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Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. Fingerstyle Playing July 03 Q: Brendan, I am an intermediate guitarist and I’ve been playing fingerstyle for a little while. Do you have any pointers for strengthening my picking fingers or [...]

Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. June 03 Q: Last month you explained how to build triads with Perfect 5ths and Major and Minor 3rds. Can you explain a little more about how to get those intervals? [...]

Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. May 03 Q: Brendan, I know a lot of major and minor chords; both open and bar chords, but I’m not sure what notes I’m playing. What exactly are major and [...]

Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. The Style of Dave Matthews April 03 Q: How come Dave Matthews doesn’t sound like other guitarists? What can I do to sound more like Dave? Or more importantly, how can [...]

Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. CHORDS & NUMBERS March 03 Q: I was looking through a chord lead-sheet I found on Olga.net and it had numbers instead of chords. What do the numbers mean? B: It [...]

Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. Q: Brendan, I’m having trouble with Key Singnatures. Is there any shortcut to learning the notes of different Key Singatures? B: Well, There is a formula. This old online lesson of [...]

Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. NOTES OF THE GUITAR January 03 Q: Brendan, I’m an intermediate guitarist and I’m still having trouble learning all the notes on the neck. My strengths lie on the 5th and [...]

Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. I WANT TO PLAY LIKE SLASH December 02 Q: Brendan, I like the way Slash, the old guitarist from Guns n’ Roses, plays the guitar. What can I do to sound [...]

Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. BEGINNING CHORDS November 02 Q: Brendan, I’m just getting started with guitar. What chords should a beginning guitarist know? B: The Open Chords are a great place to start. They have [...]