Hey Folks, I was recently working on this song with a student and it seemed logical that many others would like to play I'll Be Here In The Morning by Townes Van Zandt. It also gave me a chance to put together a segment focused on Townes' fingerpicking technique, which is basically a bit of Travis p...

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https://youtu.be/w-q0cDry3eU March 15, 2024 Recently I talked a bit about swing time, which many people confuse with syncopation. Today I talked more about syncopation, what it is, how it is independent of swing, and then opened the door to time signature changes, which can be confused with both swi...

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https://youtu.be/Sw7jrFTkt34 March 8, 2024 A couple things happened in lessons with students that became subjects for today's News. One was a question about swing time, which led to some improvising over 12-bar blues after examples from Chuck Berry and Loggins & Messina. The other was a song I messe...

Hi Gang, The response to my harmonization lesson on Can' Help Falling In Love inspired to get on another, Love Me Tender, with a little more complex set of chords. This also works a bit on listening to Elvis' recording (included with the lesson) to help sort out the problems. I hope you enjoy it! ht...

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https://youtu.be/nNK6ifFZ8EA March 1, 2024 A little Miles Davis flavored improv a la Kind Of Blue slipped out of my fingers at the start of today’s Update. The particular vamp was one of the first things I played with John Renbourn the night we first met back in 1998. It was on my mind as I was thin...

Hey Gang, Nesh has put together another REO Speedwagon lesson, this time it is Roll With The Changes. https://youtu.be/VPcNCC6z8c8 Roll With the Changes is another one of REO Speedwagon's biggest hits, and surely a fan's favorite. It appears on their album "You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna F...

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