By Guitarify on January 31, 2012
So this is different. Seymour Duncan has announced something called “The Secret Room”. It’s a password protected site for guitarists, where the way you get invited in, is to give them one of your secrets. Once that velvet rope is down, you get access to all the other secrets inside. Some supposedly by pro musicians, [...]
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By Guitarify on January 24, 2012
This is another iOS app that’s currently free, though it normally is only $0.99. The promotion did have it’s intended effect on me, having me download it and check it out. Basically, it’s sort of like RockSmith. With the usual stream of numbers coming down the fretboard that you have to play in sync. It [...]
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By Guitarify on January 15, 2012
Here’s a video by Matt Warnock showing how to play a popular jazz lick. Don’t be turned off if you think you have no use for jazz. This lick is actually very bluesy sounding and as Matt points out, it’s been used by players of many genres. The base lick is really simple and easy [...]
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By Guitarify on January 9, 2012
This seems like a fail on so many levels I don’t no where to start. And why does it seem like eventually all music will be made with only an iPad.
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By Guitarify on January 1, 2012
Running scales, modes, arpeggios and all kinds of other patterns are a fact of life for guitarists. Usually the point of such practice can be to help your brain and fingers connect with where a note is on the fretboard. Or they could be methods for improving speed, accuracy or stamina. The downside of this [...]
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