March 11, 2022 I had a lesson the other day with a student who wanted to work on George Harrison’s early song I Need You, for The Beatles’ 1965 album and movie Help! I felt ...
March 4, 2022 There is a lot going on nowadays, and thankfully, a lot changed here at TG in the couple hours after I shot this week’s Update. I thought about just tossing the video ...
February 25, 2022 Today I had some songs running through my head that used some interesting chord voicings, which led me to a few theory tips. I started with sliding a C chord up and ...
February 18, 2022 This week we brought out a couple more sections of the White Bird Solo Lesson, namely the Violin Solo and Verse Three. Today’s Update started with a play through of those sections. ...
February 11, 2022 I got a request to do a lesson on Sylvia, the Focus tune I put up as an Acoustic Snapshot a while ago, so I started today’s Update with a little bit ...
February 4, 2022 Today I started with some improvising in A Minor, which led to a discussion on descending bass lines in minor keys. There are numerous songs that do this and I mentioned a ...
January 28, 2022 John Renbourn’s Snap A Little Owl popped into my head just as I started the camera and I figured I might as well see what kind of shape it was in. As ...
January 21, 2022 After a few computer issues I was able to finish the promised lesson on my solo arrangement of Long, Long Time. I also spent more time than usual this week playing and ...
January 14, 2022 I had a lot of fun with this week’s new lessons. Song For Juli is one that has intrigued me for almost 50 years since I first got Jesse Colin Young’s album ...
January 7, 2022 I have still have Get Back, the Beatles recent documentary playing in the background around here, although I think it has just about run its course. It inspired most of our recent ...