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Jazz is complex. If musical styles were subjects in school, then Jazz would be Mathematics. Do you think this is so? Many readers probably share this view. Jazz is usually considered an advanced style, something that you learn after you’ve successfully progressed through and mastered some of the `lesser’ styles of music. However, lately, I’ve [...]
November 8, 2010
Things have been moving a little slowly with this blog in the past week. I have been very busy in the real world and, unfortunately, writing about guitar playing has had to take a back seat. Don’t all run away now though; I am working on some new content that should be up very soon, [...]
October 29, 2010
Besides writing blog posts, I enjoy reading posts from other people’s guitar blogs, or guitar-related articles from other sources on the internet. I usually read for inspiration, entertainment, or to educate myself about some aspect of guitar playing. Reading about playing the guitar, or writing about playing the guitar keeps you connected. It can sometimes [...]
October 26, 2010
Back in early 2001, I moved from my native country of The Netherlands to England. The reason I moved was because I had accepted a job there, which I was very excited about. I ended up living in a shared house with three other housemates. This turned out to have a grave effect on my [...]
October 23, 2010
If you have been reading this blog for long enough, you will know that I am a strong proponent of keeping things simple when it comes to improvisation. And with `keeping things simple’ I mean limiting the scales that you use for soloing to just the minor and major pentatonic scale, initially, and then view [...]
October 20, 2010
Have you ever had a conversation with someone who habitually slurs their words, skips over syllables, or is otherwise hard to follow because of their lack of articulation? Did you find it took quite a bit of effort to try and understand this person? Was it an enjoyable experience? It very likely wasn’t! It’s the [...]
October 18, 2010
I have written a guest post on wrist position for the excellent blog, Not Playing Guitar. There seems to be some confusion about the wrist position of your fretting hand, and in this post I try to explain that a straight wrist is best. The link is here: How Should You Keep Your Wrist: Straight [...]
November 15, 2010