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The Fifth Fret

The Fifth Fret

http://www.thefifthfret.com/

A full time guitar instructor discussing in-depth theory concepts.

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  • Using Alternate Picking for Rhythm

    Posted on Thursday January 24th, 2008 at 12:09 in , chops

    Wow, I haven't posted in awhile, still trying to get things back to normal after an insane holiday season.I'm sure almost everyone has heard the benefits of alternate picking over straight down strokes when it comes to speed, however fewer people kno...

  • Analyzing Chord Progressions

    Posted on Thursday January 3rd, 2008 at 21:10 in , standards, theory

    I hope everyone had a great holiday. Mine was insane, regular posting will resume as of today, with another post about chord substitution, this should be the last one for awhile.This time I'm going to take the opposite approach I took in my blues di...

  • Musical New Years Resolutions

    Posted on Friday December 28th, 2007 at 16:39 in , new years

    My posting has been irregular for the holidays everything should be back to normal after new years.Everyone has made resolutions before, very few people keep them, I gave up on making them quite a few years ago, however, this year I'm going to attemp...

  • Guitar Instruction Books

    Posted on Friday December 21st, 2007 at 22:32 in , notation, pedagogy

    Everyone who has taken formal guitar lessons has probably worked out of an instructional book, these books tend to be boring, but the teachers give them to you for a reason, you learn specific skills and practice the skills you have in them. Even if...

  • There's More then One Way to Play the Blues

    Posted on Tuesday December 18th, 2007 at 11:45 in , chord subsitution, music theory

    I was sitting in a bar the other day with a blues band on stage, at first I thought “hey this is pretty cool.” but after an hour, I wasn't convinced they had ever changed songs, they just took dramatic pauses every five minutes or so.Playing the...

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james lee stanley

i love this site. always fun and informative, even for a seasoned pro (perhas a little too seasoned in my case--nah, impossible). thanks for being here,
james lee stanley
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