I'm an author of The Guitar Puzzle book, an educator and a musician who loves to talk about guitar, musical patterns, and content creation, also sharing a lot of free stuff (videos & PDFs). Subscribe and join over 2,300+ newsletter readers every week!
This guitar lesson got weird (in a good way)
|
Hey Reader, I just dropped a new guitar lesson — and this one’s a little different. 🎸 It’s Bésame Mucho, the timeless Latin ballad we all know and love… This one’s part sketch, part serious lesson, and surprisingly educational. Expect a few laughs and a lot of musical insight. Watch the full video here: 👉 Click Here to Watch on YouTube I've used Pythagoras previously for my narrated lesson only, but I felt like doing one musical one as well. What can I say - I like the guy. it's the guy who may have invented music theory all together! While he lays down the chords, I dive into a close-up solo breakdown — exploring the beauty behind this iconic melody. It’s playful, musical, and totally unforgettable. Stay playful, |
What The Chord!
I'm an author of The Guitar Puzzle book, an educator and a musician who loves to talk about guitar, musical patterns, and content creation, also sharing a lot of free stuff (videos & PDFs). Subscribe and join over 2,300+ newsletter readers every week!
Hi Reader! A brand-new guitar arrived the other day in the studio — the Donner HUSH-I Pro (Hawaiian Blue edition) — and today I posted a full unboxing + sound test on YouTube. I was honestly surprised by how good this thing looks in person, and the plugged-in tone is better than I expected for a travel/silent guitar. If you’re curious what comes in the box and how it sounds straight out of the package, check it out here: 👉 Watch the video In the video I go through: 🎁 unboxing 🔧 quality +...
How did the modes got their names? This short animated video reveals the ancient origins of the modal scale names - who named them and how they evolved through time. Today's modes are nothing like the original ones (which were more theoretical and tuning-focused), but medieval church scholars kept the same names because... well, they sounded cool? More likely, they simply lacked alternatives. By then, the original Greek modal frameworks had fallen out of common use - so they were "free to...
Hello my friend! I got back in the studio with fresh new.. well, everything! I got my new studio fully operational, and just in the right time: Guitar making company Donner reached out to me the other day and asked me to test out their new guitar, the HUSH I PRO Hawaiian Blue - a beauty! The model is still not even released to the public (it will be on November 20th) but I got my hands on it, it was shipped all the way from China ahead of their official release. Their new HUSH line comes...