Blues, country, and gospel music collided in the early 1950’s to create the new sound of rock and roll. The driving rhythm of drums and newly electrified instruments has been with us ever since. Pop rock is firmly rooted in the exuberance–and often enough the folly–of youth. Part of rock’s appeal derives from the more ...
Claude Debussy, now known for his experimental and influential compositions, was breaking free of traditional methods even at a young age. A pupil at the Paris Conservatory for 12 years beginning at the age of 11, Debussy was “a little backward in the rudiments” that were taught. Though he was heavily impacted by Wagner at ...
Learning Scales Learning how to play the minor pentatonic scales is a great way to learn lead guitar and solos. Memorizing them may seem a bit difficult at first but I’ll try to break it down to you in a way that is easy to understand. If you look at picture two at the top ...
The String Cheese Incident (SCI) has a sound that is full of a mixture of rock, salsa, bluegrass, country and reggae. The band’s music has been classified as ‘jam band.’ Jam band is a way of playing music, it describes the freestyle artistic creation of playing music, and it does not classify the sound of ...
This is the first part in a two-part article concerning learning to play lead guitar. The theory behind playing classic lead is simple, but much practice is needed to develop technique and dexterity. I do not claim that you will be able to play like Jimmy Page or Slash after reading this article, but you ...
