Friday, February 5…
The weather is still cold – to me at least but not if you came from Montreal – and there is nothing like staying home and when the kids are not around, just cooking, baking, reading… and play music!
Fortunatly, Carl Fisher Publishing asked me to do a very interesting work:
- revise and finger [...]
Hey Folks!
That is like the question I get all the time:
- Philippe, what strings do you put on your guitar?
and, I know when I look in your eyes that you guys had… and maybe still have if you did not read this article yet, the same issue(s) I had. Finding the right strings!
Honestly, if you [...]
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Howdy y’all!
Keeping in touch with guitarists, exchange ideas, having a place to perform and a goal to practice is sometime challenging!
The Alhambra Guitar Club start in Arlington next month, completely free!
On the top of meeting players once a month and performing in a cool and friendly environment, I will do some [...]
There is another run, in the Yngwie Malsteem’s fashion, at the very end of Smells Like Teen Spirit. Because I play the top string, I will use a thumb, ring finger, middle and pointer to play it. If you did not practice your tremolo exercises, and this technique is based on it, well, you better [...]
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Today, the subject is:
How to play fast with no hassle. I do not believe in a 3 hours warm-up to be able to play. Neither in a 10 hours daily practice. You have many things to do to enjoy your life, why staying in your bedroom practicing the guitar for hours and hours when, [...]
Villa Lobos: From Rio to Hollywood, history of a passionate.
Most of the students coming to a master class will play a Villa Lobos’ prelude or etude. Sharing with them this passion for the Brazilian composer, I decided to work on an instructional DVD.
First question: What do I have to say about him? Classical is [...]
Howdy,
with the help of Nick Kinkade – great bluesman and Panda savior – I wrote:
Everything You Want to Know About the Blues.
It is very intricate to write a blues, I mean A BLUES, a good, a real one and a lot of people are asking me about “how to write a blues”:
3 chords [...]
Spruce
Its high stiffness combined with the lightweight characteristics of most softwoods, makes it a natural for high velocity of sound.
A strong fundamental-to-overtone ratio gives Sitka spruce a powerful direct tone capable of retaining its clarity when played forcefully.
Sitka Spruce from North West Canada and Alaska -
Its high stiffness combined with the lightweight characteristics of most [...]
Choosing a Metronome
I use a very advanced Metronome allowing all the beats combination. It’s also a very precise tuner and is sturdy. The only metal enclosure that I know of:
Click to buy it!
The Planet Waves Full Function Tuner & Metronome is the ultimate all-in one musicians practice tool. An intuitive, patent-pending rotary LED interface is [...]
