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How To Learn The Fretboard
One of the main concerns for players of varying levels is knowledge of the fretboard. Specifically, being able to identify any pitch everywhere on the neck. There are a variety of ways to learn this but it seems that many guitarists don’t have a specific method. Learning the open strings and counting up and down the individual string works but it takes too long. [...]
One String Scale Practice Part 1
One of the benefits of the guitar is the ability to see/memorize patterns and shapes for scales and chords. The downfall of patternistic playing is just that, at times it can sound mechanical and predictable. Visual recognition is of course part and parcel of learning the instrument and should be embraced, but we have to be careful about falling into musical ruts, or worse [...]
One String Scale Practice Pt 2
This is my second installment on the subject of practicing on one string. The first lesson showed a few examples using the Minor Pentatonic, Harmonic Minor and the Mixolydian scale. As a quick recap, one of the advantages of single string studies is that it doesn't permit you to use familiar fingerings and patterns. The intervals are your guide and you are prompted to [...]
Pentatonic Guitar Lesson
Today we’re going to take a look at using the pentatonic scale for creating fast passages. Example one is going to take the first position of Em pentatonic and break it up into fives. Whats very important is to pay close attention to your picking. For each group of five you will pick “down up down up down” and then repeat for the next group of five. [...]
Plainville Music School Hosts Blues Jam For Students
Farmington Valley Post Macri School of Music in Plainville hosted a blues jam for its students. Owner Frank Macri and guitar instructor Scott Gilliam worked on some blues classics with the participants, such as BB King’s “The Thrill Is Gone” and Albert King’s “Born Under A Bad Sign.” The event was free for people who attended the school and is one of many extracurricular [...]
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