Welcome to the blog page. On this guitar blog you will find my ramblings about various aspects of working as a guitar teacher and professional musician. Sometimes I will deliver more teaching material in these blogs, and sometimes they will just contain an article I have put together on a current topic.
The following post is a simple, clear explanation of the concept of intervals. Simply put, an interval is the distance between two notes. Notes played in succession are melodic, whilst notes played simultaneously such as in a chord are harmonic. We measure the distance between these...
Once we reach a certain level in our playing, our chord voicing's can sometimes feel a little too routine. Perhaps you are playing in a band with a keyboard player or another guitarist, and feel like the chords you are playing are sounding too similar...
Be it Jimi, Eric, Slash, or whomever your inspiration may be, at some stage in their life they had never picked up a guitar. Behind each callused finger and seemingly effortless fretboard meandering solo lies hours upon hours of one thing… practice! As I’m sure...
Have you ever wondered what your child’s guitar teacher thinks while delivering a lesson? You have probably been at work yourself, and felt like you’d like to say a word or two – but maybe it would work out better if you just keep the...
Welcome to the advanced theory section. Here we will take a look at the modes of the major scale, and their uses. Musical theory is a very large topic, and what I will cover here is only one small section of it. I have called...
Welcome to my crash course in musical theory, for beginners!Here you you will find a more in depth analysis of popular musical theory, on topics which have been covered briefly in my videos, as well as some supplementary information which I consider useful at this...
When people ask me what I do for a living, I’m often hesitant to reply at first; ‘I’m a guitarist’ often makes people look at you as though you are a pubescent 15 year old who needs to find a ‘real job’. You get a...
Anything related with performance requires many hours of practise, especially musical performance. For that reason, it’s a good idea to make sure you are managing your practise time efficiently. Structure is a vital part of practise that is often abandoned.Pick a set amount of time...
When working as a professional guitarist, there are several tips that get overlooked by so many players. Half of them aren’t even to do with actually playing or learning, but they are essential if you want to gain a good reputation for yourself as a...
Traditionally, guitar players were taught to read standard notation. Some still are, but it seems to be a dying art. Nowadays there are several more popular ways to learn to play the guitar, without having to learn how to read music. Here I look at...