Where should you buy your next guitar, mandolin, banjo or ukulele or …? Here’s the choices: Local Musical Instrument Store. I always feel good about supporting a local business. But your town instrument store probably has a limited selection instruments. It probably only carries mass produced instruments and yet may… More
I don’t always use a pick when I play guitar. But I do keep an eye out for interesting new types of picks. Picks are great item to buy when you need something new but don’t have much money. You can always afford a few new picks. There are many… More
We have now covered 4 of the examples I plan to review on how to get music images into blogs and documents. [jbox vgradient=”#d8d8d8|#ffffff”]This is Part 3 in my series Musical Snippets for Sharing.[/jbox] The examples are: Put the guitar tab of a C major scale into HTML for a… More
In my previous post, How’d I get that tab, notation and chord diagram into my blog?, I listed 6 examples of things you might want to be able to do if you teach or write about music. Here’s the list again. The examples are: Put the guitar tab of a… More
Do you ever want to share musical information with others? It doesn’t matter if you’re want to send an email, create printed material or post something to a blog, the essential problem is the same. Here are some of the things which you might want to do if you are… More
The harmonized scale, like the circle of fifths, is a wonderful, amazing and somewhat mysterious musical construct. If you don’t know or remember the harmonized scale let me review before I move on to how to use it for arpeggios. What is the harmonized scale? The harmonized scale can be… More
I reviewed how to play major scales on the guitar in my last post. You’ve learned those scales right? I’m still working on them – and I have been for years. I know them, but I can always improve. But as I said last time, scales may be useful, but… More
There are many ways to play any scale on the guitar. You can learn the positions of each note of a scale on a single string. You can learn scales that play three notes per string then move to the next higher (or lower) string. However, many guitarists look for the… More
[jbox color=”blue” title=”Why learn scales and arpeggios?”]Learning scales helps you learn your way around the fretboard. Your fingers (brain) develops “muscle memory” on how to play a combination of notes. Arpeggios bring you closer to understanding what notes to play for different chords. Scales and arpeggios can be used as… More
If you’ve been following this series, you should have already considered which finger your slide goes on, what type of slide to use and maybe even made yourself your own bottleneck slide. But wait! There’s more. Now for some thoughts on slide tunings, guitar setup, guitars and picks. Most of… More
