There is something undeniably exciting about chasing a dream, especially when it involves music, and for many aspiring artists, moving from Boston to Nashville feels like the first natural step toward achieving it. Known as “Music City,” Nashville offers a vibrant scene filled with opportunity, creativity, and a community of like-minded musicians all striving to make their mark. Why Nashville Calls to Musicians Nashville has built its reputation as a hub for songwriters, performers, and …
The Circle of Fifths – A Complete Guide
The Circle of Fifths or Circle of Keys is a circle that contains all 12 notes and Major Keys in music. Think of it as a kind of calculator for figuring out all of the notes in all 12 Major Keys or scales. Very useful! Other names for the Circle of Fifths include: The Circle of 5ths arranges the 12 notes in the chromatic scale clockwise around the circle in fifths, or counter-clockwise in 4ths …
Guitar Triads – A Complete Guide
Triads are an integral music concept for guitar and all other musical instruments. Whether you’re creating chords, arpeggios, or building great solos and improvisations, triads are an important step in leveling up your guitar playing. Guitar triads are fairly easy to memorize, and the shapes are easy to play. đź’ˇIn this lesson, you’ll learn what triads are, how guitar triads look, how to use them in a Major Key using Major, minor, and diminished triads. …
40 Day Guitar Practice Challenge
Are you ready to take your guitar playing to the next level? Let’s do it together! A Guitar Practice Challenge. I’m working on a new Guitar Practice Challenge for 2025. New Years resolutions can be cliche but what’s wrong with trying to better yourself, whether it’s a hobby, your health or the desire to become a better guitarist? For beginning guitarists, improvement can be a measured by leaps and bounds almost daily. Intermediate and advanced …
10 Tips For Playing Live In A Band
Performing live can be scary for new musicians – especially if it’s your first gig. I’ve been playing live now for a little over 27 years now. Thousands of gigs! (Thats me in the pic above playing live at The Gaylord Palms, Orlando in 2013) I’m still learning.. and like any good musician, you should be too! If you want your live performances to go smoothly, make sure to avoid some of these common mistakes. …
Guitar Practice Routines – An Interview with 5 Pro Guitarists
While on my ‘Virtual Book Tour’ promoting The 7 Day Practice Routine For Guitarists, it occurred to me to ’round-up’ some of my favorite players both Local and National to talk a bit about what they practice on a daily basis. These guitarists are as formidable in 2024 as they were when this article was first published a few years back. As much as I love playing and teaching the guitar… I also really love …
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View PostGuitar Arpeggios – The 7 Day Practice Routine
Hey, it’s Arpeggio day! In this lesson we’re going to change it up by doing some Guitar Arpeggios and sequences for guitar. You can grab these guitar arpeggios in PDF, TAB, or download below. If you missed the first 2 installments of the guitar practice routine, you can find them here: 7 Day Guitar Practice Routine: Day 1 – Warmups7 Day Guitar Practice Routine: Day 2 – Modal Workout Guitar Arpeggios Table of Contents If …
Benefits of Learning Music for Kids and Young Children
What do you do when your kid is enthusiastic about playing a guitar. What about another musical instrument such as piano or violin? Or, (yikes) drums? The are so many benefits of learning music for kids despite the challenges that can arise as a parent. Very few of us look forward to the prospect of listening to children practice a screechy violin or tunelessly practice the recorder. Nevertheless, once they get a little better, it …
20 Essential Picking Exercises For Guitar
Alternate picking for guitarists may seem like something we all take for granted. Most guitarists, even complete beginners alternate some down and up strokes naturally whether they are consciously doing it or not. How to hold a guitar pick is equally important too. As we develop our picking hand, alternate picking can open a whole new world of techniques and music not obtainable otherwise. Even if you’re familiar with alternate picking, it can often be …