Review – Music Teaching Resources
The timing of this review is quite ironic! For the last few weeks I have been coming home from teaching guitar lessons thinking, “I should really write out a general curriculum, or print out chord sheets.” I don’t know about you, but I always start off my lesson “seasons” very organized and on top of things, and then after a few months I’m a little busier and on the disorganized side of the spectrum. And suddenly, I find a Twitter message from Robert Hylton who provides resources for music teachers on his website: MusicTeachingResources.com. He was asking...
Read More“The Ocean” – by the John Butler Trio
Prepare to have your mind blown. Seriously. The first time I saw this video I was convinced he was the only person in the world that could actually say they play the guitar. I’ve never heard a guitar SPEAK like this before. At first, probably to make myself feel better, I thought, “He is using an opening tuning…that’s cheating!” I’ve never been a fan of Drop D tuning because I feel like it’s the “easy” way out to playing power chords, which I’m also not entirely a fan of either. However, I learned that John Butler’s tuning was a bit more creative; it’s a C Major...
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