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Playing Tambor
Posted by Kelsey Holt on
In this excerpt from Alex de Grassi Fingertstyle Guitar Method, Alex de Grassi talks about the percussive qualities that a guitar's body has and how to achieve those sounds.
Four-Part Seventh Chord Voicings
Posted by Alex Lydon on
Because of the complexity of harmony in the standard repertoire and the freedom of expression inherent within the genre, jazz requires that guitarists develop a flexible and diverse chord vocabulary. In this lesson, we’ll look at strategies for building four-part seventh chord voicings, their inversions, and voice leading through common jazz progressions.
Country Blues in Open C
Posted by Kelsey Holt on
David Hamburger talks about the open-C tuning as a favorable alternative to the more familiar open-D and open-G tunings in this excerpt from Alternate Tunings Guitar Essentials.
Fingerstyle Rock in Dropped-D Tuning
Posted by Anita Evans on
Dropped-D tuning has been popular among many influential folk and Celtic players, like Bert Jansch and even Jimmy Page.
How to Make Great Rock Strumming Patterns from Simple Rhythms
Posted by Kelsey Holt on
This steady chugging sound provides more of a constant rhythm than alternating between downstrokes and upstrokes, and you can hear it in countless songs, like the Beatles “Across the Universe.”