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Tony Rice Youtube Guitar Lick

tony hogan — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:02:45 +0000

Here’s Tony Rice showing a little of his acoustic guitar flatpicking wizardry. It’s less than a minute long but highlights his fluency and the essence of his playing

For a more in depth tutorial check out this Tony Rice Tutorial

Stefan Grossman Youtube – Cocaine Blues

tony hogan — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:34:32 +0000

Here’s the great music historian and Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitar Player Stefan Grossman doing a Guitar Tutorial on how to play the Reverend Gary Davis song Cocaine Blues

The Internet is full of Guitar Tab which is very innacurate, written by people with various skills. If you want a decent resource on how to play properly, check out Stefan Grossman’s book below. Why waste your time with poor quality resources?

Stefan Grossman’s Early Masters of American Blues Guitar: Delta Blues Guitar Transcribed by Stefan Grossman. Guitar tablature songbook and examples CD for acoustic guitar. Series: Stefan Grossman’s Early Masters of American Blues Guitar. 64 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.25980)
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Duck Baker Youtube Guitar Lesson Part 2

tony hogan — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:58:17 +0000

This Acoustic Guitar Youtube Video features Duck Baker teaching how to play the traditional song called Red Wing. It is Part 2. In this guitar lesson Duck Baker goes into to detail about left hand fingering. Duck Baker has recorded many albums and has written guitar books in conjunction with Stefan Grossman.

Duck discusses usage of passing chords going from a C to a G and also comfortable ways of fingering the chords. He also discusses right and left hand co-ordination, and holding bass notes and playing the melody notes with the other fingers.

These sort of tunes are great for singer/guitar players because the techniques used are very good for adding variations to your guitar parts when you’re not singing. Personally I find playing solo arrangements a key to creating much stronger accompaniment parts for when either other singers sing or I sing. Really, what you are doing is expanding the toolbox. When Playing solo gigs, a single note guitar solo generally just won’t cut it, you need parts which are much stronger or the whole tune just falls apart.

Duck Baker Youtube Guitar Video Tutorial is available at:

duck-baker-youtube-guitar-lesson-part-1

Here is a great guitar book with CD by Duck Baker.

Encyclopedia of Irish and American Fiddle Tunes for Fingerstyle Guitar By Duck Baker. By Duck Baker. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Solos. Encyclopedia. Fiddle Tunes. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 152 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (98545BCD)
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The Following book includes El McMeen using tunings such as CGDGAD (A as well as other oen and normal tuning arrangements.

Complete Celtic Fingerstyle Guitar By Stefan Grossman, Duck Baker And El Mcmeen. By Stefan Grossman, Duck Baker and El McMeen. For Guitar (Fingerpicking). Solos. Complete. Celtic/Irish. Level: Multiple Levels. Book/CD Set. 244 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (95217BCD)
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Duck Baker Youtube – Guitar Lesson Part 1

tony hogan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:09:34 +0000

Here’s a Guitar Youtube of the Brilliant Duck Baker giving a guitar lesson about an old standard tune called Red Wing on a nylon string guitar. If you are not familiar with Duck Baker, he has written books with Stefan Grossman and also has numerous DVD’s on guitar instruction and CD’s as a soloist and with others . Duck’s website is at Duck Baker

I will post Part 2 within a few days.

Power Chords for Acoustic and Electric Guitar Players

tony hogan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:59:34 +0000

Power chords are something that a lot of players seem to ignore, especially those that have been trained in harmony and come from a reasonably concervative musical background. Although they are common to a lot of rock players, sometimes players don’t know the names of them. So what I’ve done is make up a simple Guitar Tab and Music Notation of them as a reference for players who wish to improve their musical knowledge.

As a general rule, a chord has a 3rd. I’ll just explain this:

A basic Major scale starting on a C note would go C D E F G A B and just to complete it , I’ll add another C note.

We could give each of those notes a numerical value e.g. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.

