https://youtu.be/LEvgIgFX9qI May 29, 2026 Since last week's Update was mostly a personal journal of the recent weeks I thought today I would answer some recent questions from students and the TG Community. The topic of the day was intervals, starting with fourths and how the guitar strings can help ...

https://youtu.be/_ZiHMCgXQL0 May 22, 2026 Today’s Update is a combo of IGC News, mini-vacation report (with a long personal story), and a look at slow 12-bar blues in the key of A minor, with an excursion into a Leon Russell tune. There are some cute photos attached at the end that are part of the p...

Roland- I am so thrilled to hear your story and that you think you have found the right place. We do not track much of what else is available out there but have been committed to how I love to teach here at TG for over 16 years. I know the site can be overwhelming but try to take it in bite-size chu...

Stephen-

So great to hear from you again and thanks for the update!

Neil

Thanks again Dean!

This was a duplicate of the main Preview anyway, deleted now.

Neil

P.S. Please keep up your meticulous housekeeping, we love it!

https://youtu.be/-Rh2i-ZnMb0 May 8, 2026 Today's Update was mostly a rundown of the two Spring International Guitar Camps we just had over the last two weekends. There were just a couple snippets of playing and no real theory to digest. I did have Steely Dan on my mind though and talked a little abo...

New lesson from Nesh on New World In The Morning by Roger Whittaker. https://youtu.be/74B76FNxPoc New World In The Morning is a song by Kenyan/British singer-songwriter Roger Whittaker, taken from his 1971 studio album with the same name. This album also includes his big hit The Last Farewell.  We t...

I have always enjoyed his albums and songs but did not necessarily consider them as possible lessons. I will revisit that.

Thanks for the reminder!

Neil

https://youtu.be/h8ltSuk0j-g May 4, 2026 This Spring we held two International Guitar Camps, due to demand and wanting to keep them very small. Each week we had about 18 students and five teachers spending two full days and three nights together in the Santa Cruz Mountains just outside of Los Gatos....

Great suggestions. I have always been fond of You Wear It Well, his Reason To Believe and Gasoline Alley. He is back on my radar.

Neil