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It’s time to explore what to do when we get around to playing with another guitarist. So here we start out with a simple arrangement for two guitars.
Guitar Noise Podcast #26 – Summer Camp
In this podcast we’ll work on getting the basics of the summer camp song “Puff The Magic Dragon” down, plus have a little fun with the bass line.
Guitar Noise Podcast #25 – "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" – Final touches
Let’s finish our look at “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” by looking at a slightly more complicated strumming pattern as well as learning about a new voicing of the G7 chord.
Guitar Noise Podcast #24 – "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" – Adding Bass Runs
In this podcast we’ll continue to explore how to sing and play at the same time, using “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” as our example.
Guitar Noise Podcast #23 – "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
In this podcast we’ll take a look at getting comfortable with strumming with an eye toward being able to sing and play at the same time.
Guitar Noise Podcast #22 – "The Star of County Down" (Part 2)
In this podcast we’ll make an arrangement for the last half of the verse and also do something fun with the chorus of the old Irish folksong, “The Star of the County Down.”
Guitar Noise Podcast #21 – "The Star of the County Down" (Part 1)
Our latest podcast begins a look at the Irish folksong, “The Star of the County Down.” Not to worry – we’ve prepared a “cheat sheet” for you.
Guitar Noise Podcast #20 – Using Space (plus an intro to chord substitutions and chord voicings)
In this podcast we’ll make use of rests, combining them with simple arpeggios to create space while strumming, especially in slower songs.
Guitar Noise Podcast #19 – Anticipations, rests and dynamics
This podcast gives us an introduction to some very important strumming techniques – anticipation, dynamics, and using rests as part of a strumming pattern.
Guitar Noise Podcast #18 – "Streets of Laredo" Part 3
Let’s wrap up our work with the traditional song, “Streets of Laredo,” one that some of you may recognize from Johnny Cash’s “American Recordings IV.”
Guitar Noise Podcast #17 – "Streets of Laredo" – Part 2
In this podcast we’ll look at creating walking bass lines from D to G chords. We’ll also start to tackle the “chorus” section of this song.
Guitar Noise Podcast #16 – Streets of Laredo
In this podcast we’ll start with a basic ”bass / strum” in 3/4 timing and then add some fancier work to both the bass and the strumming.
Guitar Noise Podcast #15 – Mixing Strumming and Crosspicking
In this lesson we’ll still be using “Handsome Molly” as an exercise to incorporate the various lessons we’ve picked up in our podcasts thus far.
Guitar Noise Podcast #14 – Putting Things To Practical Use
Let’s take stock of the many things we’ve learned so far and, over the course of the next number of GN Podcasts, put them to use in song.
Guitar Noise Podcast #13 – Getting Into Swing
In this podcast we’ll look at the feel of swing and of how “swing eighths” differ from the “straight eighth” notes that we’ve been using in our strumming up to this point.
Guitar Noise Podcast #12 – a slightly different strum
For lack of a better way of putting it, we’ll be “stretching out” our downstrum – turning it from a typcial downstroke to something that’s more of a musical punctuation mark.
Guitar Noise Podcast #11 – Adding String Muting
This podcast will take us from the basic elements of string muting and then work on integrating this new technique into the strumming patterns and techniques we’ve covered thus far.
Guitar Noise Podcast #10 – Adding Palm Muting
The tenth Guitar Noise Podcast gives us an introduction to palm muting, how it’s done and, more importantly, how it can become a vital part of your strumming bag of tricks.
Guitar Noise Podcast #9 – Adding Fills
We’re going to take ideas from many of our past GN Podcasts and use them to create fills that will make our basic strumming sound even better.
Guitar Noise Podcast #8 – Combining strumming and crosspicking
We’ll take one of our earliest strumming patterns and add a bit of crosspicking to it, giving us even more choices of variations and embellishments to the original strumming pattern.
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