Acoustic Fingerstyle For Beginners Hey everyone, this week I go through a couple of very simple fingerpicking exercises in the key of G. The chords being used are as follows: The first pattern is in 6/8 time (count 123456) and uses a thumb, index, middle, ring, middle, index finger order for the picking hand.[…]
5 Things I Wish They’d Told Me Before My First Gig Hey everyone, today we are going through a checklist you should have before you ever play your first guitar gig. Much of this I learned through trial and error and some of it just makes sense. I hope this helps all of you from[…]
Learn The Guitar Fretboard – Part 1 Today we are looking at the first step in learning the guitar fretboard. To do that we need to understand what intervals are. Intervals are the distance between two notes. Knowing this, we can start with the smallest interval which is called a “half step.” A half step[…]
5 Guitarists That Changed Rock Music Today I have some great music for you and some comments on these guitarists! 5. Chuck Berry Chuck is thought of by many influential classic rock musicians as the father of rock and roll music. He turned the guitar into the defacto instrument of rock and roll with[…]
How To Play “Shallow” – A Star Is Born Movie Hey everyone, I thought I would get a little more modern and teach something from the current pop culture musically. This is a great one if you are a beginner struggling to get some open chords down. Below is the tab and lesson […]
David Gilmour Guitar Style Lesson Part 2 Hey everyone, back again with the 2nd and final installment of “David Gilmour Guitar Style Lesson Part 2.” Today we are going over several more of the stylistic traits that make David Gilmour a standout guitarist in the classic rock genre. 4. 4-3-2 Licks Every guitarist has their[…]
David Gilmour’s Guitar Style Lesson – Part 1
By fearzero General Music Lessons, Lessons, Lifestyle Jan 10, 2019
David Gilmour’s Guitar Style Lesson – Part 1 Hi everyone, this week we are looking at David Gilmour’s Guitar Style in depth in this 2 part video series. David Gilmour has taken listeners on his melodic, bluesy journey with his band Pink Floyd for over 45 years. In that time he has created a catalog of solos so[…]
Chord Duplication And “Stop Time” Rhythm Figures Welcome back! So this week we are going to learn to duplicate some movable chords as well as a few basic notation symbols. If you have never had music lessons before, you need to learn some basic concepts of time. To convey how long and how many times[…]