HOW TO LEARN FROM RECORDS Guest post by David Hamburger Ultimately, if you want to learn a style of music, it pays to go to the recordings themselves to see how it’s done. It’s the closest thing we have to traveling back in time to see our favorite artists in their prime, and it only […]
Composite (Hybrid) Scales A Composite or Hybrid Scale is made by combing two different scales into one. Because of the influence of the blues on rock & jazz music, our note choices when improvising in a major or dominant key are often drawn from the both the major and the minor (or blues) pentatonic scales. […]
One of the most important things to do if you are learning an instrument or learning to sing is to get out and do it. There are many opportunities these days to play at “open mics” or musical “meet-up groups”. Open mics are usually set up so that each performer gets to do 2 or […]