Posts Tagged with "Jimmy Bruno Guitar Institute"
Learn the Modes, or One Big Scale?
There are two primary schools of thought when it comes to scales and improvisation. The first is to treat each chord as a separate entity and improvise using certain scales/modes over each one individually. I like to think of this as “vertical improvisation” as the player deals with each chord individually. The second is to [...]
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Friday, March 5, 2010
We’ve all been there: the endless quest for the perfect instrument. You know, the one that will make you a better player, that feels so comfortable in your hands that you never want to put it down. Like everyone else, I’ve been seduced by glossy magazine covers of the latest “must have” instruments. Over many [...]
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- Jim E James: Sid Vicious is a pretty extreme example! He's certainy become an iconic figure, but I'm not sure he achieved success as a musician.. for a start, har...
- Josh: DH, respectfully I've never heard of Unitopia or Gazpacho, so I would be very hard-pressed to include bands like that in my assessment. I have heard o...
- D. Halveron: While I completely agree that this is a fantastic album (on par with "Snow" IMO). However, I'd disagree with the assessment that "it's been a while si...
- Josh: That is an excellent point, Chris. I guess I did not clarify that point as well as I probably should have, so thank you for bringing that up. Obviousl...
- Chris: Good post. But I think you're confusing being able to label things with knowledge. Just because Sid of Wes couldn't label things in formal musical...
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