Why I Created ArtistWorks
Fri, 11/09/2012 - 3:38pm
We continue in our series of blogs written by ArtistWorks founder David Butler about his own experience learning guitar in the 1960s. In our last installement, David had just taken his first guitar lesson at his local music store. Much to his dismay, it wasn't exactly the kind of helpful guitar instruction he was looking for... David's experience learning guitar ultimately inspired him to develop a new way to learn guitar online.
Why I Created ArtistWorks
Tue, 10/30/2012 - 4:24pm
When we last left off, ArtistWorks founder David Butler was finally learning how to play guitar after receiving a Sears Silvertone (read Part 3 here). David's experience learning guitar ultimately inspired him to develop a new way to learn guitar online by establishing ArtistWorks, a company dedicated to providing a better way to teach and learn music. We find him now in the waiting room of the Jack Marshall Music Store, waiting for his first guitar lesson.
Martin Taylor: Guitarist of the Year
Fri, 10/26/2012 - 10:14am
We send our congratulations to our fingerstyle guitar teacher Martin Taylor, who has been awarded ‘Guitarist of the Year’ at the British Jazz Awards in a ceremony that honors the United Kingdom’s top jazz musicians and jazz educators.
“I'm very honored to receive this award. I've spent the past 39 years as a professional jazz guitarist and I thank everyone that continues to support me by coming to my concerts, and everyone that has voted for me for this award. I’d also like to also thank all the students at my online guitar school who continue the tradition of jazz guitar playing around the world.” - Martin Taylor
How To Play Jazz Guitar - Pentatonic Jazz Guitar Scales
Tue, 10/23/2012 - 1:49pm
If you're looking to learn how to play jazz guitar, then sooner or later you will need to learn some guitar scales. In this jazz guitar lesson, we'll go over a very useful scale in jazz guitar playing that is more commonly used amongst rock and blues guitarists: the pentatonic scale.
The word “pentatonic” comes from the Greek word pente meaning five and tonic meaning tone (remember the 70's band Pentangle consisting of guitarists Bert Jansch and John Renbourn!). The pentatonic scale consists of five notes within one octave and you'll often hear it referred to as a five-note or five-tone scale.
In this video, jazz guitar teacher Andreas Oberg breaks down how the C Major / A Minor pentatonic scale works across the fretboard. Using alternate picking, he shows how to play pentatonic scales in different positions and in different octaves.
In Andreas’ Online Guitar School you'll find hundreds of full length jazz guitar lessons for beginners on mastering scales including:
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