Learning Guitar is not Easy
Wed, 01/09/2013 - 10:37am
The following blog comes from someone taking online guitar lessons at ArtistWorks. He's a teacher at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo, NY - but when it comes to learning guitar, he's still a student.
Can You Play “Far, Far Away?” by Marcus D
It’s time for a reality check. I didn’t grow up with a guitar in my hand. I’m not one of those people who is fortunate enough to see the guitar as another limb, a natural extension of my body that will obey my every thought and sing out my ideas as easily as if I were tying my shoe. Right here, right now, I’m going to make the confession that terrifies guitar players everywhere: this thing doesn’t come easy to me.
John Patitucci Bass Musicians Magazine Interview Part 2
Mon, 01/07/2013 - 1:32pm
Rick Suchow of Bass Musicians Magazine has published Part 2 of his interview with John Patitucci (click here for Part 1). John talks about playing bass with Wayne Shorter, starting off playing electric bass, recording projects, and more. Click on the image to read the whole interview and stay tuned for Part 3 coming next month!
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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