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The Flatpick Post: Variety is the Spice of... Music?
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Sunday, August 17, 2008. Variety is the Spice of. Music? Certainly you've heard the expression, "Variety is the spice of life." It could equally be said, "Variety is the spice of music." There are many ways this could be applied; here are three:. If you are building a repertoire, you want to carefully consider each song that might be included. If you missed my article in last week's newsletter, "Building Your Repertoire," you can read it at:. Picking Up a Second Instrument. Learned some tunes on it just ...
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The Flatpick Post: 50 Excellent Blues Backing Tracks!
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Saturday, July 12, 2008. 50 Excellent Blues Backing Tracks! Professional guitarist and instructor Zack Roberts has put together 50 excellent backing tracks along with a great blues guitar instructional course. If blues is your passion, then you'll appreciate the value this amazing package gives you. With a group of session musicians with real instruments made to give you the impression that you're surrounded by the band. For more details:. View my complete profile. Sign up here to receive my FREE weekly.
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The Flatpick Post: The Gibson Century Model Style L-C
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Saturday, February 03, 2007. The Gibson Century Model Style L-C. A Century of Progress" was the name ascribed to Chicago's World's Fair of 1933-34. The fair celebrated Chicago’s 100th anniversary and technological advancement and innovation. For the 39,000,000 visitors in two years, The Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago offered hope in the midst of the Great Depression. Mother of pearl veneer. 19 fret bound fingerboard with rosewood block. With mother of pearl diamonds (some.
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The Flatpick Post: Resources for Learning Scales & Licks
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Saturday, October 24, 2009. Resources for Learning Scales and Licks. Awhile back, in my weekly ezine,. The Flatpick Post Newsletter. I wrote an article entitled, "Scales and Licks: The Building Blocks for Improvisation." (If you don't receive my FREE weekly ezine, why not sign up at the right hand column of this blog? Do you want to create great lead breaks and be comfortable improvising in any and every situation? Instructor Craig Bassett's approach, in his instantly downloadable. Slow it way down.
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The Flatpick Post: Mick Martin's Introduction to Flatpicking Guitar
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Saturday, July 05, 2008. Mick Martin's Introduction to Flatpicking Guitar. I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July, celebrating the independence of this great nation, the Unites States of America. I thank the Lord for the great principles of freedom our nation was founded on! See my June 21 post). His first lesson is an introduction to flatpicking guitar and rhythm, including the basic chords. More lessons will follow. To go right to Mick's first lesson:. Mick's home page is at:. View my complete profile.
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The Flatpick Post: Tracking Your Progress
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Saturday, March 21, 2009. How can a guitarist objectively track his or her progress in playing skill? There are two proven devices for this:. 1 Practice (and test yourself) with a metronome. Let's consider the metronome. How do you begin to practice with the metronome? Decide which tune you want to practice and adjust the timing of the metronome until its rhythm is at a pace that is much slower than you would ever play the tune. Yes, that's right- much slower! Set the metronome one step faster and repeat...
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The Flatpick Post: My Rendition of "Mother Maybelle" Carter's "Troublesome Waters"
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Saturday, July 19, 2008. My Rendition of "Mother Maybelle" Carter's "Troublesome Waters". Maybelle Carter was a member of the original Carter Family, a band which was formed in 1927 by her brother-in-law, A. P. Carter. Maybelle was cherished by the Grand Ole Opry community of the early 1950s and became widely known as "Mother Maybelle." One of my favorite songs by Mother Maybelle is. While I was cleaning my office recently, I found a copy of an old cassette I had recorded back in 1986, in Waverly New York.
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The Flatpick Post: The Epiphone EL-00
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Saturday, August 23, 2008. This is a lot of guitar for just $299.00! Just click below to see this guitar and get all of the details:. Epiphone EL-00 Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst Chrome Hardware. Picker, grinner, sometimes collector and sometimes purveyor of fine, fretted instruments. View my complete profile. Sign up here to receive my FREE weekly. Variety is the Spice of. Music? How to Figure Out a Song by Ear.
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The Flatpick Post: Remembering 9/11/01
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Saturday, September 06, 2008. The photo above was taken by Bill-Fitz-Patrick, a subscriber to. The Flatpick Post Newsletter. And is used by his permission. Bill was an official photographer at the Whitehouse for 15 years during the administrations of Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan. He took this photo of the Pentagon at ground level on September 12, 2001. President George W. Bush, September 11, 2001. Picker, grinner, sometimes collector and sometimes purveyor of fine, fretted instruments.