A standard Major chord is made up of the 1st 3rd and 5th of the scale.

This would equal C E and G

Minor scales are built the same but the 3rd note is flattened, 1 fret lower

This would equal C E flat and G

Power Chords are neither Major or Minor, they are built of the 1st and 5th of the scale

So, the C Power Chord is just a C and a G. In the example I have duplicated the C. It’s just a couple of C’s and a G.

To download the printable version of How to Play Power Chords click the linkHow to Play Power Chords for Guitar

Major Seventh Chord Triads for Guitar

tony hogan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:55:54 +0000

In this article I have created a simple guitar Tab and music notation of Major Seventh Chords for guitar.
Major Sevenths have a sweet sound about them, many of the seventies tunes by acoustic bands were full of major seventh chords. A clasic example from the sixties would be ‘Don’t let the sun catch you crying’. Another would be Magnolia by JJ Cale.
I have done them as triads, threenote chords. I like using triads, they have a lot of bounce in them and are very movable.

To download the free guitar tab and notation click on the
Major Seventh Chord Triads for Guitar TAB and Notation

Seventh Chords for Guitar

tony hogan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:09:45 +0000

As you develop as a guitar player, you’ll find that you will play smoother, more automatically and another thing that will happen will be your ear will become more refined and you’ll seek out variations on the chords that you can already play.

For about thirty years now I’ve played my seventh chords as Triads, Triads are three note chords. We vdrop one note from the chord and play just what’s needed. I’ve written a simple TAB and Music Notation for Guitar to show you some basic fingerings. There are times when these triads will sound more suitable than your standard sevenths and at other times you may go for a bigger sounding chord.

Click the link to download the prinatble version of Seventh Chords for Guitar TAB and Notation

Major Chord Triads – Improve Your Guitar Playing

tony hogan — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:44:11 +0000

Many guitar players just strum away with any old chord that has the correct name and don’t worry too much aboutthe subleties of the chord, whether there is a more suitable chord which might be more suitable. The guitar Tab and notation that I have created is designed to introduce you to some simple triads (three note chords) .

You’ll notice some of them have odd names, example A/C#. All the chords I have included are simple majors but the reason they have odd names is because there is a different bass note. In the case of the A /C# it means an A chord with a C sharp note in the bass. I play a lot of triads instead of full chords, they are fantastic on fingerstyle guitar tunes, they have a mobility about them and let’s face it, they don’t sound clumsy and they free up space for other instruments to chime through. Some times a big fat chord is best but other times it is best to use something that is more refined, this article is about those times.To download the guitar and tab notation click on the Major Chord Triads link

Minor Chords for Guitar

tony hogan — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:37:25 +0000

A lot of guitar players don’t think about chord voicings (the order of the notes in chords) and play very clumsy barre chords and other chords which have too many notes, unneccessary notes that get in the way and clutter up the sound. A minor chord only needs three notes, a 1st, a flat 3rd and a 5th. It isn’t always necessary to play the root note as the lowest note on the chord. An example would be, if a chord was called G minor, many players would be in a hurry to play the G as the lowest note. The other notes of a G Minor are B flat and D. When you are working with other instruments the Bass player or Keyboard player could play the G bass note, this would give you the opportunity and the space to be more inventive. What I’ve done in this Acoustic or Electric Guitar TAB and Music Notation is to put together a dozen three note minor chords with fretboard fingerings that a lot of players don’t use. I use these a lot with fingerstyle playing and these type of chords create space for the other musicians and also they will open up new ways of playing songs by building chord sequences.You want to be a good guitar player? Work on this stuff, when you rip it apart and play with what I’m showing you hear you could possibly see the potential of it. Why play everything the same as other player? A lot of guitar players just see a chord symbol and strum out any old familiar chord that works. That sort of playing has a use by date if you are interested in being a great player. To download the printable version click Minor Chords for Guitar PDF and Music Notation