another video quickie

ok, here's the second vid for the day

second vid for the day!

this is one take, one guitar. garage band effect is "sixties texture." oh, and both vids today use my fender vg strat. rock on!

OK, here's a video quickie....

today's recording

just gettin' back to makin' some vids. Pretty rough playing, but what the heckle.

last lesson of the semester

we worked on Day Tripper. Reviewed the rhythm guitar part. Worked on the solo. Took turns playing lead and rhythm.

For fall semester we will continue with classic rock. I will still study my blues books for techniques.

Once this semester is over I can start on my summer guitar plans, and try to make more videos and do some multitrack recording. and work on that Pullman Green persona!

My Blues Persona....

The name is Pullman Green.

Which is a color used on old train cars, I found out. google it.

I'll grab a hat, put on some shades, wear a nice suit, and play my git-tar.

Today I got out my Robert Johnson CDs and started writing down the keys the songs are played in, and played along -- just simple 7th chord strumming. Humming along, too, in the background.

Well, why not? I can't depend on my virtuosity!

yesterday's lesson

Tom and I worked on the rhythm guitar part of Day Tripper. I got the hang of it, after a while. I enjoy working on rhythm because I'm not so good at it, and it's a change from working on lead sections. I need to work on rhythm.

this week's lesson

so the rock song Tom chose is...... Day Tripper. Not what I had expected -- he likes Clapton, Cream, Zeppelin, etc. So anyway, we'll work on both guitar parts for DT; I already know the classic riff. I will work on the rhythm part, and also the lead solo. Tom said the song is a good example of minor pent in E.

He also showed me how to play 9ths, llths, and 13ths with a barre shape. And we talked about how those augmented chords are formed.

He also explained how dominant 7th chords in blues are different from major 7ths. There is a difference in the flatted 7th, I think.

played guitar in the back yard

yeah, the weather was so nice, low 70s and sunny, that we all went outside in the back to play. I brought out the epiphone -- perfect for outside. Had a great time just playin' basic 12 bar blues. The Epi will be my backyard guitar.

today's guitar lesson

We didn't go over a specific song today -- he didn't bring one in! Instead we talked a little more about theory. We also reviewed 9th chords - one form with the root note and the other without. We also looked at a chord substitution chart for I IV V. He explained what a "dominant" chord is and how in blues it's a little different than in classical theory. We looked at 11th and 13th chords, on a chart, but didn't practice any. Our playing was focused on 9th chords, and the talking ranged around those areas in theory i mentioned above.