Song Cage, a new browser-based songwriting app, launched this week with a distinctive design philosophy: no generative AI anywhere in the product. Every chord suggestion is deterministic music theory, labeled by its functional role and explained in plain language given the surrounding chords and the melody underneat
By: Rick Landers Having been intensely studying, performing, and teaching jazz guitar to thousands of students around the globe, Dr. Matt Warnock is decidedly the number one or most accessed guitar teacher on the planet. Matt’s background in academia, writing, editing and publishing and both solo and collaborative performing have all developed his jazz playing […]
Although, many have worked hard to develop guitar instruction websites during the past two decades, one has continued to develop and sustain itself as THE go to site, one developed by Justin Sandercoe.
Born in Buenos Aires, Pablo began his guitar studies when he was 14 years old, focusing on hard rock and neoclassical metal styles. Later, he entered at The Academia E.F.I.M.U.S. (School of the Comprehensive Training of Musicians)…
I start this session with a short excerpt of a blues played in A in the style of Robert Johnson. This song is played using a monotonic bass technique and the sound is muted heavily with the palm of the picking hand after each strike.
One of the most overlooked aspects of practicing any instrument is what I would call “micro-practicing,” which is the practice of isolating a small passage of a musical piece or technique that may contain a challenging element. This single, challenging element is what we’ll focus on when we micro-practice. The entire solo, riff, lick or composition is not repeated over and over again, only the area that may contain whatever it is that we find challenging, and thus prevents us from performing at our optimum level.
It wasn’t until I went to secondary school in 1992 that I found out about Guns n’ Roses. Nearly everyone one in my school listened to it. They were huge. It is also the first time I heard Slash. I wouldn’t pick up the guitar for another two years but already his lead playing captivated me.
Playing various scales on the guitar is a solid, foundational technique that any player would do well to master.
Soulhouse Sound’s Karan Andrea and guitarist extraordinaire Ed Supple were at Summer NAMM to showcase their new video, Guitar Player Wanted Singing a Plus. Situated in a long row of rectangle-shaped booths, Soulhouse Sound stood out among its neighbors as the sweet riffs of Supple’s guitar floated over the crowd. If you’re a guitarist looking to become a better singer, or you want to learn to sing in a healthier manner then check out their DVD, it’s worth a watch.
