Here are this week’s 3 random thoughts on guitar, music, and life, including fun guitar songs, plus a big announcement, but more on that in a moment.
3 Random Thoughts This Monday (Paul Simon, Avoiding Gimmicks, and My Biggest Course Yet)
Here is another one of the usual Monday posts with 3 thoughts on guitar, music, and life featuring an early record by Paul Simon, my new video course, and more.
I hope you enjoy… [Read more…]
Q and A – With Assaf Levavy from “LickNRiff”
Welcome to a new Q and A. For this one, we have Assaf Levavy from LickNRiff.
I don’t follow many YouTube channels but when Assaf puts up a new video I usually take notice. He has plenty of great arrangements which are not only interesting but original too.
He teaches everything to do with fingerstyle and fingerstyle arrangements, as well as improvisation, advanced techniques, advanced theory and cool composition ideas and tools. Check out his channel HERE.
His channel is great for intermediate and beyond guitarists and if you are one of these I think you will love his lessons.
A lot of his lessons take students down different rabbit holes than what I see from other YouTube tutors, especially for those looking to get deep down and dirty with some new ideas.
Anyway, here is the Q and A.
How to Play Can’t Help Falling in Love Fingerstyle – Elvis Presley
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Today, I want to celebrate the 40th month of the Elite Guitarist Inner circle by giving you a free lesson. It is a gem of a lesson. It is my fun and fairly simple Can’t Help Falling in Love fingerstyle, by the one and only, Elvis Presley. [Read more…]
Learn my “Medium” difficulty fingerstyle arrangement of ‘Silent Night’ – with tab, chords and a video play-through
“Silent Night” is one of the most recognisable Christmas carols of all time, and in my opinion one of the most spiriting and emotional. Here we have the video of me playing it and the tab and chords below so you can learn it too!