Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. Over The Rainbow- Solo Guitar October 03 Q: Last month you showcased an easy Solo Guitar arrangement for “Amazing Grace.” Do you have any other Solo Guitar arrangements that would be [...]

Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. Amazing Grace – Solo Guitar September 03 Q: I am a beginning guitarist and I like your Solo Guitar music. Is there any Solo Guitar music you can suggest for someone [...]

Ask Brendan is a monthly column where Guitar Educator, Brendan Burns, answers questions about music and the pursuit of Understanding and Mastering the guitar. Blues & Scale Tones August 03 Q: Brendan, I’m a little stuck in my Blues playing. I’ve been playing mostly chord tones and tensions the past few years and I feel [...]

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 [...]