Hey Folks, Here is a tune that may have been off most people's radar, at least in the U.S. - Arms Of Mary by The Sutherland Brothers & Quiver. https://youtu.be/JqpTgjsRlAo Arms of Mary is a song written by Iain Sutherland and performed by Sutherland Brothers and Quiver. It was a 1976 international h...

Hey Lynn,

You are the winner of our week #3 challenge so a set of SCGC strings are on the way to you!

Neil

Thanks for the thought - this was an old thread that came back to life recently with Dermot's sketch.

Neil

Thank you for the harmonics discussion. I'm still wondering what key it is when you play a multiple string harmonic, say at the 12th fret. Do you have to be concerned about that in relation to the key of the song when you throw in a harmonic, either as part of a lead or as part of the rhythm? The h...

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https://youtu.be/gAljCZxWFCw March 29, 2024 A couple new, and unexpected lessons crossed our path and joined the TG Library this week. Last week it was I’ll Be Here In The Morning by Townes Van Zandt that cut the queue and turned into a lesson because a student and I had been working diligently on i...

We are wrapping our our March 3-Minute challenge with the last 9 days in March. Please post your results here. We will be announcing the most recent weekly winners as well as the grand prize winner next week. Neil Username: Week Ending: Sunday, March 31 Saturday March 23: Sunday March 24: Monday Mar...

Hey Gang, Last week I had an interesting project. I was asked to play a tune at an old friend's memorial service, as well as accompany a couple of his relatives on songs by John Prine and Stevie Wonder. Backing Sara up on Angel From Montgomery was an easy no-brainier, but she and her cousin Ben were...

I have been working with a student recently on Stones by Neil Diamond . It features a somewhat unusual arpeggio pattern that is a bit challenging. I thought many of you might be interested in tackling it so we now have a complete lesson on it. https://youtu.be/d_JkV4K5Mvw Stones is a beautiful balla...

https://youtu.be/eNdkzMP1phc March 22, 2024 Music inspired by Pat Metheny, Alan Parsons, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, and even Stevie Wonder crossed my strings today throughout the Update. And speaking of strings, they were brand new and supplied by my friends at the Santa Cruz Guitar Company just ...