Another Opening, Another Winter NAMM Show

by Jim Goodin

The southern California "Winter" NAMM show, National Association of Music Merchants, a magical show-and-tell of the newest "eye candy" products from just about every music manufacturer in the world, attracts an attending audience made up of a plethora of retail product representatives....more

Songwriter's Workshop

Writing Melodies

by Tim Thompson

I look at a melody as one of the things that breathes life into a song, determines the mood, and takes a lyric and penetrates a person's soul. Wow, that was deep! In fact, a melody can turn a serious lyric...more

Resonator

The Relative Minor: Chords, Keys, and Scales

by Ivan Rosenberg

Let's get back to learning more about the Dobro® fretboard. For the past two months, we've looked at playing resonator guitar in the Key of D, learning D major scale positions along the way...more

Contemporary Guitar Greats

The second annual New York University Summer Guitar Intensive took place during the steamy summer of 2006. As usual, it hosted...

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Two New Rock Books

review by Richard Turner

Author Nite Driscoll divides Foundations of Rock: Evolution of Rock Guitar into three sections: 1.) The CAGED system, 2.) Lick-based exercises, and 3.) Use of the CAGED system and the lick-based exercises in solos ranging from 1950s styles... more

2.  Paul Yandell: Fingerstyle Legacy 3.  Masters of Fingerstyle Guitar, Volume 2 4.  Guitar Quick Licks - Joe Satriani 5.  Tommy Jones Fingerstyle Virtuoso, Black Mountain

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