Lynn is a Target Member from Virginia who dropped in for a live lesson. We went over many topics and songs mostly relating to instrumental fingerpicking techniques and concepts. Topics included have a grasp of ...
This is an early Bob Dylan song that Ed had worked a bit with, although more in the way Dave van Ronk arranged it. We started with passing bass runs connecting chord changes before we ...
Kevin walked in for his lesson the morning I was working a Target Lesson on Lou Reed’s Walk On the Wild Side. He mentioned that he was a big fan and we decided to drop ...
This lesson started in Open G as Ed had been working on the Moloka’i Waltz. It evolved into a discussion about chord shapes and construction based on the tuning, as well as understanding melodic construction ...
As has become a habit lately, there is quite a bit of music involved in today's News. It started with a little improv on a Christmas tune, maybe a bit melancholy but one of my favorites, and ...
Kevin is really just beginning fingerpicking and in this lesson we look at the patterns in Dust In The Wind, paying particular attention to a slight difference in the intro, as well as ways of ...
Sandman – The Solo with Fred This was the continuation of the lesson where we worked on the rhythm part to Sandman. We explored the difficulties of the solo (where I had to dig up ...
Ed came in with tab to Paul Simon’s The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy), wanting to get a little more specific about the fingerpicking pattern and embellishments in the intro, some of which I ...
Fred and I had worked a bit on the strumming to Sandman but the quick release from the Am chord was presenting some problems. In this lesson we worked on keeping the right hand moving ...