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The Practicing Mind by Thomas M. Sterner
One key tenet of my life is to constantly question the value of the things in my life. This is especially true in a country that has an economy that is built around consumerism. One of the reasons I teach the guitar and do life coaching is that I truly believe it adds value to…
Review: Hannabach 815 Classical Guitar Strings. Are They Worth It?
Are you considering the Hannabach 815MT classical guitar strings?
Jorge Morel, Happy Birthday!
Yesterday, the classical guitar world celebrated the birthday of Jorge Morel. He was born with the name Jorge Scibona (9 May 1931 – 10 February 2021), known professionally as Jorge Morel, was a classical guitarist and composer from Argentina. He went by Morel due to the mispronunciation of his given name. Biography Jorge Morel (May…
Guitar Sight Reading Mastery – A Resource For All Guitarists (Update)
The mention of guitar sight-reading causes most guitarists to squirm in their seats or look for the nearest exit. There’s an old joke about what you call two guitarists sight-reading the same line of music. The answer…polyphony. For classical or jazz guitarists, sight-reading notation is essential. In the process of teaching, I’ve written a book…
Classical Jazz Guitarist: A Classical Guitarist’s Guide
Any classical guitarist (or rock, blues, country, etc.) new to the world of jazz needs to know a little bit about the great players in the genre. Learning any style of music (jazz, rock, blues, Brazilian, etc.) requires a lot of listening. Fortunately, today we can do as much listening to the most obscure styles…
A Concise (but not complete) List of Jazz Genres
As a classical guitarist, the world can sometimes begin to get pretty narrow in the study of the guitar. I am grateful that I had the chance to study with multiple jazz musicians over the years. This ranges from two guitarists to a pianist and a saxophonist. I learned more about theory and the organization…
Petite Blues By Marc Bélanger
The variety of styles and genres gives me great pleasure in teaching guitar at this time in history. Petite Blues by Marc Bélanger allows a beginning classical guitarist the ideal introduction to the blues genre. The piece employs enough chromaticism to keep the player’s interest alive. Furthermore, a listening audience enjoys the deviation from the classical…
Techniques For Memorizing Music On The Guitar
Over the next few posts, we will be looking at a number of initial techniques for memorizing music on the guitar. These are initial because there are many phases to memorization. These posts are about the initial learning of the notes on the page in order to replicate them on the guitar. In my opinion,…
Help Your Practice By Changing Your Sheet Music Stand
The process of learning the guitar takes much longer than people realize. Most of the time we work on making small incremental changes over a long period of time. It’s like looking at a picture from your past and noticing how much you have changed since the picture was taken. But, on a daily basis,…
An Argument For Classical Guitar Tabs Vs Sheet Music
In the world of classical guitar, a blog post on tabs will spark at least a little controversy. However, I believe that I can make a case where tablature might be the preferred way to read music for classical guitar.