Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog As I started going through this particular lick for today’s lesson, I realized there are actually at least 3 cool things going on that are important: 1 – The patterns, and how looking at the patterns of notes is SO much easier than remembering the actual notes, one at a time … Continue reading Look For Patterns In Licks
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog Like many videos I do, I’m hoping this will inspire you to experiment a little and try this out in your soloing… When most folks play or learn a blues lick, there’s a tendency to simply learn it and move on… that’s a huge mistake. Instead, look at the notes in … Continue reading Chasing Chords With A Simple Blues Phrase
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog Today’s video is in response to a common question about how to play “real” blues songs in a solo context (meaning, just you and a guitar, not a band.) This is a pretty common thing to want to do and highlights the difference between a song and an arrangement, or a … Continue reading How To Play “Real” Songs By Yourself
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog As you may have noticed, I lean a little more to the blues/rock side of the spectrum… So I’m a huge Gary Moore fan and this is a riff of his that just hits like a ton of bricks and I really love it. Plus, I think it does a really … Continue reading Gary Moore Umbrella Man Blues/Rock Riff
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog There’s this one particular double stop that lies between boxes 1 and 2 of the pentatonic/blues scale… I hear this sound SO much, and I use it all the time, but I’m not sure I’ve made a big enough deal about it. So today, we’ll make a big deal about it … Continue reading This Double Stop Is The Blues
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Learning how to balance your hands on the piano is an important skill to develop. Developing solid and consistent control over your tone, dynamics, and articulation is a skill that is not built overnight. It takes months and years of practice to build a strong sound on … Continue reading It’s all in the hands: balance, dynamics, and tone
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog As you’ve probably noticed, I’m a big fan of looper pedals… Back in the old days, I literally used to sit with a cassette deck and play a groove into it for several minutes, then rewind the tape and practice soloing over it… With a looper I can be jamming in … Continue reading Blues Grooves For Your Looper
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips C minor chords are complex, sad, and emotional chords, if you know how to use them correctly. This article teaches you how to invert your c minor chords, so you can play them all over the keyboard. Knowing how to take a C minor chord from its … Continue reading C minor chord: inversions explained
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips The C major chord is often the first chord that anyone learns how to play on the piano. This is of course because the key of C major has no sharps and no flats, allowing for anyone to be able to sit down and merely avoid playing … Continue reading Understanding the C major chord: Inversions and fingerings
Piano Blog by Skoove – Piano Practice Tips Learning chords is the first step to truly understanding how to play the piano, and approaching different types of music as a pianist. With pure understanding and chord knowledge, the entire world of music playing and music making will open as you learn your different major chords, … Continue reading Learning the G major chord on piano
