It's Guihappening!
Published on October 10th, 2008 in Lessons, News | Comments 0
Guitober is just about to break into full swing. Find out on the latest updates here: Guitober.com
Chord Inversions (Tiny Triads)
Published on August 8th, 2008 in Ask Brendan Columns | Comments 0
Ask Brendan is a seldom updated column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar.
Chord Inversions (Tiny Triads)
August 2008
Q: I have been playing the guitar for 4 or 5 years. I’m self taught and can’t read music (except tabs). Typically, I get the [...]
GUITARMY
Published on June 29th, 2008 in Lessons, News, Teaching/Learning | Comments 0
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year of guitar lessons.
Members of the 2007-2008 Brendan Burns GUITARMY:
It's about time!
Published on April 5th, 2007 in Lessons | Comments 0
This is an unusual post for this blog, but I think this is pretty cool. From the iTunes website:
“With the new iTunes “Complete My Album” service, music fans can now upgrade their singles into complete albums and get full credit for the songs they have previously purchased from iTunes. “Complete My Album” is a [...]
Lick of The Day – Holiday Songs
Published on December 13th, 2006 in Lessons, Lick Of The Day | Comments 0
Some good intro note reading exercises: The Dreidel Song & Jingle Bells. They also flow nice together when you play them back to back.
Student Concert 2006 Recap
Published on December 3rd, 2006 in Lessons | Comments 0
The 4th Annual Brendan Burns Student Concert was a lot of fun and a big sucess. Thanks to everyone for participating:
Thomas Rothman – “These Boots Were Made For Walking,” by Lee Hazlewood
Steve & Thomas Rothman -”The Edmund Fitzgerald,” by Gordon Lightfoot
Laurens Schalekamp – “Eight Days A Week,” by The Beatles & “By Yourself,” [...]
Zen Guitar & other Quotes
Published on October 9th, 2006 in Lessons, Teaching/Learning | Comments 1
I was cleaning out some files this weekend and found an old page from my website back in the day (2001). It’s a bunch of quotes from Phillip Tosido’s book: Zen Guitar, Mick Goodrick’s: The Advancing Guitarist & other miscellaneous sources:
“Combat discouragement with your desire to learn.”
Poetic imperfection
A bird does not ask, “Is my [...]
Ponta De Areia
Published on September 23rd, 2006 in Lick Of The Day, Teaching/Learning | Comments 0
I’ve been enjoying my Rhapsody subscription for almost a month now. I’ve been able to get back in touch with a lot of music that I forgot I loved.
I was going through a Wayne Shorter phase when I stumbled upon Ponta De Areia from his Native Dancer album. It was one of those [...]
Radiance #8 by Keith Jarrett
Published on September 15th, 2006 in Lessons, Lick Of The Day, Practice Journal | Comments 0
Back in February of this year, I posted a transcription of Keith Jarrett’s Radiance #8 on my practice blog. Shortly after posting it I realized I’d written the rhythms out wrong. I’ve been receiving some mail about it recently and decided it was time to go back and draft a correction.
Ask Brendan Updates
Published on July 22nd, 2006 in Ask Brendan Columns | Comments 0
I’ve added all of my old “Ask Brendan” Columns to this blog for posterity and better organization. Over the next few days I’m going to re-read them and see how they hold up. Some of them are close to 4 years old. I’m curious to see how I thought of things back then.
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