September 5, 2025 A little look back on some very old standards that I used to play. You might recognize Ain’t She Sweet, Five Foot Two and Sweet Georgia Brown, if you are of a ...
August 29, 2025 This week I was inspired to look back at some original pieces that have been neglected for too long. At the top of today’s Update I played A Little Jolt and Paprika– ...
August 15, 2025 Once again James Taylor is high on the bandwidth meter here at Totally Guitars. We released two new lessons on songs of his: Steamroller and Anywhere Like Heaven. These will be part ...
August 8, 2025 A lot of loose ends got wrapped up for me this week, well, at least a couple. The biggest was finishing up a lesson on the solo version of Itchycoo Park. The ...
August 1, 2025 This week quite a variety of things crossed my path, so the Weekly Update is a bit scattered and disjointed, not that that is unusual. I started with some thoughts about The ...
July 18, 2025, My interest, obsession and admiration for Elton John tunes continued this week with three new lessons from his catalog – Tiny Dancer, Crocodile Rock and I’m Still Standing. This brings our TG ...
July 11, 2025, Recently I have been having a good time revisiting songs by Elton John, partially inspired by a couple students working on old songs of his (i.e. ones that came out when I ...
June 27, 2025, Today’s Update started with some improvising in the key of D. This led me to talking about chord progressions that use secondary dominant chords, which related to the progression I started with. ...