I recently wrote this in Pat Martino’s guest book after hearing an interview that he did about his experience with Wes Montgomery.
I listened recently to your interview about your experience with Wes Montgomery, It was strangely similar to mine. It took place when I was 16 and it was also at Pep’s Bar. After a [...]
Today’s blog will be very brief but important.
Jazz guitarists are, like many other guitar players, obsessed with speed. Although speed is a good measurement of how much you’ve practiced, it’s not a good measurement of how musical you are.
Today’s advice is simple. Remember that whole notes , half notes, dotted half notes and quarter notes [...]
What is neo classical guitar? According to some, it’s a style of lead guitar featuring speed as well as “classical scales and arpeggios” such as the Harmonic minor scale and the diminished 7th arpeggio.
To claim that this has anything to do with classical or neo classical guitar borders on the ridiculous!
We certainly recognize the [...]
Should you study music with a teacher or should you “wing” it on your own? This question always comes up in this type of discussion about music.
An objective assessment of the two alternative approaches leads me invariably towards the formal route. Why? Because without guidance, there is a tendency to go in circles, What do [...]
It’s unbelievable to me how weak guitar players are on knowing the notes on their own instrument!
No other instrument suffers from this same fate. Imagine a piano player not knowing the note names of the keys…or a trumpet player not knowing what notes come out if they push specific valve combinations. An amazingly high percentage [...]
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