Welcome to the guitar lesson--for those who are studying with me and for those I've never met. To email me with questions, comments and requests click here.
here are are a few mp3's and pdf's you can check out. The beginner stuff is towards the top and the more advanced is further down the list--click on the links (I'll be updating this page frequently):
- Chords #'s 1-5--fifteen open chords with excercises--learn and memorize 3 each week (zipped archive).
- Romanza--simple arrangement in pdf format.
- Romanza--played slowly
- Romanza--"normal" tempo
- open arpeggio's #1
- open arpeggio's #2
- 12 bar blues in A--shuffle
- 12 bar blues in A--straight 8th
- A Minor Pentatonic scale
- A blues scale
- 12 bar blues in A with A pentatonic lead guitar
- A pentatonic lead guitar from above with no rhythm
- Backing track: Blues Shuffle In A
- Backing track: Mercy Mercy with lead (8 bar intro, play head 2x, solo over Bb7/Eb9)
- Backing track: Mercy Mercy--no lead (8 bar intro, play head 2x, solo over Bb7/Eb9)
- Livin' Lovin' Maid--slower than Led Zeppelin version
- A minor blues--rhythm track
- Blue Bossa--rhythm track with guitar playing melody and solo
- Blue Bossa--rhythm track with no guitar
- II-V chord progressions using minor 7b5 to dominant 7b9 chords--chord excercises and audio examples
- II-V-I arpeggios (2 bar excercises)
- Power Chord Rhythms--lessons 4 and 5 from my book of rhythm reading for guitar--includes audio examples
- Bach Cello Suite #1 in treble clef
- blank staff/tab paper in pdf format
- Second Step Music (includes The Dalton Gang and The Real Deal Big Band)
- my MySpace page which has some bio and gig info
- Playing with 9th chords (the files associated with this video are here) and here is the video:
- solo guitar with nylon string--the videos are: "Alone Together", "Mr. Lucky", "Have You Met Miss Jones?" , "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?", "Andorhina", and "The Christmas Song"--more to come. I've transcribed the arrangement of "Mr. Lucky" (notation, tab and chord symbols) and posted it on my guitar lesson podcast--click here.
- "The End Of A Love Affair" with The Real Deal Big Band
- "For Heaven's Sake" with the Real Deal Big Band rhythm section
- "The Gypsy In My Soul" with The Real Deal Big Band