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Playing Tambor

Posted by Kelsey Holt on

Playing Tambor

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.

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Four-Part Seventh Chord Voicings

Posted by Alex Lydon on

Four-Part Seventh Chord Voicings
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.

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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.

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Fingerstyle Rock in Dropped-D Tuning

Posted by Anita Evans on

Fingerstyle Rock in Dropped-D Tuning
Dropped-D tuning has been popular among many influential folk and Celtic players, like Bert Jansch and even Jimmy Page.

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How to Make Great Rock Strumming Patterns from Simple Rhythms

Posted by Kelsey Holt on

How to Make Great Rock Strumming Patterns from Simple Rhythms
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.”

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