One of the many talents of Leonard Bernstein’s was his ability to explain/have a discussion about the complexities of music to anyone. You didn’t need to have a degree in music to get what he was saying. All you needed was the love for music and the desire to learn more. Below is a clip […]
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Theory
Tab vs. Standard Notation
I’ve witnessed and participated in many “Tab Vs. Standard Notation” debates. I’ve heard the “purists” call tab a “crutch” where you will never learn the piece completely without standard notation. While the the other side will argue that tab opens a door to a ton of music to those who did not get formal training. […]
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Know Your Fingerboard
If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I broke my nail and was relegated to work on my flatpicking skills until my nail grows back. I thumbed through my Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s and found some great exercises for learning scale patterns and mixing them up to better my soloing. The only […]
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My Guitar Lesson: Back To Basics
If you have read Guitar Musings for the past couple of months, you might have noticed that I’ve been on a huge Tommy Emmanuel kick. When I listen to the “Live One” CD’s, I get inspired/motivated to keep plugging away and keep working hard at guitar and wanted to learn all about him and his […]
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Top Quality Guitar Lessons For Free
There are a ton of guitar lesson sites available for all of us to use. Some are invaluable tools that I frequent often and others are completely worthless. If you don’t have the money to pay for online lessons, your chances of running into a worthless site are even better. I don’t actively look for […]
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