Hey everyone! Best wishes! Here’s my final rough draft of an arrangement of Chopin’s Nocturne in Eb Major, Opus 9, Number 2. I’m working on the sheet music, but will hopefully have it somewhat soon.
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The post sends best wishes for 2022 and shares a lyric video of a song the author has been working on, inviting viewers to enjoy the content provided through a YouTube link.
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The Hero’s Journey(s) – Podcast #7
This podcast explores themes of rhythm, rhyme, and resonance, drawing on the Hero’s Journey and historical archetypes to relate to health, wealth, and love in music. It offers twelve wellness tips for musicians, discusses truth, love, and power in learning music, and examines perspectives of realism, optimism, and pessimism.
This tutorial guides on practicing jazz guitar chords, emphasizing playing root and guide notes, finger placement, and shifting between chords. Instructions include playing with a specific finger for each note, using guide fingers for efficient transitions, and focusing on interior notes for chord flavor. Exercises feature various jazz chord forms, incorporating a quarter-note feel. The lesson ends with suggestions for practicing jazz rhythm, recommending playing along with Oscar Peterson’s and Count Basie’s music, and highlights the importance of learning simple comping and melodies. Additional resources and an invitation for questions are offered by Wynton Marsalis.
Adopting a Back-To-Eden (BTE) style garden has inspired the author to utilize wood chips in their urban and suburban gardens for creating pathways, mulching, and improving soil health. Although not implementing a full BTE garden due to space constraints, wood chips have been beneficial for moisture retention, weed control, and adding nutrients. Experiences include using wood chips to combat high lead soil levels and densely planting fruit trees in pots. The author emphasizes the importance of learning from nature and advises checking information before applying it to your own garden.
This podcast focuses on a variety of strategies for musicians and guitarists to create content and generate income, both in-person and online. It explores over a dozen methods, including videos, social media, recording music, teaching, gigging, composing, and diversifying into non-music projects. The host shares personal experiences and underscores the importance of early adoption in platforms like YouTube and online teaching, while highlighting the significance of rights, licensing, and direct fan engagement through email lists. The narrative suggests a need for persistence and creativity to succeed in the evolving digital landscape.
In the fourth installment of the Guitar Kitchen Podcast, guitarists are invited to learn about drumming to enhance their groove. Listeners are offered various resources, including articles on multi-instrumentalism and improving jazz guitar techniques. The podcast also features practical advice from Wynton Marsalis, emphasizing relaxed practice for quicker learning and includes musical recordings. For personal guidance, listeners can arrange online correspondence guitar coaching.
Would you love to improvise in the vein of classic jazz like Oscar Peterson and Miles Davis?
Here’s 3 great ways that I believe will help aspiring jazz musicians!
And these are tips I still use after studying this musical genre for almost 30 year!
In this podcast, I discuss some practice ideas that may help you improve your musicality on jazz guitar.
These ideas have helped me and/or continue to help me.
All the best!
While there’s tons of different ways to convey feel and groove, I believe jazz guitarists can really imbue their playing with an extra-dollop of right-hand feel & technique.