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Jay's Guitar Blog: C Minor Bar Chords and Inversions
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Saturday, August 10, 2013. C Minor Bar Chords and Inversions. This post is for a former student of mine, Steve, whom I told I would write up this special post for him a few weeks after our last lesson together at JC's Guitars. In Saint Charles, IL. (More on my leaving coming in an upcoming post over here. This lesson is not for beginners. The worksheet reads left to right, then down a row, etc. Though I very much dislike apps with in-app purchases) or go with the ridiculously robust Dr. Betotte. There ar...
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Jay's Guitar Blog: Sight-Reading for Guitarists
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013. One of the most important skills a guitarist can possess is the ability to read music. I've said it. I mean it. Great guitarists don't need. To know how to read music, but well-rounded ones do - especially when it comes to comparing musicians of other instruments. Guitarists are the target of a lot of snobbish derision when it comes to their abilities to sight-read. But if we can read music. Keys: E, B, F. You're reading whole notes. When you feel comfortable with single no...
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Jay's Guitar Blog: December 2012
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Friday, December 7, 2012. Lesson 1b: Picking Technique and Open-String Exercises. One of the toughest things about starting to learn guitar is gaining control and accuracy of your right hand - both single-note picking and strumming chords (if you're learning on a right-handed guitar, that is). In my first lesson, if we have time after covering the parts of the guitar (lesson 1a). We dive right in to playing the guitar. 1 The student gets comfortable holding the guitar and practicing good posture. Flip yo...
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Jay's Guitar Blog: July 2014
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Pentatonic Scale Exercises: 3's. At a recent lesson, my student and I ran out of time and I promised her that I'd write a post here, providing some guidance for her next step. Here's what we're working on. Major and minor pentatonic scales are fundamental to any guitar player. They're one of the first things a player will learn, and they are the gateway into the world of blues and rock guitar solos. If you're serious about guitar, you know these well. Here are a few rules:. Here's...
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Jay's Guitar Blog: August 2014
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Saturday, August 16, 2014. Source: http:/ www.learn-classical-guitar-today.com/images/NotesOfTheGuitar ALL.jpg. Some of my students right now are working on some really important skills that will help them better play music with others, write songs, or just plain understand the guitar as a whole. Being able to identify, locate, and play scales all over the neck is an essential part of playing guitar. To help you practice, I've created a nice little worksheet. I'll soon post the answer key.
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Fine Lines: The Jay Mathes Blog: We're Buying a House!
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Monday, April 28, 2014. We're Buying a House! My wife and I are buying our first house. Today began the five-day attorney review period. We are excited, feeling blessed, but also quite stressed out. We love our children. Each day we feel inadequate to parent them. They deserve better. We trust and pray. We trust and pray. That our presence in the community will be a shining witness of God's grace in our lives and that through us, the Holy Spirit would work miracles in our midst, building meaningful relat...
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Fine Lines: The Jay Mathes Blog: April 2014
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Monday, April 28, 2014. We're Buying a House! My wife and I are buying our first house. Today began the five-day attorney review period. We are excited, feeling blessed, but also quite stressed out. We love our children. Each day we feel inadequate to parent them. They deserve better. We trust and pray. We trust and pray. That our presence in the community will be a shining witness of God's grace in our lives and that through us, the Holy Spirit would work miracles in our midst, building meaningful relat...
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Fine Lines: The Jay Mathes Blog: Three Concerts You Should Go To
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Monday, August 25, 2014. Three Concerts You Should Go To. Over the next three months, there are three concerts I think you should go to—if you live near Chicago. Here you go:. 1 Switchfoot with Gungor. 9/19 at Olivet Nazarene University. 2 John Mark McMillan. 9/21 at First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn. 3 Josh Garrels with Will Reagan. 10/25 at Wheaton College. Really unique voice. A groove that hits that sweet spot. I have a lot of respect for a guy who gives away so much of his music for th...Big p...
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Fine Lines: The Jay Mathes Blog: August 2013
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013. Review: John Mayers Paradise Valley. People have been hating on Mayer in recent months. Including me. But let's take a step back and think about what we are really doing when we criticize his work: we are assessing it based on what he has already released and what we've come to expect and like—a poppy, rock sound with good hooks, but most importantly, solid lyrics from the heart. Nothing too witty, just true. Musically, Paradise Valley. For free this week on iTunes:. I'm in a ...
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