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John Butler Trio Youtube Slide Roots Rock
John Butler is one of the greats that has helped take the art of acoustic roots music to a broader younger audience. Although there have been brilliant players and singer songwriters around for years, a lot of the players have been obscurred by th...
Guitar Chords - How to Make E chords Part 5
This is Part 5 of the 6 part series in Guitar Chords - How to Make E chordsAs stated in the other articles on Making Guitar Chords , chords generally have a 3rd, 5th and 7th. So to make an E Major Chord we need the first third and fifth of an E...
Guitar Chords - How They Are Made
This is part 1 of a 6 Part series on Chord Construction for guitar. How chords are made is not that difficult to understand. You will require a tiny bit of patience and the ability to count up to 13 and also know the alphabet from A to G. Having ...
Guitar Scale Pentatonic Major in B Flat - Part 6 of 6
This guitar scale is the final one in may six part series on Pentatonic Scales. As you my remember from my previous web blog posts, I decided to do a short series because many players have difficulty following through if there is too much informati...
John Butler Trio Youtube 12 string
The John Butler acoustic twelve string version of Message in a Bottle, what an interesting combination. Two things that really appeal to me as a musician are: 1) Restraint and understatement 2) Interpretation of other peoples tunes The ability to n...
Pentatonic Major Scale for Guitar in D - Part 5 of 6
This Pentatonic Major Scale in D is very useful on acoustic guitar. Note how I’ve used the open E string to create a bit of time to jump up the fretboard to the 7th fret. This scale is very suitable for improvising over a D chord, it doesn&#...
Joe Satriani youTube Acoustic Guitar
It’s always good to hear great electric guitar players on acoustic guitar, it enables the listener to put their music into some sort of manageble, understandable picture where we don’t have to try and decipher what is going on behind the...
Stevie Ray Vaughan youTube Acoustic Blues Guitar
If you love acoustic guitar and also Blues, the chances are you’d like Stevie Ray Vaughan playing acoustic blues. I saw Stevie Ray play years ago with his trio, sensational. But I never saw him play acoustic guitar, unfortunate. I did get...
Pentatonic Major Scale in A - Part 4 of 6
This is the fourth pentatonic Scale in my six part series of Pentatonic scales. When I write the fingering for these scales I often think about what is suitable for the acoustic guitar. I’m writing them in a manner that will get you out of ...
Pentatonic Major Scale in E - Part 3 of 6
This is the 3rd article about guitar scales, this is pentatonic major scale in the Key of E. It’s very useful for improvising in the Key of E, it’s reasonably ’safe sounding’ and difficult to go wrong with it if you are solo...
Guitar Scales - Pentatonic Major Part 2 of 6
The Pentatonic Major scale is pretty common amongst rock players. I’ve written it here in the key of G. It consists of 5 notes, G A B D E. If someone were to turn those notes into a chord it would be a G6 add9 , some might call it a G6 su...
Guitar Scales Pentatonic Minor - Part 1 of 6
Are you feeling a little stuck and having difficulty organizing your practice? Well, I’ve decided to do a six part series on scales to get the old fingers going, READ ON This is the first of a six part series on guitar scales. I’ve...
