Author: Andy Evans
-
Rhythm techniques for jazz guitar taught by Larry Coryell (Part 2 of 2)
Here’s the second part of the video from Larry Coryell demonstrating some advanced rhythm guitar techniques. From the DVD “Larry Coryell’s Jazz Guitar Volume 3.” More info at http://www.guitarvideos.com/products/guitar-workshop-instructional-dvds/larry…
-
Guitar lesson gift vouchers – only 42 days to Christmas!
A gift that lasts a lifetime Why not buy someone special a truly special gift? Ashdown Guitar Lessons offers Gift Vouchers in a range of values: Single lesson – £30 Two lessons – £60 Three lessons – £90 Four lessons – £120 Five lessons – £150 Ten lessons – £300 Or you can mix and…
-
Get extra mileage out of those pentatonic licks!
Renowned fusion guitarist and Musicians Institute guitar instructor Scott Henderson sits down with Jude Gold to share compelling and clever ways to use the pentatonic scale. Filmed in the concert hall at Musicians Institute. For more information on GIT, the Guitar Program at Musicians Institute, click to http://www.mi.edu. Clever stuff, and some great demonstrations of…
-
Rhythm techniques for jazz guitar taught by Larry Coryell (Part 1 of 2)
Jazz great Larry Coryell demonstrates some advanced rhythm guitar techniques. From the DVD “Larry Coryell’s Jazz Guitar Volume 3.” More info at http://www.guitarvideos.com/products/guitar-workshop-instructional-dvds/larry…
-
Joe Pass: Misty
I’m a big Joe Pass fan. Joe was the first mainstream jazz guitarist I really listened to, especially through his amazing duet recordings with Ella Fitzgerald. If you haven’t listened to their first duet album, Take Love Easy, give yourself a treat and do so. Lush Life, Billy Strayhorn’s great standard, is particularly outstanding and…
-
Kenny Burrell interview
There’s a great interview with Kenny Burrell in the Guitar Player Vaults. Kenny talks about his early development, his influences, how he got into professional playing, his artistic philosophy and his equipment. If, like me, you think Kenny Burrell is one of the really significant figures in jazz guitar then click on the link and enjoy…
-
FREE Download: The 6 Vital Major scale and arpeggio patterns
Ashdown Guitar Lessons is delighted to make available to everyone who wants it a set of charts giving fretboard patterns for Major scales and their associated Major 7th arpeggios. If you didn’t know, it all starts here. From these scales you can derive all the other modes/scales and their arpeggios. We’ll be making other sets…
-
How to tune a PA system (“ringing out”)
This video takes you through the easy steps of tuning your PA system with a graphic equaliser – also known as “ringing out” the PA. It shows you how to set up your live PA system quickly to: avoid feedback get a better, more balanced sound Ringing out isn’t just about killing feedback. Feedback is…
-
Joe Satriani June 2013 UK Tour
Joe Satriani, one of rock music’s most respected and celebrated electric guitar players, will undertake a 10-date 2013 UK tour starting Saturday 8th June at the Manchester Apollo. This will be Satriani’s first UK tour since 2010’s Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards tour . Very special guest is blues guitarist Matt Schofield. Tickets go on…
-
Replacing broken strings – a Tom and Jerry solution
A radical solution to the guitarist’s problem of strings breaking – courtesy of Tom and Jerry. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5irou_tom-and-jerry-pecos-pest-1955_shortfilms
Ashdown Guitar Lessons 