[Blindvet-talk] New Guitar Lesson - The DayDream Blues

Fri Apr 18 21:48:52 CDT 2008

For those of you interested in a little strummin!
Dwight

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Guitar for Beginners and Beyond Newsletter - April 17,  2007
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Hi  Misteradvocate, fellow guitar picker. It's been a while since our last  
newsletter. I hope all is well and that the twangin' is good, but before I  get 
into it all, remember that you can unsubscribe from this newsletter at  any 
time by logging into http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/ and going  to 
your UserCP > Edit Options and unticking the 'Receive Email from  Administrators' 
check box or by simply replying to this email with  UNSUBSCRIBE in the 
subject  field.

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Kirk's  Weekly Lessons

The latest one is a sort of bluesy jazzy feel I called  Daydream Blues. It's 
not really a beginners lesson, but if you've had even  just a bit of playing 
experience, I recommend you give it a whirl. It's a  good finger-stretcher 
piece and rarely uses more than two at the same time.  I just finished that one 
and you can find it  here:

http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20163

This  lesson is free, but for a small outlay you can download the 
high-resolution  movie version (which includes the animated virtual fretboard and half 
speed  movie) and you also get the midi files, the mp3, the Guitar-Pro file, tab 
 and notation, all in a very user friendly PDF format. You'll also be helping 
 to keep the site afloat. With  over 67,000 members now, and about 110  
joining every day, our hosting/bandwidth bill just gets bigger and bigger.  (The 
downloadable versions of the two most recent lessons include a movie  with a new 
'bird's eye' camera angle that's pretty much the same thing that  you see 
looking down at the fretboard as you play. Makes it very easy to  follow what's 
going on.)

I also found a long-lost slide lesson a  while back on my computer while 
cleaning things up a bit. For some reason,  it never got added to the new GfB&B 
site. It's a good one too, in  dropped D tuning, pretty straight forward all 
things considered, but not for  beginners. It's got a couple of very scary 
sounding intervals in it. You'll  see that it's in the old 
'one-camera-low-bandwidth' format, but it's a good  one. Check it out  here:

http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19636

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You  can also now buy all my finger style lessons on CD (not including these  
latest), all in the nice PDF format. It's cheaper and of course you don't  
need to download and have files scattered all over your hard drive. You will  
also be supporting the site and making it easier for me to continue putting  
these lessons together for you. Check it out  here:

http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/view.php?pg=cdlessons

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800,300  views of my guitar related movies at YouTube! Going up the rate of 
3,000 or  so per day. Check 'em all out at  
http://www.youtube.com/user/planetalk

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PlaneTalk  - The Truly Totally Different Guitar Instruction Book >  
http://www.thatllteachyou.com

What do you do to get to the next  level? Simple, you order my book 
PlaneTalk. There seems to be so much to  remember where it comes to playing guitar, 
especially when you start looking  into all those scales and modes. How on earth 
do you keep track of them all?  You don't.

I've been chastised by many players over the years for  saying this, but once 
they've read PlaneTalk, they understand what I mean.  While it is good to 
know what they are and where they come from, you don't  really ever need to play 
or practice all of that stuff to make good strong  melody. I know I don't, not 
even the Blues Scale or the Pentatonics. I do,  of course, wind up playing 
through their notes, but I'm not thinking them.  I'm thinking something much 
MUCH simpler and accommodating, something that  never lets you down no matter how 
complex the chord progression.

Here  is a demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW1ebDlvbJU

This is not  really my style of music, but the fact is that ALL music the 
same if you're  thinking the PlaneTalk mindset. Not once in this improvised piece 
did I ever  think 'scale' or 'mode'. Here's another, more my thing:   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh3orNb2n5s ... again, I'm not thinking  scales, I'm 
thinking melody a la PlaneTalk.

Enough said, read some of  the many testimonials here:  
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/planetalk-testimonials/

Once  you buy the book/DVD, you can also join the private forum where we 
discuss  the simple technique on a daily basis and where any questions you may 
have  are quickly answered and cleared up. I'm there every day, so are many  
others.

Order it here: http://www.thatllteachyou.com/order.html ...  you won't regret 
 it.

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Slide  Guitar in Standard and Dropped D tunings

I recently added a new slide  video to my YouTube pages, I call it 'Scratch 
my Itch'. Check it out here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhxEBbFZTsM There 
are a whole lot more  at  http://www.bottleneckguitar.com , all played in 
standard and  dropped D tunings. I did spend a few years in open tunings -- the  
traditional way of playing slide -- but found it impossible NOT to sound  like 
everyone else and so went back to standard tuning. What I found was a  very 
rich environment for playing slide, a tuning that is in fact a bunch of  mini 
open tunings all living side by side. All chord flavors are there for  the 
twanging ... all you need is to know here to find them. I show you  everything I 
know about the art in my 70 minute DVD, so there's no need for  you to spend the 
years it took me to refine it all.

Visit  http://www.bottleneckguitar.com for more info and to order. You can 
also buy  one of my beautiful custom brass  slides.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Donations

If  you're wondering why some members have stars next to their name, it's  
because they've made a donation. It's so easy to do, just go to this page  
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/billspaypal.php and enter the amount  you 
decide. We have no official sponsors and we do rely on your generosity  to keep 
this site up and going. If you don't want to buy the tangible  products, like 
the lesson CDs or the Chord Slide Rule, then perhaps you  don't mind parting 
with a few bucks that go will toward the rather large  bills that need to be 
paid every month to keep the site online.

