Welcome to the guitar lesson--for those who are studying with me and for those I've never met. To email me with questions, comments and requests click here.
here are are a few mp3's and pdf's you can check out. The beginner stuff is towards the top and the more advanced is further down the list--click on the links (I'll be updating this page frequently)
If you would like to subscribe to my guitar lesson podcast click here.
check out jazz writer Zan Stewart's story on me in the Newark Star-Ledger
- Chords #'s 1-5--fifteen open chords with excercises--learn and memorize 3 each week (zipped archive).
- Basic Jazz Chords #1
- Romanza--simple arrangement in pdf format.
- Romanza--played slowly
- Romanza--"normal" tempo
- open arpeggio's #1
- open arpeggio's #2
- 12 bar blues in A--shuffle
- 12 bar blues in A--straight 8th
- A Minor Pentatonic scale
- A blues scale
- 12 bar blues in A with A pentatonic lead guitar
- A pentatonic lead guitar from above with no rhythm
- Livin' Lovin' Maid--slower than Led Zeppelin version
- A minor blues--rhythm track
- Blue Bossa--rhythm track with guitar playing melody and solo
- Blue Bossa--rhythm track with no guitar
- II-V chord progressions using minor 7b5 to dominant 7b9 chords--chord excercises and audio examples
- II-V-I arpeggios (2 bar excercises)
- IIm7b5-V7b9 patterns #1--arpeggios using minor 7b5 to dominant 7b9 chords
- Backing track: Blues Shuffle In A
- Backing track: Mercy Mercy with lead (8 bar intro, play head 2x, solo over Bb7/Eb9)
- Backing track: Mercy Mercy--no lead (8 bar intro, play head 2x, solo over Bb7/Eb9)
- Miles Davis' "Four"--track with guitar lead, solo, comping
- Miles Davis' "Four"--track only
- Backing track: Autumn Leaves--track with guitar lead, solo
- Backing track: Autumn Leaves--track only
- Backing track: Have You Met Miss Jones--guitar lead, solo
- Backing track: Have You Met Miss Jones--track only
- Backing track: Out Of Nowhere--guitar lead, solo
- Backing track: Out Of Nowhere--track only
- Backing track: Bluesette--gtr lead, solo
- Backing track: Blusette--track only
- Backing track: So What--gtr lead, solo, comping
- Backing track: So What--track only
- Sleepwalk--guitar lead and track
- Sleepwalk--track only (remember there are 4 bars before the melody starts)
- Power Chord Rhythms--lessons 4 and 5 from my book of rhythm reading for guitar--includes audio examples
- Bach Cello Suite #1 in treble clef
- blank staff/tab paper in pdf format
- Second Step Music (includes The Dalton Gang and The Real Deal Big Band)
- my MySpace page which has some bio and gig info
- Playing with 9th chords (the files associated with this video are here) and here is the video:
- solo guitar with nylon string--the videos are: "Alone Together"
- , Henry Mancin's "Mr. Lucky"--I've transcribed the arrangement of "Mr. Lucky" (notation, tab and chord symbols) and posted it on my guitar lesson podcast--click here
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- "Have You Met Miss Jones?"
- Michel Legrand's "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?"
- Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Andorhina"
- "The Christmas Song"
- you never know when you'll run into your guitar teacher!!! Here's a picture of me with Jose Gonzalez on via Nazionale in Rome last May--after I got over the shock of seeing him 3000+ miles from PCCC of course I asked, "Have you been practicing?"
- "The End Of A Love Affair" with The Real Deal Big Band
- "For Heaven's Sake" with the Real Deal Big Band rhythm section
- There are more guitar videos in my "425"
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