Tomlin Harmonica Lessons Hello and welcome to this week’s lesson where I’ll be showing you a clip from Todd Parrott’s recent guest seminar about Country Harmonica over at Tomlin Harmonica School. In this video, you’ll learn some Charlie McCoy tricks. Todd Parrott Check out Todd Parrott’s stuff by clicking here. Complete Beginner?? Join my FREE … Continue reading Introduction to Country Harmonica
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Most western music is built using scales and arpeggios. There are two basic pattern types: major and minor. By learning to play them, you improve your finger strength and develop an understanding of the different key signatures. You’ll find learning a song gets a lot quicker once … Continue reading Running and jumping – scales and arpeggios
TheGuitarLesson.com This post appeared first at How to Switch Chords Quickly on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. All beginner guitarists struggle with switching between chords at first, thats part of the learning curve. Here are some tips on the subject, but make sure you watch our video lesson on how to change between guitar chords, where … Continue reading How to Switch Chords Quickly
The final results of the Great Guitar Build-Off 2020 have been announced by Crimson Guitars. It’s fair to say the results are causing some controversy, though, with the standard of entries in the inaugural competition, it was always going to be close. All in all though, the competition has raised a whopping £30,000+ for the … Continue reading Great guitar Build off 2020 results!
Modern Drummer Magazine Modern Drummer was saddened to hear of the passing of W.S. Holland on September 23, at the age of eighty-five. Holland was one of the architects of rock ’n’ roll, first with Carl Perkins, and then with Johnny Cash, who he worked with for nearly fifty years. To read more about the … Continue reading Rock ’N’ Roll Original W.S. Holland Passes
Modern Drummer Magazine Guitarist Oz Noy’s upcoming album, Snapdragon, which comes out on November 6, will feature three of the greatest fusion drummers of all time: Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Dennis Chambers. A slew of other recognizable names also appear: bassists John Patitucci, James Genus, and Will Lee; keyboardists Brian Charette, David Kikoski, and … Continue reading Upcoming Oz Noy Album, Snapdragon, Will Feature Dave Weckl, Vinnie Colaiuta, and Dennis Chambers: Video
TheGuitarLesson.com This post appeared first at Top Guitar Books for Beginners and Beyond in 2020 on TheGuitarLesson.com, thanks for reading. Learning to play the guitar from beginner guitar books is still huge in 2020, despite the availability of the more modern form of learning guitar, online video tutorials. My vote for best cover! The “learn guitar books” … Continue reading Top Guitar Books for Beginners and Beyond in 2020
Drummer’s Review There’s a saying that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but KAT Percussion is proving that saying wrong. While not necessarily old, the malletKAT 8.0 has been using a controller process that has been around for a very long time; hooking into a laptop in order to control the malletKAT, and … Continue reading KAT Percussion Introduces malletKAT 8.5 with Groundbreaking gigKAT 2 Controller
Drummer’s Review Code Drumheads have introduced the Signal range of heads to their already extensive catalogue. The Signal represents one of Code’s most hard-wearing heads to date. Its construction is a single 14 mils PET film ply, held in place with Code’s unique Grip-Tight rim technology. The combination of the rim design and thicker single … Continue reading Code Introduce the Signal Head
Modern Drummer Magazine Rob Mazurek’s upcoming album with Exploding Star Orchestra, Dimensional Stardust, which is due November 20 on International Anthem/Nonesuch Records, is bolstered by a rhythm section featuring a trio of cutting-edge drummers: Chad Taylor, Mikel Patrick Avery, and John Herndon. All three drummers are heavy hitters on the fertile Chicago experimental rock and jazz scene, of which … Continue reading Triple Percussion Team of Chad Taylor, Mikel Patrick Avery, and John Herndon Power Rob Mazurek’s Dimensional Stardust