And,  as always, thanks to all our starred  members!

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That's  it for this week, enjoy the lessons, enjoy the site!

Kirk  Lorange
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/
http://www.guitar.name

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For those of you interested in a little strummin!
Dwight

Guitar for Beginners and Beyond Newsletter - April 17, 2007
________________________________________________
Hi Misteradvocate, fellow guitar picker. It's been a while since our last newsletter. I hope all is well and that the twangin' is good, but before I get into it all, remember that you can unsubscribe from this newsletter at any time by logging into http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/ and going to your UserCP > Edit Options and unticking the 'Receive Email from Administrators' check box or by simply replying to this email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject field.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kirk's Weekly Lessons
The latest one is a sort of bluesy jazzy feel I called Daydream Blues. It's not really a beginners lesson, but if you've had even just a bit of playing experience, I recommend you give it a whirl. It's a good finger-stretcher piece and rarely uses more than two at the same time. I just finished that one and you can find it here:
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20163
This lesson is free, but for a small outlay you can download the high-resolution movie version (which includes the animated virtual fretboard and half speed movie) and you also get the midi files, the mp3, the Guitar-Pro file, tab and notation, all in a very user friendly PDF format. You'll also be helping to keep the site afloat. With  over 67,000 members now, and about 110 joining every day, our hosting/bandwidth bill just gets bigger and bigger. (The downloadable versions of the two most recent lessons include a movie with a new 'bird's eye' camera angle that's pretty much the same thing that you see looking down at the fretboard as you play. Makes it very easy to follow what's going on.)
I also found a long-lost slide lesson a while back on my computer while cleaning things up a bit. For some reason, it never got added to the new GfB&B site. It's a good one too, in dropped D tuning, pretty straight forward all things considered, but not for beginners. It's got a couple of very scary sounding intervals in it. You'll see that it's in the old 'one-camera-low-bandwidth' format, but it's a good one. Check it out here:
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19636
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can also now buy all my finger style lessons on CD (not including these latest), all in the nice PDF format. It's cheaper and of course you don't need to download and have files scattered all over your hard drive. You will also be supporting the site and making it easier for me to continue putting these lessons together for you. Check it out here:
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/view.php?pg=cdlessons
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
800,300 views of my guitar related movies at YouTube! Going up the rate of 3,000 or so per day. Check 'em all out at http://www.youtube.com/user/planetalk
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PlaneTalk - The Truly Totally Different Guitar Instruction Book > http://www.thatllteachyou.com
What do you do to get to the next level? Simple, you order my book PlaneTalk. There seems to be so much to remember where it comes to playing guitar, especially when you start looking into all those scales and modes. How on earth do you keep track of them all? You don't.
I've been chastised by many players over the years for saying this, but once they've read PlaneTalk, they understand what I mean. While it is good to know what they are and where they come from, you don't really ever need to play or practice all of that stuff to make good strong melody. I know I don't, not even the Blues Scale or the Pentatonics. I do, of course, wind up playing through their notes, but I'm not thinking them. I'm thinking something much MUCH simpler and accommodating, something that never lets you down no matter how complex the chord progression.
Here is a demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW1ebDlvbJU
This is not really my style of music, but the fact is that ALL music the same if you're thinking the PlaneTalk mindset. Not once in this improvised piece did I ever think 'scale' or 'mode'. Here's another, more my thing:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh3orNb2n5s ... again, I'm not thinking scales, I'm thinking melody a la PlaneTalk.
Enough said, read some of the many testimonials here: http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/planetalk-testimonials/
Once you buy the book/DVD, you can also join the private forum where we discuss the simple technique on a daily basis and where any questions you may have are quickly answered and cleared up. I'm there every day, so are many others.
Order it here: http://www.thatllteachyou.com/order.html ... you won't regret it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Slide Guitar in Standard and Dropped D tunings
I recently added a new slide video to my YouTube pages, I call it 'Scratch my Itch'. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhxEBbFZTsM There are a whole lot more at  http://www.bottleneckguitar.com , all played in standard and dropped D tunings. I did spend a few years in open tunings -- the traditional way of playing slide -- but found it impossible NOT to sound like everyone else and so went back to standard tuning. What I found was a very rich environment for playing slide, a tuning that is in fact a bunch of mini open tunings all living side by side. All chord flavors are there for the twanging ... all you need is to know here to find them. I show you everything I know about the art in my 70 minute DVD, so there's no need for you to spend the years it took me to refine it all.
Visit http://www.bottleneckguitar.com for more info and to order. You can also buy one of my beautiful custom brass slides.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Donations
If you're wondering why some members have stars next to their name, it's because they've made a donation. It's so easy to do, just go to this page http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/billspaypal.php and enter the amount you decide. We have no official sponsors and we do rely on your generosity to keep this site up and going. If you don't want to buy the tangible products, like the lesson CDs or the Chord Slide Rule, then perhaps you don't mind parting with a few bucks that go will toward the rather large bills that need to be paid every month to keep the site online.
And, as always, thanks to all our starred members!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That's it for this week, enjoy the lessons, enjoy the site!
Kirk Lorange
http://www.guitarforbeginners.com/forum/
http://www.guitar.name
Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851 AOL Autos
.
Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851 AOL Autos
.