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I'm finally doing it. After a few years of getting the studio ready, collecting gear, recording other peoples stuff, personal setbacks & trials, and excuses- it's time to complete my own studio project. I came to the conclusion, that if you wait for things to be right to do anything, it will never happen.
I've been working on this little tune for awhile, and finally just decided to put it out there. It's by no means a polished piece, but I just like playing it. I wanted to write a song that actually changes speed.
It is in DADGAD tuning and once you get passed the tapping, isnt all that difficult.
If I get enough interest, I'll make it into a lesson.
Simple Shady Grove lesson. The intro that is more in the style of Garcia, sort of like the Pizza Tapes. This lesson is about one minute long.
DADGAD.
Open tuning is a lot of fun: thats how I came up with the song "Wandering".
Get started with the basics with these three video lessons and print-out resource.
Thanks for checking it out.
DADGAD LESSONS:
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The Pentatinic Scale is made up of 5 notes: pent=5, tonic=tone,note,sound. You can get so much mileage out of these scales and they are found in just about every type of popular music. These are listed out with the root in the minor form. That means they are will sound more bluesy, or jazzy. If you want a smoother tone, just move the scale down three frets. I'll be happy to explain this in further detail if enough people ask for it, so send me a note. Each of these forms are all the same scale, they are just in a different position. Think of them as a pattern. Once you learn to connect the patterns, you will be on your way to playing all over the neck! |
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