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Eric Clapton Youtube Blues - Outside Woman Blues
2008-08-08 04:02:34
My introduction to the Cream featuring Eric Clapton , Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker was in 1969, I was 13 years old and just discovering music.  By 1970 I had inherited four albums, Jimi Hendrix  - Are You Experienced, John Wesley Harding by Dylan, Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan and Disraeli Gears by the Cream.  To [...]
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Acoustic Guitar Youtube Jacques Stotzem playing Hendrix
2008-08-06 06:45:40
It’s always good to see great guitar players interpreting other players work.  This video youtube of Jacques Stotzem plaing the Jimi Hendrix tune Purple Haze is a perfect example of when it works.  Keep in mind the original by Hendrix was on electric, to hear an acoustic version which works well is a treat.  Jacques Stotzem was born [...]
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Blues Scales - Super Blues Part 2
2008-08-05 03:31:48
The other day I posted about a blues scale that I invented in my very active musical brain about 3 or 4 in the morning.  So now it’s time to dig a fraction deeper and spread it across thre octaves and also add a few guitar lick exercises.  Scales are great to add to the toolbo, [...]
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Blues Scale - Brand New Invention - Super Blues in E
2008-08-02 08:39:06
NEW BLUES SCALE BREAKTHROUGH   The standard blues scale has been around for quite some time, also the country blues scale, the one that is really a C# blues scale played over songs in the key of E.  I’m reasonably confident that I have invented a new scale that is highly useable, easy to play and is [...]
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Jazz Guitar Chords - Tutorial
2008-08-01 06:20:05
This guitar tutorial  is for players that can already play to a good basic standard. I’ve written a guitar TAB and music notation chart that uses triads (three note chords) and have also added a simple bass part.  I’ve used a common chord pattern, it consistts of.  Cmaj7 A7 D7 G7 Cmaj7 A7 D7 G7 E7 A7 D7 G7 C [...]
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Laurence Juber Youtube Video While My Guitar
2008-07-30 05:12:31
Laurence Juber playing playing an acoustic guitar arrangement of While my Guitar Gently Weeps is a great lesson in itself. Watch his technique and see how much control he has in his bends and his ability to be natural and relaxed throughout this video.  Although the basic theme and chorus of the tune is repetitive, he manages [...]
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Ligthning Hopkins Youtube Blues Guitarist
2008-07-29 07:33:11
In case you missed my previous article about Lightning Hopkins the legendary acoustic Blues Guitar Player, here’s another song  complete with sunglasses, it’s a slow blues, talking style of vocal line. This is history and it’s wonderful to have it saved and preserved on video.  It’s from the American Folk Blues Festival 1964.  His voice is outstanding [...]
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Guitar Chords - How to Make E chords Part 5
2008-07-28 05:59:09
This is Part 5 of the 6 part series in Guitar Chords - How to Make E chords As 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 scale The first of E is E, [...]


Andy McKee Youtube Acoustic Guitarist
2008-07-27 06:34:48
Here’s another beautiful guitar piece on youtube video by the brilliant Andy McKee acoustic guitarist.  Notice how he uses a half capo that only covers some of the strings.  He  is one of the most natyrally percussive players that I have ever heard.  he’s playing a Lowden guitar, not unlike the ones Pierre Bensusan used for [...]
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How Guitar Chords are Made - Part 4 of 6
2008-07-23 07:05:23
  These Chords are based around the Key of A.  The Key of A has 3 sharps (#) C sharp, F sharp and G Sharp.   As before in the last article, if you look at the music stave above, you’ll notice that I have numbered each note and also given it an alphabetical name. I’ll also remind you once [...]
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