arts . While proper study of the classical guitar includes all of the components that would be expected of any serious school-based musical study reading music , established technical foundation , rehearsals and performances , practice and diligence , music theory , etc . the associations the instrument has with guitar” , the ubiquitous pop instrument of the world , make it uniquely capable of
Three decades after their eponymous debut album, British supergroup (and Rotosound endorsees), Asia, are releasing a new studio album. Recorded with the original band line up (Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, Carl Palmer and John Wetton), XXX has been hailed as Asia’s best album since their classic early 80’s material. “We’re very pleased with, and confident [...]
We’re really pleased to add our new Guitar Tuner and Chord Finder to our growing selection of guitar accessories. Like the existing Rotosound guitar tuners, this new gadget is intuitive to use and works simply by clipping the unit to your instrument where it picks up the string vibrations. When a note’s played the clear [...]
Indie/goth/genre-of-her-own British female artist, Florence Welch of Florence and The Machine has a busy few months ahead. Having just released the epic track Breath of Life (recorded at Abbey Road Studios with a 110-piece orchestra), the first piece of new music from Florence since Ceremonials in October 2012. Breath of Life is the official theme [...]
Due to the serious amount of social media Rotosound is investing time in, it just can’t be avoided… being noticed, that is! So the very nice Jim Hussell of The Rock Show via the also very nice Alun of Cadno Music caught up with Jason How, Rotosound’s chairman, on air this week discussing all things musical and [...]
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Does one of your fingers "flop" over when playing guitar chords? Solve this problem with a quick and easy exercise.
Learn an E7(#9) chord. This is the one Jimi played in the song "Purple Haze".
Learning some Country Guitar Licks is a great way to add new flavors of sound into your solos.