
Mailbag: Chorales in four voices and practicing Septuplets
In this mailbag episode I answer questions from members Juan Carlos Hernandez and Soloist. First I go into how I approach playing all four voices of a chorale at once, finding fingerings and voice lea...
5 Loka 202529min

351 Shapes
ABOUT THIS BOOK:What you have here is a list of musical scales. You can find any collection of notes from 1 to 12 tones somewhere in it. The format is made to be a practical reference or journal. I've...
5 Loka 202523min

Guided Practice - Three notes
Here's an idea for creative practice. I play a drone of three notes and improvise on it according what it seems to sound like. Then I change one of the notes, improvise, and repeat.
5 Loka 202530min

Listening session: Grant Green
Last week the New York Times had an article called "Five Minutes that will make you love Jazz Guitar," in which I wrote a little thing about this track, recorded 63 years ago today. Link is here: http...
5 Loka 202522min

Bach on Sunday: Chorale 198
Here's a reading of Chorale 198, as usual one voice at a time. Read along with the attached sheet music.
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Bach Prelude for Lute: Lessons from a Master (performance and analysis)
On Sunday I posted a performance of this piece. Here I go through it bar by bar and talk about how I think about memorizing it and what lessons it has for harmony, form, and composition. Sheet music i...
4 Loka 202536min

Mailbag: George Van Eps, Picking direction, posture, breathing
today we go into recent comments from Frank Boons, David Sharki, Cameron, and Jesse. Let me know if this clears anything up, or maybe makes it more confusing! This one ends abruptly because I trimmed ...
4 Loka 202526min

Bach on Sunday: chorale 166
A look at Chorale 166. Play along by looking at the attached sheet music.
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