Hi Efe! I know your life will be full of fun things this summer so go enjoy those! When you do have a minute, look at the following material. Jazz guitarists Check out some jazz guitarists on YouTube. There is no shortage of them! Django Reinhardt, of course, is a great place to start. Here’s a huge list of other [...]

Hi Efe! Here’s what to work on this week. Em pentatonic jam Over this year, we’ve covered most of the guitar positions of the Em pentatonic scale. You can use anywhere within this scale to improvise alongside a track. For this week’s track, use “Lonely Boy” by the Black Keys. — Just listen to the song first. Then go ahead [...]

Hi Efe! Here is what to work on this week. Find your pick It is a strict rule that you have your pick. All of the music we have done requires you to use one, and every other genre of music you've shown interest in needs one. Enter Sandman Check out the whole song on YouTube so that you know [...]

Hi Efe! Here’s what to look at this week. Jimi Hendrix You could say his creative ideas on guitar were ahead of his time. No one was doing such things on the guitar yet. He brought them to the world of guitar, where they are still alive and well, and always will be. Listen to this: Video 1. It’s Purple [...]

Hi Efe! Great seeing you today! Here’s what to look at for this week. — Gm (G minor) “jazzy” scale See the picture in this Google Drive. — The closest scale to this one is the Gm natural scale. As discussed in class, play around in this scale for fun. The only rule is don’t stray away from these notes [...]

Hi Efe! Sorry to post this homework late. Here is what to look at. What to listen to — Django Reinhardt — Jazz guitarist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxQxajcOyCI — The 6.5 minute long video we saw last class. Rewatch this as something to more specifically remember what kinds of things you like in jazz guitar.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmPhZpoFZU — This one’s a 12 minute long [...]

Hi Efe! Here is what to look at for this week. Artists to listen to Van Halen — Rock — Songs to try: Good Enough, Jump, Panama, Running with the Devil, Eruption, I’m the One, Jamie’s Crying, Atomic Punk, Ice cream man Joe Pass — Jazz — the link from today — We were about 1 minute in when you [...]

Hi Efe! Proceed to check out the bands I described in last week’s Homework Post.  — An artist I’m adding: Megadeth. The same way: be warned about the content in their music. It’s controversial and dark. Acoustic Open Here’s the link to its Unlisted YouTube video. Link. — Work on the first 16 bars.  Practice it at 0.75x speed. Remember: finger [...]

Hi Efe, It was a productive class today. Having talked about exploring the realms of guitar music out there, here are the bands and musical styles I recommend that you check out. These are the ones we looked at today that you liked more.  Led Zeppelin Classic Hard Rock.  Guitarist Jimmy Page. A rock icon. Influenced numerous guitarists. Endless soloing. [...]

Hi Efe! I know this week will be super busy for you, so I’m making this practice plan super specific. So that you don’t waste time practicing anything you don’t need for now. Remember, our priority is for you to play at the recital. It’s only 2 weeks away, so that’s all we’re gonna be working on for now. Boulevard [...]