Sheet 1 – A Minor Pentatonic Scale Practice Exercises Grade 1-2
Welcome to the start of a series of posts on the A minor pentatonic scale, which includes various exercises designed to build up your knowledge of the scales and also to give you ideas and memories of ideas for soloing and melody making. In this first sheet, we will...
Sheet 8 – Beginners Guitar Chords – Easy Reading Chord Exercise
Free PDF for this sheet. On this sheet we are going to use the beginners guitar chords A, D and E. We are in the key of A and the chords are using the I IV and V (A = 1st, D = 4th, E = 5th) chord positions. The 1 4 5 pattern is very popular and playing them in order...
Beginners Guitar Chords – Easy Reading Book
Free Preview → Buy Now → 18 pages (15 sheets with chord exercises) Printable PDF File Guitar book for beginners and teachers Useful for beginners of all ages Exercises with Beginners Chords Chord Progressions Rhythms and rests All of these chords are featured at least...
All That Jazz: How to Get Started Playing Jazz Guitar
Photo credits: Marius Masalar and Katie Montgomery. Guest post by Know Your Instrument. Eager to begin your jazz guitar journey but don’t know where to start? You’ve come to the right place to get the top tips for jazz guitar beginners. Here we’ll discuss the things...
Portable Keyboard for Practicing Piano: What to Look for?
Image by PIRO4D from Pixabay. In cooperation with consordini.com. One of the biggest disadvantages of playing the piano is that you can’t throw it in a case and take it with you. This is why many pianists use portable keyboards for practicing piano. A...
Connection Between Guitar Fretboard And Piano Keyboard
How are guitar fretboard and piano keyboard related? Will it be easier for guitarist learn piano notes or pianist learn guitar notes? Today, our guest Neil from Sublimelody.com brings us a visual guide to answer two questions above. Let’s get started. 1. Music Notes...
8 Great Albums and EPs Recently Released by Female Musicians
Featured Image is Crimson Apple – New Album expected in 2019. This small list is a showcase of some of the albums and EP’s that I’ve been listening to with female musicians in. I’ve grown up around female musicians my whole life, so it’s...
Sheet 3 – Learning Minor Pentatonic Scales – A minor – Patterns 1, 2 and 3
This sheet progresses on from Sheet 2 and is part of an ebook called Learning Minor Pentatonic Scales. Just like we did in the last sheet, you will be working on patterns 1, 2 and 3 but this time, 2 frets higher in the key of A minor. More Sheets in the series…...
Sheet 1 – Rock Riffs – Bass Guitar
I’ve finally got another bass guitar student! I teach so many weekly guitar drums and ukulele lessons but I haven’t had a bassist to teach in 2 years. This is an example of why bands find it so hard to find a bass player. This new student is a complete...
(PREMIUM) – First Guitar Book – Easy Reading Scales, Riffs & Melodies
Buy Now → A Ukulele Version is also available. PDF ebook 20 pages Easy to read design Song melodies Scales Riffs Useful for beginners of all ages. Includes 3 blank template PDF files for writing your own scales and exercises Contents Front Cover Contents Introduction...
(PREMIUM) – First Ukulele Book – Easy Reading Scales & Melodies
Buy Now → A Guitar Version is also available. This easy reading Ukulele book has been created using Adobe Illustrator so that the basics of song melodies, scales, arpeggios and warm up exercises can be taught, learned and read in the easiest and clearest way possible...
(PREMIUM) – Learning Minor Pentatonic Scales – PDF Ebook
Buy Now → Contents 2 – Contents 3 – Introduction 4 – The 5 Moveable Scale Shapes 5 – Exercise Sheets 1 – 13 18 – Full run through of all 5 scale shapes in various keys 24 – All possible A minor pentatonic scale positions...
Sheet 2 – Learning Minor Pentatonic Scales – G minor – Patterns 1, 2 and 3
This sheet progresses on from Sheet 1. In this sheet we introduce the 3rd minor pentatonic pattern. This pattern appears twice in the exercise. We are trying to learn it but at the same time we will try and build relationships between the 3rd shape and the 1st and 2nd...
Sheet 1 – Learning Minor Pentatonic Scales – G minor and A minor – Patterns 1 and 2
When learning the minor pentatonic scales (and most other scales too), it is important not to view them as boxes that you get stuck in when playing guitar solos. There are 5 shapes and the sooner you get used to linking them up and not lingering on one shape, the...
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Easy Reading Guitar Tab
Here is an easy to read and easy to play guitar sheet of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in guitar tab. It’s been designed in Adobe Illustrator for a custom look and easy to read for young beginners. Ideal to use as teaching material. Related: This sheet is included...
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star – Ukulele Easy Reading Tab
Here is an easy to read and play sheet of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in ukulele tab. It’s been designed in Adobe Illustrator for a custom look and easy to read for young beginners. The sheet is ideal to use as teaching material for young ukulele students....
Sheet 1 – Easy Reading Ukulele Scale Exercises
Over the last few years of teaching ukulele (and 9 years of teaching guitar) I have noticed young beginners in particular struggle to get to grips with reading tab, but it’s sometimes any age. They get confused over which string the top line of the tab is....
Sheet 1 – Easy Reading Guitar Scale Exercises
Over the last 9 years of teaching guitar I have noticed young beginners in particular struggle to get to grips with reading guitar tab, but it’s sometimes any age. They get confused over which string the top line of the tab is. Usually they think it’s the...