Martin Taylor: "Silent Night"

Mon, 12/17/2012 - 3:40pm
Written by AW

fingerstyle guitar lessonsSolo jazz guitar master Martin Taylor was recently in the ArtistWorks studios and had a chance to record a beautiful fingerstyle guitar version of "Silent Night." It's clear to see the fluid style of playing rhythm melody and bass that Martin teaches in his school.  Mr. Taylor posts "welcome videos" like this every month for those taking online guitar lessons at his Fingerstyle Guitar School. Check out the Welcome video above to get a short jazz guitar lesson of "Silent Night" and find out where he's recently been playing, as well as where he'll be playing next. He also talks about some of the new features on his online fingerstyle guitar lessons, including higher quality videos and video looping! 

For free jazz guitar tab of Martin's arrangement of "Silent Night," click here. To check out some more free sample guitar lessons from Martin Taylor's online school, fill out the form.

 

fingerstyle guitar lessonsSolo jazz guitar master Martin Taylor was recently in the ArtistWorks studios and had a chance to record a beautiful fingerstyle guitar version of "Silent Night." It's clear to see the fluid style of playing rhythm melody and bass that Martin teaches in his school.  Mr. Taylor posts "welcome videos" like this every month for those taking online guitar lessons at his Fingerstyle Guitar School. Check out the Welcome video above to get a short jazz guitar lesson of "Silent Night" and find out where he's recently been playing, as well as where he'll be playing next. He also talks about some of the new features on his online fingerstyle guitar lessons, including higher quality videos and video looping! 

For free jazz guitar tab of Martin's arrangement of "Silent Night," click here. To check out some more free sample guitar lessons from Martin Taylor's online school, fill out the form.

1,000+ Jazz Guitarists Online

Tue, 11/20/2012 - 11:05pm
Written by AW

Online lessons are changing the way people learn music, including how to play jazz guitar. Martin Taylor, the world's most popular online solo jazz guitar teacher, is joining in that disruption by offering a free jazz guitar course. Over 1,000 guitarists signed up to this free course within the first three days. Though Martin Taylor's course is introductory, it offers guitarists a chance to check out some of the online lessons from his online guitar school that covers concepts including:

How To Tune a Guitar by Ear

Sun, 11/11/2012 - 6:28pm
Written by James Taylor

Learning how to tune a guitar can be tricky. We all know that the Ancient Greeks were smart, what with creating democracy, philosophy, and all. What most people don't know however is that their discoveries also helped us to figure how to tune a guitar.

In this video online guitar teacher Martin Taylor talks about what the Ancient Greeks can teach us about how to keep your guitar in tune:

Tuning the guitar is made a lot easier these days with guitar tuners but there are some other things you need to know because you can't always rely on them.  

Martin Taylor: Guitarist of the Year

Fri, 10/26/2012 - 10:14am
Written by AW

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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