Crazy
Whether or not you’ve had the start you would have liked, the ending is up to you
Panama Red
“The guitar is your first wings. It’s assigned and designed to unfold your vision and imagination.” – Carlos Santana
Franklin’s Tower
“Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It’s not the thing in itself; it’s preparatory to the activity.” – Barney Kessel
Cumberland Blues
It’s not about how long you’ve been playing, it’s about how often you play
Casey Jones
“The Ballad of Casey Jones“, also known as “Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer” or simply “Casey Jones“, is a traditional American folk song about railroad engineer Casey Jones and his death at the controls of the train he was driving. It tells of how Jones and his fireman Sim Webb raced their locomotive to make up for lost time, but discovered another train ahead of them on the line, and how Jones remained on board to try to stop the train as Webb jumped to safety. It is song number 3247 in the Roud Folk Song Index.
The song helped preserve the memory of Jones’ feat down through the years in its 40 plus versions and enhanced Casey’s legendary status to the extent that he has even become something of a mythological figure like Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan to the uninformed. Books and pulp magazines about the railroad and its heroes helped to perpetuate his memory as well.
“Fast is only cool if it’s melodic and has substance.” – Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Natural Minor Scale
Natural Minor Scale
Natural Minor ScaleDownload the natural_minor_scale PDF. This scale is known as Aeolian or 6th mode. It’s is commonly used in rock, jazz and popular music. The intervals are from the root: W H W W H W W.
In C, the Aeolian mode notes are A B C D E F G A
The PDF illustrates the scale from the 5 string and the 6 string.
Grownin’ Up
May your ears hear and your eyes see! All is harmony, sound and color. Seven tones and seven colors intertwine and move around you in eternal nuptials. There is no silent color. The universe is a lyre. There is no invisible sound. The universe is a prism. -George Sand — Baroness Aurore Dudevant — 1839
A Chord
The A Chord
The notes of the A major chord in the first position can be played as the diagram shows. A major triad needs the 1/3/5 of the scale and we can get these with three open strings and fingers on the the second fret of the 4,3 and 2 strings.
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours…If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau
