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- NEW ALBUM: Joe Bonamassa “Driving Towards The Daylight”
- Slow Jam The News with Barack Obama & The Roots: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
- Guitarist Magazine Launches Deluxe Edition iPad App
- Bert Weedon, Play In A Day Author, Dies Aged 91 RIP – 1920-2012
- Tom Petty’s Guitars Stolen From Tour Rehearsal
- Axl Rose Publicly Declines His Induction Into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame In Open Letter To All
- RIP Jim Marshall OBE ~ 1923-2012
- MonkeyFest 2012 Cancelled
- Rockschool Launches Version 4 Guitar Syllabus on May 1st!
- Introducing: Phoenix Pro – The Guitar Plugin That Turns Hacks into Shredders
- SONISPHERE CANCELLED!
- 2012 G3 European Tour feat. Steve Vai, Joe Satriani & Steve Morse
- Slash performs the Allman Brothers classic ‘Jessica’ on BBC’s Top Gear show
- John Mayer forced to take “indefinite hiatus” and cancel US tour
- Eric Johnson announces first ever UK tour!
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CofBC tutor play through #2
As part of the students learning at City of Bath College the instrumental tutors perform to the class presenting them with a close look at the structures, techniques and musical approaches that different genres of music demand. This term we are … Continue reading
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Tagged Bath Guitar School, City of Bath College, Clive Stocker, Duncan Kingston, Free Guitar Lessons, Guitar, Guitar Lesson, Guitar Tuition, Lee Risdale, Motown, Performance, Richard Perkins, Stevie Wonder, Superstition, Tom Gardiner
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The E A D G C F Tuning For Guitar | An Introductory Guide
The guys over at Jam Track Central recently interviewed Alex Hutchings, a long time collaborator with JTC and a great jazz/rock/fusion guitarist from the UK, who is local to the South West and I have seen him play in Bath … Continue reading
CAGED System: Arpeggios
This post is for my students at the City of Bath College. This is the third installment of the CAGED system and like the CAGED chord and scale shapes in my previous blog posts this CAGED arpeggio system creates five … Continue reading
CAGED System: Scales
This post is for my students at the City of Bath College. This is the second installment of the CAGED system and like the CAGED chord shapes in my previous blog post this CAGED scale system creates five scale shapes … Continue reading
CAGED System: Chords
This post is for my students at the City of Bath College. The CAGED system is a very useful way to find your way around the fretboard. The system uses the five main chord shapes played in the open position – … Continue reading
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Tagged Bath Guitar School, CAGED, Chords, City of Bath College, Free Guitar Lessons, Guitar, Guitar Lesson, Guitar Tuition, Richard Perkins
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Funk Chord Progression
This post is for my students at the City of Bath College. Funk chord progression from Tuesdays class: Download this funk chord progression sheet: download .pdf Task Take the chord shapes from previous blog post: download .pdf Take the rhythm … Continue reading
Funk Rhythm
This is a post for my students at the City of Bath College. With this funk rhythm exercise you will have to think like a drummer playing a 16th note hi-hat pattern. The muted (x) rhythm parts represent the closed hi-hat … Continue reading
Funky Chords
This post is for my students at the City of Bath College. Work these chords into your rearrangement of ‘All Funked Up’. Major Funky Chords Chord spelling: R 3 5 6 7 9 11 13 Minor Funky Chords Chord spelling: R … Continue reading
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Tagged Bath Guitar School, Chords, City of Bath College, Free Guitar Lessons, Funk, Guitar, Guitar Lesson, Guitar Tuition, Richard Perkins
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All Funked Up
This post is for my students at the City of Bath College. Some important elements of funk guitar playing: Syncopated sixteenth note rhythms w/groove and feel Use of major, minor and dominant 7, 9, 11 and 13 chords LH muting … Continue reading
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Tagged All Funked Up, Bath Guitar School, Booker T, Chic, City of Bath College, Free Guitar Lessons, Funk, Grade 5, Guitar, Guitar Lesson, Guitar Tuition, Guitar Video, Jimmy Nolan, Leo Nocentelli, Marvin Gaye, Melvin Raglin, Meters, Nile Rodgers, Richard Perkins, Rockschool, Steve Cropper, Temptations
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